13 Feb 2019
Coach K recruiting afterthought turns golden
Where did Jordan Goldwire come from? Besides the end of Duke’s bench, that is. Usually, guys like Goldwire, Duke’s lightly recruited sophomore guard, only play during blowouts. With the Blue Devils'...
11 Feb 2019
Earvin Johnson still playing throwback role
There are no more Magic Johnsons in college basketball. That has been my thought the past decade while watching one-and-done college prospects follow each other like lemmings to the same two schools,...
09 Feb 2019
Black History Month and Underground Railroad
Three twitter posts I read in succession were unrelated unless placed in the context of Black History Month. One was from filmmaker Ava DuVernay and the other two about the Texas Hall of...
07 Feb 2019
ECU adds more than three new recruits
By Tom Shanahan, CorrespondentGREENVILLE -- East Carolina coach Mike Houston added three players to his first recruiting class on Wednesday to go with 18 signatures gained in the early December...
03 Feb 2019
The education of a Tar Heels point guard
Watch Coby White now that the ACC basketball logjam at the top has been halved to three one-loss teams, Virginia, Duke and North Carolina. In the past week, North Carolina’s maturing freshman has...
02 Feb 2019