Follow Mike Potter’s reports on women’s basketball on Triangle Offense @IndyweekSports and @mikepotterrdu. With the ongoing prominence of the Triangle’s ACC men’s basketball programs, it often gets ignored that some of the best women’s basketball in the country is played right here. Yes, there has been only one NCAA women’s title, that coming when Charlotte […]
Mike Potter
Bio: Mike Potter is a veteran sportswriter. He covers minor league baseball, college football and women's collegiate sports for INDY Week.Twitter: http://twitter.com/mikepotterrdu
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Wolfpack demolishes Clemson 37-13. No, really. Seriously.
CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM/RALEIGH N.C. State has three major motivations as the Wolfpack hosts No. 7 Clemson on one of those beautiful fall days for football. 1. It’s homecoming.2. It’s the annual “Textile Bowl,” and3. If State doesn’t win today, this will be its only bowl game this season. Photo courtesy NCSU athletics State LB Terrell Manning […]
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Williams has double-double in home debut as Duke rolls Auburn
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM Duke finally opens at home with an unusual noon game, a week after the No. 9 Blue Devils’ road victory at Brigham Young. Photo courtesy Duke athletics Duke center Elizabeth Williams The Blue Devils will take on Auburn (2-0), where Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie had her last college assistant coaching job. […]
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Wolfpack faces do-or-die game, Duke looks for an upset
Following UNC’s near upset in the 24-21 loss at No. 9 Virginia Tech Thursday night, the Triangle’s other two ACC teams will also be underdogs when they hit the field Saturday. Photo courtesy NCSU athletics State coach Tom O’Brien The big one is at Carter-Finley Stadium, where N.C. State (5-5, 2-4) has its last chance […]
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Underdog Tar Heels visit No. 9 Virginia Tech tonight
UNC will be going to a bowl game this season, something that’s assured since the Tar Heels have a 6-4 record (2-4 ACC). Photo courtesy UNC athletics UNC coach Everett Withers And tonight at 8, Everett Withers’ club gets a say in just how prestigious that bowl trip will be. The Tar Heels will be […]
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Rountree, Broomfield lead Tar Heels to yet another romp
CARMICHAEL ARENA/CHAPEL HILL UNC looks to extend its November winning streak to 53 games tonight, playing a third straight home game to start the season. Photo courtesy UNC athletics UNC guard Brittany Rountree The opponent is UNC Greensboro (0-1) which has a very familiar coach to Tar Heel followers in her first season at the […]
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Former hitting coach Rodriguez is Mudcats’ new skipper
Edwin Rodriguez is coming back to Zebulon. Photo courtesy Carolina Mudcats Mudcats manager Edwin Rodriguez The Carolina Mudcats announced Monday that the former Florida Marlins skipper, who was hitting coach for the Southern League Mudcats in 2004, will manage the club’s first Carolina League team in 2012. Rodriguez, 51, was 78-85 over parts of two […]
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Tar Heels rout Upstate, win big for second straight day
CARMICHAEL ARENA/CHAPEL HILL UNC is back in action for the second straight day, and once again comes in as a heavy favorite. Photo courtesy UNC athletics UNC guard Brittany Rountree The No. 20 Tar Heels will take on USC Upstate in the Spartans’ debut as a full Division I member against another Division I member. […]
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Posts, frosh help Tar Heels make it look easy against Gardner-Webb
CARMICHAEL ARENA/CHAPEL HILL UNC opens its season with high expectations and plenty of new faces. Today’s contest against Gardner-Webb will be the Tar Heels’ first in five seasons without any of last year’s seniors — Jessica Breland, Cetera DeGraffenreid and Italee Lucas — on the floor. Photo courtesy UNC athletics UNC wing Megan Buckland The […]
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State blows away SEMo with balanced effort in season opener
REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH N.C. State opens its season early with a noon game against Southeast Missouri, which has new coach Ty Margenthaler making his debut. Photo courtesy NCSU athletics State guard Erica Donovan Beginning Kellie Harper’s third season at the helm the Wolfpack is looking to improve on a 14-17 mark and get back to the […]
