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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Louisville navigated most of the Atlantic Coast Conference season without running into trouble spots. "They're 10-3 at home, and we know it will be a very tough game," said Cardinals coach Rick Pitino, whose team has plenty at stake. Louisville (23-6, 11-5) can gain a share of the ACC regular-season title by winning twice this week accompanied by a North Carolina loss to Duke on Saturday night. Continue to Article

March 01, 2017 1:44:am EST

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Wake Forest coach Danny Manning wants his Demon Deacons focused on nothing more than the game plan for each of their last two regular-season games. The Demon Deacons (16-12, 7-9 Atlantic Coast Conference) are hovering on the bubble - good enough to play tough games with just about anybody, yet still searching for the kind of top-shelf win to push them over the line in what has already been a huge leap forward in Manning's third year. ''Right now, we're still in the heat of the battle and there's still a lot of basketball left, regardless of what the (NCAA) conversation is right now,'' Manning said Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press. Continue to Article

February 28, 2017 6:51:pm EST

The No. 7 Cardinals (22-6, 10-5 ACC) needed overtime to beat the Orange (17-12, 9-7) less than two weeks ago at the Carrier Dome. "We actually learned a lot about ourselves in that last game," said Louisville's leading scorer Donovan Mitchell, whose game-high 16 points included some crucial shots in the second half. Syracuse also learned a lot about itself since the Louisville game. Continue to Article

February 25, 2017 11:41:pm EST

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan sports doctor who treated elite female U.S. gymnasts was charged with sexually assaulting nine girls, including some too reluctant to speak up about the alleged abuse years ago because he was considered a ''god.'' Continue to Article

February 23, 2017 2:56:am EST

The final score of rival Duke’s buzzer-beating loss at Syracuse had just appeared on the video board. The roars at the Dean Dome only grew louder as the night wore on and North Carolina began to methodically impose its will. The eighth-ranked Tar Heels pulled away from seventh-ranked Louisville in the second half, cruising to a 74-63 victory that gives them control of the ACC title race. Continue to Article

February 22, 2017 11:47:pm EST