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March Madness selection panel will have to juggle thanks to SEC overload in bracket

March Madness selection panel will have to juggle thanks to SEC overload in bracket

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The NCAA selection committee will have some juggling to do before the bracket comes out Sunday to keep March Madness from looking like an extension of the Southeastern Conference’s regular season.…

NC State fires coach Kevin Keatts a year after improbable ACC title and Final Four run

NC State fires coach Kevin Keatts a year after improbable ACC title and Final Four run

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — N.C. State fired men’s basketball coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, an abrupt end to an eight-year tenure coming less than a year after the Wolfpack’s improbable…

Knueppel, Flagg help No. 2 Duke pull away late to beat rival UNC 82-69

Knueppel, Flagg help No. 2 Duke pull away late to beat rival UNC 82-69

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Freshman Kon Knueppel scored 17 points to help No. 2 Duke beat rival North Carolina 82-69 on Saturday night and clinch the outright Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title. Cooper Flagg…

NFL legend Bill Belichick is coaching practices again. Only now he’s a college rookie at UNC

NFL legend Bill Belichick is coaching practices again. Only now he’s a college rookie at UNC

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Bill Belichick is back on the practice sidelines again, a familiar home for the man who won six Super Bowls as an NFL head…

North Carolina rolls to season-high 6th straight win, beats Virginia Tech behind season-high 15 3s

North Carolina rolls to season-high 6th straight win, beats Virginia Tech behind season-high 15 3s

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Ven-Allen Lubin collected his first double-double as a Tar Heel and Ian Jackson hit five of North Carolina’s season-high 15 3-pointers while scoring 19 points in a 91-59 victory over Virginia…

ACC, FSU, Clemson reach proposed settlement to end legal fight, change money distribution: AP source

ACC, FSU, Clemson reach proposed settlement to end legal fight, change money distribution: AP source

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer The legal fights between the Atlantic Coast Conference and high-profile member schools Clemson and Florida State appear close to resolution, which could provide the league with a measure of stability for…