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The tournament is back in Brooklyn this year rather than its frequent home at the Greensboro Coliseum. But the schools from North Carolina will still be in the spotlight.
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Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski is retiring. He’s won more games than anyone else, and his final home game is Saturday against North Carolina. Some tickets are selling for as much as $70,000. That's why Duke students camped outside the arena over the last two months, hoping to secure one of the few seats reserved for them.
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Krzyzewski, who is retiring after this season, wasn’t with the team as it returned from the locker room after halftime. The team’s official Twitter account later posted Krzyzewski was “not feeling well” and wouldn’t return.
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While it's the first of two scheduled meetings between the teams this season, it's the final time Blue Devils’ coach Mike Krzyzewski will be on the sideline in Chapel Hill.
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Hunter Tyson’s layup with 3:19 remaining gave Clemson a two-point lead late. But Duke closed the game on an 8-4 run — four of those points by Paolo Banchero.
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No. 4 North Carolina State won its eighth straight game, topping Virginia Tech 51-45 and limiting the Hokies to 29.3% shooting from the floor. N.C. State (18-2, 9-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) was powered by Jakia Brown-Turner, who scored 10 of her 14 points in the first quarter.
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A news release from the school’s athletic department says the N.C. Department of Transportation approved a request on Wednesday to name portions of I-40 in Chapel Hill for coaches Dean Smith and Roy Williams.
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Elissa Cunane scored 20 points, making eight of her nine shots from the field, to help No. 5 N.C. State run past second-ranked Maryland 78-60 at the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship tournament.
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Paolo Banchero started for Duke two days after he was cited for aiding and abetting impaired driving. The freshman finished with 10 points and eight rebounds in the seventh-ranked Blue Devils’ 92-52 win over Gardner Webb.
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Roy Williams is gone and Hubert Davis has taken over at UNC. At Duke, it's the last ride for Mike Krzyzewski. At N.C. State and N.C. Central, the Wolfpack and Eagles will strive for NCAA tournament bids.