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Love, exciting and new: Freshman PG leads UNC in opener
North Carolina went on a 23-3 run after College of Charleston took its only lead of the game in the second half to pull away to a 79-60 win in the Tar Heels’ season opener. […]
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Revamped Tar Heels ready to erase memory of last year
The COVID-19 pandemic forced an early end to the college basketball season for many teams, but North Carolina was not one of them. In the last ACC game played last season, while Tom Hanks and […]
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NC players who could be picked at NBA Draft
This has been a year unlike any other in sports, with the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament, the delay of the NBA and NHL playoffs, a shortened baseball season, and the threat of COVID-19 hanging […]
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UNC, State on the road, Duke at home in ACC/Big Ten Challenge
North Carolina and NC State will be on the road and Duke will be at home while Wake Forest has been left out of the party in this year’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The schedule for […]
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With a hazy future, college basketball practice gets underway
College basketball begins its new season the way the last one ended — under a cloud of uncertainty. The COVID-19 outbreak went quickly to DEFCON-1 during conference tournaments last season, going from full arenas to […]
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Tar Heels, Davidson headed to Asheville instead of Hawaii for Maui Invitational
North Carolina will host one of college basketball’s premier in-season tournaments this November when the Maui Invitational is held in Asheville. The annual tournament normally allows some of basketball’s best teams to make a Thanksgiving […]
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Maui Invitational will be played in Asheville
Get your Hawaiian shirts ready, because the Maui Invitational is coming to North Carolina. The annual Thanksgiving week college basketball tournament will be played a week later in Asheville this year at Harrah’s Cherokee Center. […]
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Blue Devils’ pursuit of Arch Manning reminiscent of state’s other legacy players
Duke coach David Cutcliffe has coached two Mannings at two different schools. He was quarterbacks coach at Tennessee, back before Peyton Manning began his Hall of Fame NFL career, then he was head coach at […]
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100 in 100: Wilson County’s Julius Peppers, dominant pass rusher
North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]
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NBA ready to resume
It’s been four months since Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz tested positive for COVID-19, setting off a chain of events that brought sports across the world to a screeching halt. On Thursday, the NBA […]