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Wolfpack produces another miracle run to ACC title

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WASHINGTON – Kevin Keatts certainly won’t have to worry about his job for a while. The N.C. State head coach – whose tenure was dubious after the Wolfpack lost its last four games of the regular season – preached the improbable and got his team to perform the impossible: winning five straight Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament games at Capital One […]

Wild Friday night at ACC tourney sets up many scenarios

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WASHINGTON – Friday night at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament at Capital One Arena was a tale of two teams: One trying to win a Championship to cement its place as a top seed in the NCAA Tournament and one trying to get in the door. And once again, the team in red stole the show. N.C. State had no […]

Consequential quarterfinals at the ACC Tournament

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WASHINGTON – Just because the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament sits in the shadow of the NCAA Tournament doesn’t diminish the excitement of the games, as fans at Capital One Arena saw during Thursday’s quarterfinals. Once upon a time, the ACC Tournament championship was the ultimate prize. But for a while, as former UNC head coach Roy Williams would freely admit […]

Wolfpack extends stay by knocking off Orange

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WASHINGTON – Seventh-seeded Syracuse came into the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament trying to keep its dim NCAA hopes alive by winning a couple of games and it seemed fortunate its first was against a No. 10 North Carolina State team it had beaten twice during the regular season. The Wolfpack’s only hope to extend its season was even slimmer, having […]

Loss to No. 9 Duke dims NC State tourney hopes

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The measurement of a college basketball team’s season is often whether it gets an invitation to the NCAA Tournament. When reality starts dashing those hopes, a team will fight even harder to keep that dream alive. N.C. State’s road to the “Big Dance” has grown more problematic as its regular season comes to a close, so it was not a […]

Earl Boykin Plaza commemorated at ECU

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GREENVILLE – Earl Boykin, the Rock Ridge phenom who slung East Carolina College to the 1961 NAIA baseball championship – still ECU’s only team national title – will preside in perpetuity over the entrance to the Pirates’ Clark-LeClair Stadium, now named Earl Boykin Plaza. A marker bearing a likeness of Boykin, who passed away in 2022, was unveiled during a […]

No. 10 Blue Devils put best foot forward in UVA win

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When there are only a few games left in the regular season, when the big tournaments are suddenly on the horizon, this is when a team wants to be playing its best basketball. Saturday night in Durham, 10th-ranked Duke showed its ready for these end of season challenges. Duke head coach Jon Scheyer will certainly find things to work on, […]

Bruised Blue Devils get better vs. lowly Cards

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DURHAM – After a tough loss to Wake Forest on Saturday, Duke needed an easy game Wednesday night to get ready for the crucial games of March. Hello Louisville, welcome to Cameron Indoor Stadium. The struggling Cardinals could not have shown up on the schedule at a better time for the 10th-ranked Blue Devils. Louisville had lost 18 of its […]

Another Tobs College Classic to fill Fleming schedule this weekend

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Fleming Stadium will be the site of early season collegiate baseball again this weekend as the Wilson Tobs summer collegiate franchise holds the second of its three College Classics at the historic ball park. The action begins Friday, March 1, with three games – all involving NCAA Division II teams – followed by two contests each Saturday and Sunday. West […]

Despite Davis’ brilliant performance, UNC struggles to finish off Miami

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CHAPEL HILL — On paper, by stats and records, it was exactly the kind of opponent North Carolina needed to play. Carolina is trying to get its mojo back the final two weeks of the season. After beating Duke, the ninth-ranked Tar Heels stumbled, losing two out of three before a two-game winning streak coming into the Smith Center against […]

Loss to Syracuse the story of Wolfpack’s season

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RALEIGH — This was a game that N.C. State really needed to win. The Wolfpack knew a victory would put it in a tie for fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference – a spot that would not only result in a double bye in the conference tournament but give them an argument for one of the four bids the league […]

Tobs College Baseball Classic starts preseason run of Fleming events

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With spring right around the corner, also returning is baseball at Fleming Stadium. The stadium is set to host three Wilson Tobs Division II College Baseball Classics beginning Friday, Feb. 23, and running through Sunday, March 10. “Each year, the first College Classic is kind of like our Groundhog Day,” Tobs assistant general manager Drew MacKinnon said. “It’s a symbol […]

Scrappy Deacs earn respect of No. 9 Blue Devils

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Once upon a time Wake Forest basketball was a big deal. The Demon Deacons were one of the prestigious Big Four and powerhouse program in the early days of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Wake Forest was ACC tournament champion in 1961 and again in 1962 when Len Chappell and Billy Packer led Wake to the NCAA Final Four.  Wake Forest […]

Blue Devils shift gears to beat BC

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Duke has spent most of its basketball season trying to live up to expectations. Although highly ranked throughout the year – currently ninth – the Blue Devils have lost games they should have won and struggled against teams they should have dominated. Saturday afternoon at Cameron Indoor Stadium looked like another slog as Boston College – which entered 13-9, 4-7 […]

Loud Smith Center powers No. 3 Heels past No. 7 Duke

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CHAPEL HILL – Somehow, it’s always louder at Duke-North Carolina basketball games. Whether at Cameron Indoor Stadium or the Smith Center, the fans are always more frenzied, more electrified, more energized – just louder. One would think there was only so much noise that 20,000-plus spectators could make. That a last-second game-winner against any other opponent would generate the same […]

No. 7 Blue Devils now 5th in ACC after home loss to Pitt

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In the end, the reasons Duke lost 80-76 to Pittsburgh on Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium are fairly simple. The Panthers came out on fire and the Blue Devils were flat; Duke was missing two starters through injuries and Pitt’s Blake Hinson was unconscious. As simplistic as that sounds, it pretty much sums up the game. Blake had a […]

Wolfpack at a turning point after loss to Hokies

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The North Carolina State men’s’ basketball team just can’t get over the hump. Every time the Wolfpack is on the verge of turning a good season into a really good season, the Pack stubs its toe. State did it again Saturday afternoon at PNC Arena, losing a very winnable Atlantic Coast Conference game to Virginia Tech 84-78. The Pack came […]

No. 4 Heels, No. 7 Devils measuring up as showdown looms

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Is it too early to think Duke-North Carolina?  With the first of the quintessential college basketball rivalry games less than three weeks away, both nationally ranked teams played at home this weekend.  In Chapel Hill, the No. 7 Tar Heels dominated Syracuse 103-67. The Orange were never in this game as UNC, now fourth in the latest Associated Press Top […]

Tar Heels win battle of bad shots

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Under the lights at PNC Arena on Wednesday night, N.C. State revealed it was not yet ready for prime time. In the much-ballyhooed match with its fierce rival North Carolina – both teams entered the game with conference records of 3-0 for the first time in 50 years – the anticipated shoot-out at “PNC Corral” turned out to be a […]

Tobs hope to keep rolling beyond 2025 in Wilson

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As Wilsonians adjust to the idea that minor league baseball will return to the city in just two years, the team for which they’ve rooted for the past 27 years is adjusting to the idea that it won’t be the only game in town for much longer. The Wilson Tobs, however, have no immediate plans to vacate Wilson when the […]


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