Category Archives: UNC Basketball
Hearing begins for $2.8 billion NCAA settlement, could lock in seismic changes for college sports
By EDDIE PELLS and JANIE McCAULEY Associated PressOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge opened the final hearing for a landmark $2.8 billion settlement that will impact every corner of coll...
Apr 07, 2025
Ole Miss holds off frantic UNC comeback to beat Tar Heels 71-64 in NCAA Tournament
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) - Sean Pedulla made a critical 3-pointer with 52.8 seconds left, and Mississippi topped North Carolina 71-64 in the NCAA Tournament on Friday after th...
Mar 21, 2025
Tobacco Road is front and center of March Madness with 3 women's sites and men's site in area
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Oregon coach Kelly Graves was excited when he saw his team was headed to Duke to play in the NCAA Tournament. The Ducks had success there a fe...
Mar 21, 2025
March Madness brackets have Auburn as the overall No. 1 followed by Duke, Houston, Florida
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Auburn is the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, with Duke, Houston and Florida joining the Tigers on the No. 1 line in the March Madness brackets released Sund...
Mar 16, 2025
Withers' lane violation adds improbable twist to UNC's failed comeback against No. 1 Duke in ACCs
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Jae'Lyn Withers stood in a hallway of the Spectrum Center, his left arm resting around the shoulders of North Carolina coach Hubert Davis. He...
Mar 15, 2025
No. 1 Duke holds off furious North Carolina rally to win 74-71, reach ACC title game without Flagg
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Kon Knueppel scored 17 points and No. 1 Duke held off a furious second half rally by rival North Carolina to beat its rival for the third time thi...
Mar 14, 2025
Bubble watch: Indiana and Xavier now feeling the heat with Texas and North Carolina closing strong
Xavier and Indiana had chances to give their NCAA Tournament resumes a significant boost. But the Musketeers lost 89-87 to No. 25 Marquette, and Indiana fell 72-59 to No. 23 Oregon. Those aren't bad l...
Mar 13, 2025
Jae'Lyn Withers buries 7 3-pointers and North Carolina rolls past Notre Dame 76-56 in ACC Tournament
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Jae'Lyn Withers scored 21 points - all on 3-pointers - and Ven-Allen Lubin had 17 points and 10 rebounds in North Carolina's 76-56 rout of Notre Dame on Wednesday, the second da...
Mar 12, 2025
March Madness selection panel will have to juggle thanks to SEC overload in bracket
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The NCAA selection committee will have some juggling to do before the bracket comes out Sunday to keep March Madness from looking like an extension of the Southeaster...
Mar 12, 2025
Knueppel, Flagg help No. 2 Duke pull away late to beat rival UNC 82-69
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Freshman Kon Knueppel scored 17 points to help No. 2 Duke beat rival North Carolina 82-69 on Saturday night and clinch the outright Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season ti...
Mar 08, 2025