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Farnold Degand, NC State’s fast and fearless point guard, will miss the remainder of this season with a torn ACL sustained late in the game against Cincinnati. The sophmore transfer from Iowa State brought immense energy to the team and was easily their best ball handler. He also led the team in assists and was hitting 50% from behind the arc.
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NC State won its biggest game so far in the early part of the season, edging #19 Villanova on two free throws by Gavin Grant with 1 second left on the clock. Grant, the versatile senior swingman from the Bronx, came off the bench to score 15 points and lead the team with 7 rebounds. [Read more →]

Kyle Singler, the 6′8″ guard out of Oregon, announced his presence to the college basketball world this week as he became the MVP of the Maui Invitational in Hawaii. In a hard fought game against 13th ranked Marquette, Singler led Duke to a 77-73 win with 25 points and 7 rebounds. This was his second 20+ point game in 3 days, raking up a double-double in the opener against Princeton with 21 points and 12 rebounds. [Read more →]

The Miami Hurricanes marched through to the championship game of the first ever Puerto Rico Tip Off classic in impressive style, dismantling Florida Southern, Marist, and Va Commonwealth. The Hurricanes then had to defeat Big East contender, Providence, in Sunday’s national televised final. The Friars were led by the versatile bench play of Weyinmi Efejuku [Read more →]

The #1 ranked North Carolina Tarheels barely escaped the upset minded Davidson Wildcats in a 40 minute battle that could have gotten either way down the stretch. Led by Stephen Curry, son of former NBA sharpshooter, Dell Curry, Davidson played like a team that was hardly intimidated by the name on the front of the blue jersey. Curry led the Wildcats with 24 points, while teammates Richards and Lovedale added 12 points a piece.

The game was close the entire way, as neither team had greater than a 7 point lead at any time. With 5:42 left in the game [Read more →]

North Carolina is ranked as the preseason favorite to win the national championship by the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook. The Tarheels, which return two time All-ACC performer Tyler Hansbrough, are likely to face its stiffest challenge from UCLA and Georgetown. Among other ACC teams, only Duke, NC State, and Clemson are ranked in the preseason top 25.
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Skip Prosser’s recent passing is a huge loss to the acc basketball community. Not only was he an upstanding member of the community, he was also a class act who believed in doing things the right way. His gentle demeanor in comparison to most ACC coaches as well as his humorous anecdotes make him someone who will be sorely missed. [Read more →]

Arguably, Duke’s run through the 90’s and even up until the first few years of this decade was one of the best runs in college basketball history. But [Read more →]