College Basketball

Legal online sports betting in North Carolina is poised to begin in March on the eve of the region's beloved Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament.

The family of former North Carolina and NBA big man Eric Montross says he has died after a cancer fight. He was 52. The school released a statement from the family Monday morning saying Montross died Sunday surrounded by loved ones at his Chapel Hill home.

The Blue Devils are North Carolina’s highest-seeded team in this year’s tournament, but they’re joined by 10th-seeded N.C. State, and No. 15 UNC-Asheville.

The Battling Bishops reminisce on the championship-winning season that led them to play in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2011.

All three women’s college basketball teams in the Triangle — Duke, UNC and N.C. State — are ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll this week. The success of these teams is driving interest and historic ticket sales among local fans and students.

Packer’s broadcasting career coincided with the growth of college basketball. He worked as analyst or color commentator on every Final Four from 1975 to 2008.

UNC played in the national championship game last season. Can they make it that far again? Coach K is gone. Does that change expectations for Duke?

Duke's Paolo Banchero was selection No. 1 overall by the Orlando Magic. It's the second time Duke has had four players selected in the first round, joining the Blue Devils' 1999 draft class.

Born and raised in the Bronx, Rosenbluth joined coach Frank McGuire and the Tar Heels in 1955 and was an all-Atlantic Coast Conference honoree in each of his three seasons.

Longtime Davidson coach Bob McKillop is retiring, ending a run that included coaching Steph Curry and ranking among the all-time winningest active coaches in Division I men's college basketball.