According to multiple league sources, the Saints have interviewed quarterbacks coach Ronald Curry for the offensive coordinator position. Curry is highly regarded within the Saints organization. Please click here for more.
Intriguing Wing Now Hearing From Tar Heels
Harvard-Westlake School (Calif.) forward Nik Khamenia is now on the radar of UNC basketball head coach Hubert Davis and his staff. The 6-foot-8, 200-pound stretch-four listed the Tar Heels among the programs he’s been hearing from the most. Cal, Gonzaga, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Southern Cal, UCLA, and Virginia are the others he mentioned. Please click here for more.
Martinook scores on late breakaway to lead Hurricanes past Bruins, 3-2
With no one between him and the goalie, Jordan Martinook picked out a spot and took his shot. It was off target. “It went in. That’s all that matters,” the Hurricanes forward said after scoring on a breakaway with 2:27 left to give Carolina a 3-2 victory over the Bruins on Wednesday night, snapping Boston’s six-game winning streak and delighting the Canes’ mothers who were cheering from a suite at the game. Please click here for more.
Virginia Beats The Wolfpack in Overtime 59-53
The NC State men’s basketball made a valiant second half comeback, overcoming a 14-point deficit to force overtime, but fell to Virginia in the extra five minutes, 59-53, Wednesday night inside John Paul Jones Arena. The Pack trailed 35-21 early in the second half and still was down 37-25 with under 12 minutes to play when NC State started its comeback. Please click here for more.
NC State’s MJ Rice to Sit out the Remainder of the Season
Prior to the Wolfpack’s road game against Virginia, NC State just sent out a press release stating that Sophomore MJ Rice will sit out the remainder of the season, and that the school will submit a waiver for this season to count as a redshirt season. Please click here for more.
ACC unveils complete 2024 football schedule
The Atlantic Coast Conference announced its 2024 football schedule – the first under a new scheduling model with 17 total teams – Wednesday night during a two-hour special ACC Huddle: 2024 Football Schedule Release Show on ACC Network and simulcast on ESPN2. The 72nd season of ACC Football is the first under a new seven-year scheduling model announced last October that runs from 2024 through 2030. Each team will play eight conference games per season. Please click here for more.
Davis’ career night leads 2nd half spurt in Tar Heels win
North Carolina guard RJ Davis scored a career-high 36 points with 23 of them coming in the second half as the Tar Heels came back from a halftime deficit to beat Wake Forest 85-64 in Chapel Hill. (1/22)
“He was in a great rhythm ,” UNC coach Hubert Davis said. “Some of his points came at the basket, some mid-range and some from three… and he had no turnovers.”
Carolina trailed 34-33 at the half after having eight-point lead with seven minutes to play in the opening stanza.
“I felt like we were getting the shots in the first half. We just weren’t making them,” Coach Davis said. “In the second half, we stepped it up defensively… We needed to get stops to get out into transition.”
Davis, who had no three pointers in the first half, broke a 41-all tie early in the second half with back-to-back threes over a span of 36-seconds.
That was part of an 18-4 Tar Heel run over five minutes that ended with a Cormac Ryan three from the right side to put Carolina in control at 59-45.
Wake got no closer than 12 points the rest of the way. Carolina extended the lead to 20 at 73-53 with an Armando Bacot tip with 5:30 left.
Davis broke his career-high of 30 when he swished a triple from the top of the key with 2:28 left. Then he gave Carolina its biggest lead of the game at 85-61 with a three from the right wing with less than a minute to go.
It was the ninth straight win for the Tar Heels, now ranked third in the country, and the ninth straight win over Wake Forest in Chapel Hill. It was also the ninth time in a row that Carolina has outrebounded its opponent, this time with a 43-30 advantage.
Joining Davis in double figures for Carolina were Elliott Cadeau, who penetrated for 14 points, Ryan, who had 11, and Harrison Ingram, who finished with 10.
Hunter Sallis had 18 points to lead Boston College, now 13-6 and 5-3 in the ACC.
The Tar Heels, who improve to 16-3 overall and 8-0 in the conference, travel to Florida State Saturday.
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Duke men’s basketball stunned at home by hot-handed Pittsburgh
After losing by 22 in their own arena, the Panthers came into Cameron Indoor Stadium and put together an inspired performance behind senior forward Blake Hinson, who scored 23 points en route to his team’s 80-76 victory, its first at Cameron Indoor since 1979. Duke’s loss, on the other hand, ended a winning run that stretched back eight games leading into Saturday night. Please click here for more.
Wake Forest gives Rolesville WR Jaedon Alford his first ACC offer
HighSchoolOT All-State wide receiver Jaedon Alford’s recruitment has taken off. According to his X account, Alford has added a verbal scholarship offer from Wake Forest University. The junior from Rolesville High School is 6-foot-1 and 185 pounds. Please click here for more.
Carolina survives bruising battle at BC
In a game with 46 fouls and 55 free throws, North Carolina managed to get past Boston College for the Tar Heels eighth straight win, 76-66. (1/20)
“It was a physical game – a difficult game on the road,” UNC coach Hubert Davis said. “When we needed a stop, we played really good defense.”
Coach Davis pointed out that it was the eighth straight game that the Tar Heels have outrebounded their opponent – coinciding with the win streak. Carolina had 43 rebounds compared to 28 for Boston College.
The Tar Heels, who turned the ball over nine times in the first half, trailed early by as many as six points and trailed 31-30 with a minute left in the opening half. But with 38 seconds left before the break, Harrison Ingram drilled a fade away jumper and then Elliott Cadeau lobbed a pass to James Okonkwo for a dunk with a second left to give the Heels a 34-31 lead.
Carolina never trailed in the second half. RJ Davis sank a fastbreak three from the right wing and then Armando Bacot, who failed to score in the first half, hooked in a shot and was fouled. After the free throw, the Heels led 40-31, which was the largest lead at that point.
The lead dwindled to five or four several times but Carolina kept getting to the foul line and converting to stay up. The Heels hit 17 of their last 18 free throw attempts.
UNC led just 62-58 with four minutes to go but down the stretch the Heels gots some big plays including a three from Ingram and a three-point play by Bacot that looked like a banked dunk.
A Davis drive by layup, followed by a Seth Trimble runner in the lane in the last two minutes ended any chance for the Eagles, who committed just four turnovers in the game. Carolina turned it over only twice in the second half.
North Carolina hit 21 of 26 free throws while Boston College hit 25 of 29. Four Tar Heels scored in double figures with Davis once again leading the way with 16 points. Cormac Ryan, who was six of six at the line, finished with 14 points. Ingram had a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Bacot, saddled with foul trouble, managed to score 10 points, all in the second half.
Quinten Post had 19 points to lead Boston College, now 11-7 and 2-5 in the ACC.
The Tar Heels improve to 15-3 overall and 7-0 in the conference with an home game Monday night against Wake Forest.
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