Welcome to the weekend, readers.
As of this morning, four of the six Triangle-based basketball teams in the NCAA tournament are still fighting for a championship, and in somewhat of a plot twist, none of them are UNC. The men’s team sustained a crushing two-point loss to a feisty Alabama squad last night and the UNC women’s team made an early exit with their loss to state border rival South Carolina, the presumptive favorite to win the whole bracket.
Duke men’s squad along with NC State men’s and women’s teams tip off tonight. If both men’s teams are victorious, they would face off in the Elite Eight, a rematch of the ACC Tournament quarterfinals where the Wolfpack upset the Blue Devils (and later the Tar Heels) on their path to the ACC tournament title.
The Duke women’s team plays on Saturday against the historic UConn Huskies women’s program. The Blue Devils are the lowest-ranked team still left in the women’s bracket as a No. 7 seed but step into the Sweet Sixteen with lots of momentum after overcoming the No. 2 seed Ohio State Buckeyes last round.
For fans of the local programs, or basketball junkies like yours truly, our cups runneth over with spots to celebrate March Madness. The forecast says it’s patio season with 70 degree temperatures and sun all weekend, so grab a friend and join the frenzy at your favorite watering hole.
Go sportsball!
—Justin
Durham
Customers of the Moonbelly Meat Co. are upset after the Durham Farmers Market board restricted the company’s owner, Anna Gibala, from selling bacon, hot dogs, and sausages at the market due to “product overlap” with another vendor.
At a DPS school board meeting this week, some residents urged the board to reconsider the district’s plans to move Durham School of the Arts to a new facility in North Durham.
Wake
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Orange
A new newsletter called the Chapel Hill Insider looks to be part of a network of AI-generated newsletters.
North Carolina
You can buy a vacant 1800s village in Chatham County for $500,000.
Today’s weather
Mostly sunny with a high of 69 degrees.
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