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DeCock: Jordan Staal, Hurricanes’ production are mirrors of each other

In many ways, Jordan Staal’s season epitomizes that of the Carolina Hurricanes: Unquestionably talented but disappointingly unproductive.
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DeCock: ‘Southleast’ will be missed here, if nowhere else

The Hurricanes play their final Southeast Division game before the NHL moves to a four-division alignment next season. Not many will miss the group of misfits known as the “Southleast,” but the Hurricanes will.
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DeCock: Lawsuit heralds change in college sports

Change is coming to intercollegiate athletics. It’s just a question of when, and how. While the NCAA pushes incremental reforms that will preserve its position at the top of the pyramid – and the bottom of the waterfall of money generated by college sports – outsiders wonder why...
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DeCock: Tar Heels can weather Bullock’s departure, but stakes raised on recruit Wiggins

North Carolina has enough depth to handle Reggie Bullock’s early departure to the NBA, but it does increase the importance of top recruit Andrew Wiggins’ decision. He’s considering the Tar Heels, Kentucky, Kansas and Florida State.
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DeCock: It's not me, NCAA tournament, it's you

I'm over you, NCAA tournament. You've changed. I'm not in love anymore. It's time for me to move on.
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DeCock: No dramatic changes planned for struggling Canes

Hurricanes coach Kirk Muller has a simple message for his team, which is in danger of missing the NHL playoffs: Keep doing what you've been doing, just do it better.
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DeCock: Canes are stuck in NHL's neutral

If you're not going to make the NHL playoffs, it's better to miss by a lot and grab a top player in the draft. Instead, the Canes are stuck in the middle: not good enough to compete, not bad enough to rebuild.
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DeCock: Now it gets interesting for Pack, Tar Heels

NC State has lost three players already, and could lose more. UNC is holding its breath, waiting for James Michael McAdoo, Reggie Bullock and P.J. Hairston to decide their next move. Next year’s ACC standings will be shaped by what happens in the next month.
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DeCock: For Duke, another what-might-have-been moment

Duke was never the same team after Ryan Kelly got hurt, making it yet another Triangle title contender derailed on its way to the Final Four.