University of North Carolina NCAA News

The 2014 NCAA tournament starts soon and odds are you will be participating in some sort of bracket pool, be it amongst friends, at the office or anywhere else.

The regular season is over. The conference tournaments have crowned their winners.

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Looking to take the series from 13th ranked North Carolina, Maryland was riding the momentum from Saturday's big win into Sunday.

Roy Williams acknowledged the energy benefits of losing early in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament after North Carolina was bounced in the quarterfinals.

Despite their loss in the Big 12 semifinals, the Jayhawks don't have to worry about not hearing their name Sunday when the bracket is revealed.

NCSU soil scientist David Lindbo sets up an experiment before he gives a demonstration at Exploris Middle School in Raleigh on March 14, 2014.

It is Selection Sunday, perhaps the most anticipated day on college basketball's calendar.

Freshman attacker Taylor Poplawski led No. 3 Syracuse with a career-high four goals in a 17-12 win over visiting No.

Charlie White's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth lifted Maryland to a 3-2 win over No.

Fourth-ranked Duke went on a 4-1 run over the last 13 minutes of the game to earn a 9-8 overtime win over fifth-ranked North Carolina in front of 3,887 fans at Koskinen Stadium Saturday afternoon.

Top-ranked North Carolina got multiple goals from seven different players and cruised by 12th-ranked Georgetown , 18-11, in women's lacrosse action on Saturday at Fetzer Field.

This is Amelia Rayno's third season on the Gophers men's basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.

The Terps have hit a bit of a rough patch after starting off the season strong. Maryland will look to rebound from Friday's abysmal performance against the 13th-ranked Tar Heels.

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Maryland stranded 14 base runners and North Carolina starter Trent Thornton scattered six hits over seven shutout innings as the 13th-ranked Tar Heels won game one of the weekend series 7-0 at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium Friday.

Top-seeded N.C. Central advanced to today's MEAC Tournament championship game with a 67-48 rout of No.

If you're a North Carolina basketball fan looking for a silver lining to your team's unceremonious dismissal from the ACC tournament at the hands of Pittsburgh on Friday, here's one courtesy of coach Roy Williams.

Roy Williams' rather famous dismissal of the ACC tournament from a few years back was highlighted by the line that it wasn't much more than a "great cocktail party."

Pittsburgh's Action Sports reporter Ryan Recker is in Greensboro, where the Pitt Panthers beat No.