College Basketball

If you live in the Tar Heel State, you have a choice to make tonight: Duke or Carolina. Fans from both sides are taking their Tobacco Road rivalry to the next level today. Full story...

North Carolina says it is resuming its men's basketball series with Kentucky. UNC said Monday that the two schools will play next season in Chapel Hill. Full story...

Cape Fear Community College is giving away tickets to its annual men's basketball game in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Full story...

Russell Dove is the new head football coach at West Bladen High School. Dove replaces Joe Salas who recently left West Bladen in order to take over the football program at Lumberton High School. On Tuesday on WWAY we featured high school wrestling and high school basketball from Wilmington. Plus more! Full story...

For the first time ever Miami is off to a 2-0 start in ACC men's basketball. That's bad news for the UNC Tar Heels because the Hurricanes knocked off UNC on Thursday. The NHL season is finally about to start. We have an update from Raleigh. The Carolina Panthers have an offensive coordinator position opening. Rod Chudzinski is about to be an NFL head coach. Full story...

On Monday the Cape Fear Academy Hurricanes and the Wilmington Christian Academy Patriots faced each other on the hardwood in a high school basketball affair featuring two of Wilmington's private schools. It's official, Andy Reid is the new head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. The Buffalo Bills have a new head coach too. Full story...

On Sunday the UNCW women's basketball team opened the CAA part of their schedule with a defeat. The UNC Tar Heel men's basketball squad opened the ACC part of their schedule with a setback. The Washington Redskins also lost on Sunday. Despite a knee injury Robert Griffin III tried to play through pain, but the Seattle Seahawks prevailed to advance in the NFL playoffs. Full story...

This season the UNCW men's basketball team has two players on the team that call Wilmington home. Former Hoggard Viking Zack Allen and former New Hanover Wildcat Freddie Jackson both reside in the Port City. Allen is a walk-on. He's in his first season at UNCW. Allen has only played in one game this season, but that may change soon if he keeps knocking down shots in practice from behind the arc. Full story...

Prized prospect Jabari Parker of Chicago's Simeon Career Academy, one of the most highly touted recruits in years, is headed to Duke. Full story...

On Sunday the Carolina Panthers looked like a playoff team. Unfortunately the playoffs aren't a possibility for Carolina, but the guys in black, silver and blue won consecutive games for the first time since last December. The UNCW men's basketball team on Saturday lost on the road against the Davidson Wildcats. Check out our game action from Sunday's 6pm newscast. Full story...

Friday night was jam packed with high school hoops in the region. It even included a court dedication ceremony at Laney High School for longtime Laney coaches Fred Lynch and Ruby Sutton. Click the play video icon in order to check out Friday's Full Court Press on WWAY with John Rendleman and Brett Blizzard. Full story...

Doubleheaders are rare at Trask Coliseum, but that was the case on Wednesday night. The UNCW men's basketball team defeated Coker. The UNCW women's basketball squad lost to Charlotte. Full story...

The South Columbus Stallions were not able to win on Friday night in the 2-A East Finals. Tarboro is headed to the state championship game instead. The Vikings will enter as three-time defending state champs on December 1st when they face East Lincoln in Winston-Salem.... SW Onslow knocked off James Kenan in the 1-AA playoffs.... New Bern beat Scotland County in the 4-A state playoffs. Full story...

Wednesday on WWAY we checked out the UNCW men's basketball team in Big Ten country. The Seahawks had the lead until a buzzer beater right before halftime against Purdue. The South Columbus Stallions are getting ready for another high school football state playoff game, and more! Full story...

On Monday on WWAY we took a pre-season look at the New Hanover boys basketball team. The Wildcats enter the new hoops season as defending 4-A state champs.... We had Monday night hoops from Cape Fear Academy, a Wilmington Hammerheads update and an update on former Hoggard standout Jonathan Cooper. The UNC senior is an Outland Trophy finalist.... Plus more ! Full story...