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Cameron Boozer shook off a quiet first half to finish with 19 points while No. 1 overall seed Duke shot 61.5% after halftime Saturday to pull away from TCU for an 81-58 win in a physical second-round game at the NCAA Tournament. -
North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham says the school is evaluating "all facets" of its tradition-rich men's basketball program after another early exit from the NCAA Tournament under Hubert Davis. -
Zamareya Jones scored 15 of her career-high 30 points in the first half to help build a double-digit lead and seventh-seeded North Carolina State went on to beat the slumping, 10th-seeded Tennessee 76-61 in the first round of March Madness. -
Nyla Harris scored 17 points, Lanie Grant had 15 and North Carolina rolled past cold-shooting Western Illinois 82-51 on Friday night in the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament. -
Toby Fournier scored 24 points on 11-of-18 shooting and Duke maintained its momentum by opening the first round of March Madness with an 81-64 victory over the College of Charleston. -
Terrence Hill Jr. made a stepback 3-pointer with 15 seconds left in overtime and No. 11 VCU erased from a 19-point second-half deficit to stun sixth-seeded North Carolina 82-78 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. -
Duke barely avoided a shocking upset to open the NCAA Tournament before beating Siena 71-65. The No. 1 overall seed having to rally from 13 down and go ahead for good in the final 5 minutes to beat the 16th-seeded Saints. -
High Point stuns Wisconsin 83-82 in March Madness on Chase Johnston's first 2-point basket of seasonChase Johnston made his first 2-point basket of the season, a fast-break layup with 11.7 seconds remaining that gave No. 12 seed High Point an 83-82 victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. -
Duke enters the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed and looking to avenge a missed opportunity from a year ago. The Blue Devils were bounced in the Final Four by Houston despite a team that included five NBA players, including three lottery picks and two players now battling neck-and-neck for the Rookie of the Year honors in Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel. -
Teams coming off long runs in their league tournaments have a short window to regroup ahead of March Madness. Bigger conferences after waves of expansion have led to longer runs through league tournaments on the eve of the NCAA Tournament. Now it's common to see teams having to play four games in four days in conference tournaments.
