The No. 12 North Carolina Tar Heels and No. 16 West Virginia Mountaineers square off in the NCAA Tournament second round.

Quite simply, this is not the year of the Cinderella squad. The silver lining: The second-weekend matchups are loaded.

The N&O’s traditional bracket breakdown has you covered this March and beyond with Sweet 16 and Final Four picks; dark horses and teams that could flop, plus more.

Will Wade has officially been hired as head basketball coach at North Carolina State, the school announced Sunday.

Duke will roll out its most common bunch (24-1 this season as the starting five): graduate guard Sion James, junior guard ...

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The West Virginia University women’s basketball team is just one win away from its second Sweet 16 in program history. Here ...

The No. 12 North Carolina Tar Heels play the No. 16 West Virginia Mountaineers in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

No. 3 seed North Carolina ( 28 -7, 13-5 ACC) will take on No. 6 seed West Virginia ( 25 -7, 13-5 Big 12) in the second round ...

Michigan State will tip off vs. North Carolina State on one of the ESPN channels. Streaming options include the NCAA March ...