GREENSBORO COLISEUM Whether or not it’s the greatest rivalry in college sports may be up for debate, but it’s the best rivalry in college basketball. Maybe in basketball, period. Photo courtesy Duke athleticsDuke guard Alexis Jones And for the second time in just a few hours there’s a “Battle of the Blues” between Duke and […]
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Deacons wallop Georgia Tech to continue first-round streak
GREENSBORO COLISEUM Wake Forest has never won an ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament, but the Deacons have a nice streak going. Photo courtesy WFU athleticsWake guard Lakevia Boykin They are the only team coming into the event looking to win its fifth straight first-round game. Tonight’s opponent for the No. 10 seed Deacons (12-18) is No. […]
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Gray, Williams, Ruffin-Pratt lead All-ACC selections
The ACC released its all-conference women’s basketball teams today, and it looks like maybe the coaches and media don’t get along as well as we thought. The Blue Ribbon Panel’s All-ACC First Team, which was supposed to have 10 players has 11 because of a tie. Then there was the separate coaches’ team, which has […]
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Tar Heels win six out of seven, but are they truly off the NCAA Tournament bubble?
UNC Athletic CommunicationsUNC will showcase fancy new threads on Saturday No. That’s the answer to the question above. North Carolina, despite its recent winning streak and reasonably impressive 16-6 overall (6-3 ACC) record, still faces NIT jeopardy. The Tar Heels have avoided losing to any bad teams during conference play, but they’ve also failed to […]
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State needs this one more—which could play to Carolina’s advantage
Photo by D.L. AndersonN.C. State’s Rodney Purvis, during a game against Duke earlier this month Roy Williams often has described himself by saying he’s been married to the same woman and owned the same golf putter for decades. Since coming back to Chapel Hill in 2003, Ol’ Roy has added the N.C. State men’s basketball […]
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Duke shows Wake Forest how to rule the ACC: 80-62
File photo by Al DragoRyan Kelly, seen during an intrasquad game last season CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM—Wake Forest Head Coach Jeff Bzdelik sang Ryan Kelly’s praises through Cameron Indoor Stadium’s roof following his Demon Deacons’ 80-62 loss against the No. 1 Blue Devils. “He’s like a point guard out there, because when he catches the basketball […]
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Wolfpack battles hard before Duke pulls out a tough road win
Photo by Chris BairdDuke’s Haley Peters blocks a Krystal Barrett shot while State’s Kody Burke (44) and the Blue Devils’ Tricia Liston (32) look on. REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH It’s the first of the season’s showdowns between the Triangle’s ACC teams.No. 3 Duke (11-0, 1-0 ACC) will be a solid favorite tonight against host N.C. State (8-5, […]
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Could Wake Forest be the biggest loser in new, expanded ACC?
File photo by D.L. AndersonWake Forest soccer player Julian Valentin, after the Demon Deacons won the 2007 College Cup in Cary’s WakeMed Soccer Park. As expected, the ACC moved swiftly in the past week to replace Maryland. Louisville is in, and conference presidents almost certainly made the right choice in picking the Cardinals over UConn […]
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Maryland, Tom O’Brien gone: Is loyalty just a thing of the past?
File photo by Al DragoTom O’Brien in 2011 There once was a Duke football coach who had back-to-back winning seasons and then got fired, apparently for not winning quite enough to make his athletic director happy. That was one Shirley “Red” Wilson, whose accomplishments at Winston-Salem’s Reynolds High and Elon College had been enough to […]
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Triangle ACC football teams can accomplish lots in home season finales
File photo by Chris BairdUNC’s Bryn Renner fights for yardage against Duke’s David Helton (47) as Austin Gamble (45) prepares to help. It’s the final week of the regular season in ACC football, and with either winning seasons or bowl bids secured all three Triangle teams are at home Saturday. At 12:30 p.m., Duke (6-5, […]