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Giglio: In 2013-14 basketball, it's Duke, then everybody else

Chicago's Simeon Career Academy's Jabari Parker announces he will be attending Duke during a news conference at his high school Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The expanded ACC will have a new look with new teams in 2013-14, but a familiar team will tower above the rest: Duke and Mike Krzyzewski.

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NORTH CAROLINA

Women’s lacrosse: Dynamite start helps Tar Heels cruise to semifinals

North Carolina women’s lacrosse coach Jenny Levy predicted that draw controls and possession would dictate the outcome of the Tar Heels’ NCAA quarterfinal meeting with Virginia. She just didn’t know they would decide it in the game’s opening minute.
NORTH CAROLINA

Playing only for pride, UNC falls to Virginia in extra innings

Tar Heel freshman just misses 11th-inning home run in 8-7 loss
NC STATE

Pack drops Duke, earns ACC’s No. 4

When the Wolfpack arrived for batting practice at Doak Field at 9 a.m., the coaches and players never imagined that their day at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park wouldn’t conclude until just before 6 p.m. But after the trip across I-40, a two-hour rain delay and a slow-paced game (with only...
EDUCATION

UNC’s Holden Thorp steps out of the spotlight

In a recent interview, Thorp, leaving soon for Washington University, said he wished he had watched “Friday Night Lights” five years ago. An education about athletics would’ve come in handy.
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NC STATE

Pack loses in 4-hour, 11-inning game

It took the longest NCAA regional game in Tennessee history for the fifth-ranked and host Volunteers to beat N.C. State pitcher Emily Weiman and the Wolfpack on Saturday in the winner’s bracket game of the NCAA Knoxville Regional.
DUKE

No. 8 Duke falls to top-ranked Maryland in women’s lacrosse

COLLEGE PARK, Md. Eighth-ranked Duke women’s lacrosse team held top-ranked Maryland to five goals in the first 25 minutes, but ultimately fell 14-9 in the NCAA quarterfinals Saturday. Trailing 14-5 midway through the second half, the Blue Devils (14-6) closed the gap with four straight goals...
DUKE

Goalie follows brother to stardom at Duke

There were times, Duke goalie Kyle Turri said, when he would be sitting in the stands watching the Blue Devils and imagining himself on the field. His older brother Justin was a two-time All-America midfielder at Duke, so a high school-aged Turri followed the program closely.
COLLEGE

N.C. State, Duke, UNC end golf seasons at NCAA regionals

The N.C. State men’s golf team’s season ended on Saturday after a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional.
NBA BASKETBALL

Duke's Seth Curry makes his pitch for the NBA

Duke star Seth Curry says he's ready to help a team right away with his outside shooting and basketball IQ.
NORTH CAROLINA

Six-run eighth lifts UNC baseball team to regular-season ACC title

Trailing by three runs and down to its final six outs, No. 2 UNC scored six times in the eighth inning in a come-from-behind 8-5 victory over Virginia. The win secured UNC's first regular-season ACC championship since 1990.