The Wolfpack snagged the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament and have a chance to keep moving up. Guard Aziaha James is shooting 42.5% from 3-point range in NC State’s last five games. Please click here for more.
Duke basketball stays a No. 1 seed in latest ESPN Bracketology projection
With 23 wins in their last 24 games and four consecutive 30-point victories, Cooper Flagg and the Duke Blue Devils look like the most obvious No. 1 seed in years, and ESPN bracket expert Joe Lunardi put them where they belonged in his latest Bracketology projection on Tuesday. Please click here for more.
ACC, Clemson, and Florida State Settle Litigation
The ACC, Clemson University, and Florida State University announce today that they have resolved all ongoing legal disputes. With this resolution, Clemson and Florida State will remain full members of the ACC, and the parties will dismiss all pending lawsuits in the states of Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. Please click here for more.
Duke freshman Cooper Flagg stars once more in his possible farewell at Cameron Indoor Stadium
Duke was minutes away from completing a perfect record on its famed home court with a Senior Night rout of Wake Forest. That’s when the buzzer sounded for freshman phenom Cooper Flagg, who checked out — possibly for the final time at Cameron Indoor Stadium. “One more year! One more year!” Duke’s “Cameron Crazies” chanted. Please click here for more.
Panthers urged to pick Georgia defensive star
Will the Carolina Panthers be super aggressive in free agency? Or will they try to focus their energy on the 2025 NFL Draft? Regardless, the Panthers have been urged to pick a Georgia star who has drawn comparisons to Danielle Hunter. Please click here for more.
The best options to balance NCHSAA’s charter, parochial, and public schools
Columnist J. Mike Blake writees that not only are North Carolina parochial and charter schools are winning a smaller share of titles over the last three years of this current period than the one that came before it — but there’s also greater parity among the public schools that win. Please click here for more.
Canes Release Lenovo Center Renovation Update
The first phase of the Lenovo Center upgrades focuses on the arena level and the 300 level of the building. At ice level, the renovations are highlighted by the addition of the Lenovo Legend Club – a luxurious space below the South stands that will feature the arena’s most premium food and beverage offerings in a plush entertainment setting. Please click here for more.
UNC football to no longer be featured on ‘Hard Knocks’ as deal falls through, report says
The University of North Carolina football program under new head coach Bill Belichick will no longer be the focus on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” this offseason, according to a report from NFL insider Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports. Following weeks of discussion between UNC, Belichick and NFL Films, the agreement fell through after all parties were close to a deal, the report said. Please click here for more.
UNC player tops Mel Kiper’s NFL combine risers
An avalanche of NFL draft discourse always follows the scouting combine, and some of the headlines, like this year’s event having the most sub 4.4 40-yard dash times ever, are turning heads among fans. One player who left the combine with improved draft stock was North Carolina running back Omarion Hampton, according to NFL draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. Please click here for more.
Tar Heels handle Miami for season-high fifth win in a row
North Carolina improved its NCAA Tournament hopes by not only avoiding a bad loss but by winning big, 92-73 at home against Miami for the fifth straight victory in a row. (3/1)
A 12-2 Carolina run late in the first half gave the Heels a comfortable 46-31 halftime lead. Then, Ven-Allen Lubin opened it up for good by scoring 10 of the team’s first 12 points of the second half to give the Heels a commanding 58-37 advantage five minutes into the second half.
For the second game in a row, six Tar Heels scored in double figures with Lubin leading the way with a season-high 19 points. Drake Powell, who was in the startin lineup, was next with 16 points while RJ Davis added 13. Jae’lyn Withers, who manned the most minutes for Carolina with 33, scored 11 points and hauled in 10 rebounds. Freshman Ian Jackson managed 11 points in just 13 minutes while Seth Trimble added 10.
During the game-changing run at the end of the first half, Trimble tossed back-to-back threes while Davis drained one. The Tar Heels ended up hitting 10 of 18 threes for better than 55 percent from beyond the arc.
“We shot the ball really well today,” Coach Hubert Davis said admitting that it doesn’t always work out that way. “It was an efficient win but defensively I felt we could have done better.”
Behind 25 points from Matt Cleveland and 20 from Brandon Johnson, Miami cut the margin to 14 on several occasions but could get no closer as the Hurricanes fell to 6-23 overall and 2-16 in the ACC.
Carolina outrebounded Miami 38-26 and outscored the Hurricanes in the paint 46-28.
“There’s a week left (in the regular season) and I feel like we’re improving,” Coach Davis said. “To sustain that we have to play with energy, effort and attention to detail. We can’t have four or five minute lapses.”
There may have been a couple of lapses that lasted a couple of minutes but, at least offensively, the Tar Heels are playing the best they have all season, which could help their at-large NCAA selection chances.
The Tar Heels, who play Virginia Tech Tuesday, improve to 19-11 and 12-6 in the ACC.