Sheldon McClellan scored 18 points and struggling Texas upset No. 23 North Carolina 85-67 on Wednesday night.
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt scored 24 points and No. 17 North Carolina pulled away in the second half to beat East Carolina 76-67 in the Beach Ball Classic.
Seth VanDeest scored 19 points, including two straight baskets in the closing minutes, to lead Drake to a 72-69 victory over North Carolina Central on Wednesday night.
Showing rust from an extended break from games for final exams, Duke didn’t look like the nation’s No. 1 team for the first 15 minutes of play Wednesday night.
For the fifth time in the past seven years, USA Basketball considers Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski the top basketball coach in the country.
The joy surrounding Duke’s preparation for its first bowl game in 18 years was shattered early Tuesday morning.
Marshall Plumlee arrived at Duke 18 months ago to play basketball with his older brothers.
Dexter Strickland never played point guard in high school and has started once at that position during his four years at North Carolina. Yet the UNC senior is fourth in the ACC in assists at 5.0 per game entering today’s game at Texas (9 p.m., ESPN2).
Nine months after the indignity of an early round exit from the NCAA Tournament, Duke is on top of the men’s college basketball world again.
J.P. Tokoto played all five positions in high school, and coach Roy Williams told the 6-foot-5, 185-pound forward to expect the same treatment when he came to North Carolina.
N.C. State fans don’t have to worry about Giovani Bernard breaking their hearts with another game-changing punt return for a touchdown.
At the end of a 15-minute news conference Thursday, North Carolina coach Roy Williams stayed at his seat even after reporters had exhausted their list of questions.
East Carolina will play Louisiana-Lafayette at noon, Dec. 22, in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.
Area football fans watching Saturday’s NCAA Division II national championship game between Winston-Salem State and Valdosta State (1 p.m., ESPN2) will be familiar with many faces on the field.
A depleted No. 19 North Carolina women’s basketball team still had plenty in the reserve tank to drive past N.C. Central for a 49-21 win at Carmichael Arena on Wednesday.