ACC Basketball

DURHAM — Maryland barely had more rebounds than the Plumlee family. The Terrapins also wound up playing some critical minutes without the Atlantic Coast Conference’s top scorer. It all added up to a loss that first-year coach Mark Turgeon still insists ...  

Stephen picks: Mike Scott, Virginia How big a difference has Mike Scott made for Virginia this year? Well, after missing the 2011 campaign with an ankle injury, Scott helped the Cavaliers blow past last season's win total of 16 back in January.  

With either five or six games remaining in their ACC regular season schedules, six teams are playing musical chairs for what most observers believe will be five invitations from the NCAA Selection Committee. But, to be absolutely certain that phone's gonna ...  

DURHAM — Duke’s Plumlee brothers were double trouble — make that double-double trouble — for Maryland. Miles Plumlee had 13 points and a career-high 22 rebounds and younger brother Mason also had a double-double in the 10th-ranked Blue Devils’ 73 ...  

CHAPEL HILL — Tyler Zeller spent the two days after North Carolina’s last-second loss to its fiercest rival keeping a low profile in the back of class, not watching television and avoiding going out in public any more than necessary. Getting back on ...  

As for why attendance as a whole is down? The Post reports that basketball ticket sales have decreased across conferences nationally, and the ACC might not have been helped this season by all of the coaching turnover. “I really don’t have a ...  

Two players with ties to Northwest North Carolina are included in the 2012 class of ACC Basketball Tournament Legends announced Thursday — Kenny Dennard, a King native and former South Stokes High and Duke star, and Randolph Childress ...  

As the 2012 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament is quickly approaching, Carolina Athletics would like to offer you the opportunity to help us "Turn Atlanta Blue" by purchasing tickets for the tournament.  

They're indoctrinated into your association with Valentine's Day from grade school on, when that boy or girl you desperately have a confusing, infuriating crush on gives you a box of chewables to go with that flimsy Spider-Man (or whatever the hell's hip ...  

Rachel Jones is planning to fly someday. On Saturday at Ban Johnson Arena, the 5-foot-7 Marietta College senior helped the Lady Pioneers take off and land with an 86-69 triumph over Heidelberg University in an Ohio Athletic Conference women's basketball game.  

There's nothing better to heat up a chilly February day than stoking the debate over who is Philadelphia's best college basketball player. That would be especially true this season when the city boasts three outstanding talents - Ramone Moore of ...  

Terrence Ross had 21 points and 13 rebounds on Sunday to lead Washington to a 75-72 win over host Oregon State. C.J. Wilcox added 17 points for the Huskies (17-8, 10-3), who went back into a tie for first place in the Pac-12 with Cal, which won ...  

Brooke Hampton made two free throws with 4.6 seconds remaining, Natalie Novosel missed a 15-foot jumper at the buzzer, and West Virginia beat second-ranked Notre Dame, 65-63, in South Bend, Ind., on Sunday, snapping the Irish's 21-game winning ...  

It's difficult enough deciding on the best college basketball player in the city, or even the best player on each of the six Division I teams. So it stands to reason that coming up with a No. 2 player on each of the teams is as tough if not ...  

COLUMBUS, OHIO — Samantha Prahalis hit a 3-pointer from the right wing with 41 seconds left Sunday, giving No. 10 Ohio State the boost it needed for an 80-71 victory over No. 16 Purdue to turn the Big Ten race into a four-team logjam.