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Top-seeded North Carolina and Clemson looking to move ACC beyond Sweet 16 vs Alabama and Arizona

Mar. 27, 2024 20:02 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Armando Bacot and his North Carolina teammates heard the bashing about the ACC's quality this season and they've added it as a chip on their broad shoulders. Ever since Zion Williamson left Duke for the NBA in 2019 after one season, “I feel like the respect for...

Bacot's wild 5-year ride is down to its final March Madness run for No. 1 seed North Carolina

Mar. 22, 2024 18:58 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Armando Bacot should sound tired. It's not about the North Carolina big man's heavy minutes or physical play at the heart of things for the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament's West Region. Instead, it's the changes that have taken place in a five-year college...

Division I's longest-tenured coach leads Oakland back to March Madness after 12-year absence

Mar. 19, 2024 13:11 PM EDT

Greg Kampe accepted his first head coaching job years before Tom Izzo, Mark Few, Roy Williams or Jay Wright ran their own programs. And while Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim were winning national championships, Kampe was putting his signature on Oakland...

Stanford fires men's basketball coach Jerod Haase after 8 seasons

Mar. 15, 2024 00:35 AM EDT

Stanford has fired men's basketball coach Jerod Haase after he finished his eighth season at the school without a single NCAA Tournament appearance. Athletic director Bernard Muir announced the decision on Thursday night, shortly after the Cardinal finished a second straight losing...