RJ Davis scored 26 points and went 6 of 6 from 3-point range to help North Carolina silence some skeptics with a 95-68 victory over San Diego State in their First Four matchup.

North Carolina graduate forward Jae'Lyn Withers committed a lane violation with 4.1 seconds left that negated a tying free throw in the Tar Heels' loss to No. 1 Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.

There are 14 teams that were in the preseason AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll that are no longer in the rankings this week.

The No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament along with the last spots in the 68-team field will be riding on the outcome of a plethora of conference tournaments this week.

Maliq Brown stepped up in No. 2 Duke's win at rival North Carolina that clinched the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title.

North Carolina coach Hubert Davis has signed a two-year extension running through the 2029-30 season.

Top-ranked Kansas blew a 20-point first-half lead, then had to rally itself in the closing minutes for a 92-89 victory over No. 9 North Carolina on Friday night.

North Carolina is the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament West Region a year after being left out of the bracket.

No. 4 North Carolina rolled into the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semifinals by routing Florida State 92-67.

Duke star big man Kyle Filipowski said he didn’t intend to trip North Carolina forward Harrison Ingram during the first half of Saturday night’s rivalry game after the two got tangled as Filipowski defended a shot by Ingram.

RJ Davis poured in four straight 3-pointers during a riveting second-half stretch on his way to a career-high 42 points, and No. 9 North Carolina held off skidding Miami 75-71.

Armando Bacot had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Harrison Ingram added 21 points and 13 rebounds and No. 3 North Carolina beat No. 7 Duke 93-84 in the latest renewal of the fierce rivalry.

Walter Davis, a five-time NBA All-Star and standout at North Carolina for the late Dean Smith, has died.

RJ Davis iced a much-needed victory for scuffling North Carolina with two late free throws and the Tar Heels beat No. 23 Ohio State 89-84.

Houston and Texas remain firmly entrenched atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll.

Tom Izzo is proud of the fact that Michigan State has consistently played tough nonconference schedules throughout his career.

North Carolina is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 men's basketball poll.

National runner-up North Carolina will play at Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 30.

Seth Jarvis and Nino Niederreiter scored second-period goals while Antti Raanta was strong in net to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 5-1 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.

Kansas finished off the biggest comeback in national championship history Monday night, getting a big game from David McCormack, crucial shots from Remy Martin and surviving a potential game-tying 3-pointer by Caleb Love at the buzzer for a 72-69 victory in the Superdome.

There are strong connections between North Carolina and Kansas.

North Carolina has an effective inside/outside combo in Armando Bacot and Caleb Love.

Kansas coach Bill Self finds himself in the same spot that longtime North Carolina coach Dean Smith once did.

Caleb Love and North Carolina proved they could play their outside-shooting finesse style better than Duke could play bully ball.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s remarkable career came to a sudden end Saturday night after Caleb Love made a key 3-pointer and three late free throws to lift archrival North Carolina to a thrill-a-minute 81-77 victory over the Blue Devils in the national semifinals showdown.

North Carolina, Duke and Kansas are bona fide basketball bluebloods, the best of the best in the men's college game.

The Duke-North Carolina rivalry has been filled with future NBA stars and intense finishes through nearly 100 meetings in Mike Krzyzewski's Hall of Fame tenure with the Blue Devils.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's final chapter will have a distinctly blue tint.

North Carolina crushed all hope of a March Madness miracle, getting 20 points and 22 rebounds from Armando Bacot in a wire-to-wire 69-49 runaway over 15th-seeded Saint Peter’s.

Saint Peter’s has knocked off Kentucky, Murray State and Purdue and now has its sights on pulling another NCAA Tournament upset.

Caleb Love hit game-tying and go-ahead 3-pointers 37 seconds apart and North Carolina moved within a victory of its 21st Final Four.

The Sweet 16 at the East region features one game between UCLA and North Carolina and another between Purdue and underdog Saint Peter’s.

Michigan and Kentucky stood out in a study examining the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament brackets based on graduation rates, academic success and diversity in the head coaching ranks.

Top seeds Gonzaga, Arizona and Kansas are in the NCAA Sweet 16.

RJ Davis scored a career-high 30 points and eighth-seeded North Carolina beat defending champion Baylor 93-86 in overtime in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

North Carolina and first-year coach Hubert Davis got themselves off the NCAA Tournament bubble and now hope to make trouble for defending national champion Baylor in a featured matchup of the second round.

Brady Manek scored 28 points, Caleb Love had 21 of his 23 points before halftime and North Carolina routed Marquette 95-63 in first-year coach Hubert Davis’ NCAA Tournament debut.

North Carolina spoiled retiring Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski’s emotional home finale at Cameron Indoor Stadium, upsetting fourth-ranked rival Duke 94-81.

The knock on Penny Hardaway early in the season was that he could recruit talent to Memphis, just not win with it.

Freshman A.

The famed rivalry between No. 9 Duke and North Carolina is changing.

The opening week of the college basketball season, as it usually is, was filled with marquee games.

Fans started filing into Indiana’s Assembly Hall as soon as the doors swung open.

Gonzaga is the preseason No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll.

The Atlantic Coast Conference is facing a changing landscape in men's basketball amid coaching retirements, roster upheaval and a bumpy showing in last year's NCAA Tournament.