duke

NEW YORK (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers decided to pass on Joel Embiid in the NBA draft. The Philadelphia 76ers did not. The Cavs used the first overall pick in the draft to select forward Andrew Wiggins, who averaged a Kansas freshman-record 17...

Three more sectional champions were crowned on Tuesday as Class C, B, and A boys’ lacrosse took center stage at the University at Albany. Greenwich topped Glens Falls in the day’s opener with a 16-14 win. The two teams were tied at seven after the first half and were knotted at 11 after the third quarter before Greenwich outscored the Indians 5-3 in the fourth to win...

The Atlantic Coast Conference is taking its men's basketball tournament to New York. A person familiar with the situation said Tuesday the league has completed a two-year deal to bring the tournament to Brooklyn's Barclays Center starting in 2017...

With the NCAA Tournament's 2nd round tipping off comes 32 games in two long days and nights. So far we have seen six double digit seeds advance to the round of 32.  One of the most shocking was #14 Mercer beating #3 Duke . Other double seeded victors include #11 Dayton, #10 Stanford, #12 ND State, #12 Harvard, and #11 Tennessee...

The Syracuse Orange started the 2013-14 season in historic fashion. Getting off to a 25-0 start and sitting as the unanimous No.1 in the AP poll, many thought this was going to be a Syracuse team that was destined for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament...

After starting the season 25-0 -- and being ranked number one in the nation -- the Syracuse Orange basketball team has lost three of its last four games. The latest? Their worst loss of the season, 75-56, to No. 12 team in the nation and ACC-best Virginia Cavaliers Saturday night...

On Saturday night at Duke, Jim Boeheim got tossed from the game with 10 seconds left, protesting a call in which he felt his player was fouled - the opposite was called. The ejection sent the Blue Devils to the line and iced the game, giving 'Cuse only their second loss of the season...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Marcus Paige scored all 13 of his points in the second half, including two big baskets in the final 2½ minutes, to help North Carolina beat No. 5 Duke 74-66 on Thursday night in the rivalry's weather-delayed game...

Syracuse suffered its first loss of the season on Wednesday, falling 62-59 in overtime against ACC foe Boston College. The No. 1 Orange move to 25-1 overall and 12-1 in ACC play heading into this Saturday’s highly anticipated matchup on the road at Duke...

Doug Collins checkered coaching career has taken yet another turn. The guy who never stays longer then 3 years, or looking at it another way, the guy who burns out fast and burns his team out fast is packing and leaving another gig, after lasting just 3 years...

Ohio State point guard Aaron Craft hit the game-winning shot against Iowa State on Sunday.  Find out who committed a cardinal sin on the play.

The UAlbany Great Danes take on Duke at 12N - and we are of course pulling for Albany to win. We will be live tweeting the UAlbany NCAA action - follow us @1045theteamfor nonstop updates or check out the tweets below. Feel free to tweet your thoughts at us as well - and if you happen to be at the game, make sure you tweet some photos with us tagged in them...