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          <title>First Round of NCAA Tournament Wraps up</title>
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The first round of the NCAA Tourament wrapped up with Friday&#8217;s games. Here are all of the scores from Friday.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Pirate Rally Falls Short, ECU falls in Game One against Monmouth</title>
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Monmouth scored six runs in the sixth inning and held off a late rally by No. 16 East Carolina to take game one of the three-game series 11-9 Friday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.            ]]></description>
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Allison Spivey put back a missed shot with one-tenth of a second left in overtime to complete East Carolina&#8217;s improbable comeback victory in its first appearance in the WNIT.            ]]></description>
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Eyewitness News 9 has learned that former Auburn coach Jeff Lebo is the leading candidate to replace Mack McCarthy as head basketball coach at East Carolina.
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          <title>Duke not taking Arkansas&#45;Pine Bluff for granted</title>
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Duke isn&#8217;t wasting time debating whether they deserve their Number One seed in the NCAA tournament.
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          <title>Wake Forest tops Texas 81&#45;80 in OT on Smith&#8217;s shot</title>
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Ishmael Smith&#8217;s pull-up jumper from about 17 feet out with 1.3 seconds remaining in overtime gave ninth-seeded Wake Forest an 81-to-80 win over Number Eight seed Texas in the first round of the NCAA tournament Thursday night.
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          <title>Jordan calls owning Bobcats &#8220;dream come true&#8221;</title>
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Michael Jordan vows to help Charlotte experience what winning is about, telling reporters and season ticket holders it&#8217;s a &#8220;dream come true&#8221; to own the Bobcats.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Charlotte Bobcats All-Star forward Gerald Wallace has been cleared to return from a sprained left ankle and is expected to play Friday at Atlanta.
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          <title>Whitney scores in overtime for Hurricanes</title>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Ray Whitney scored at 4:02 of overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a four-to-three victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.
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Here are the scores from the first day of the NCAA basketball tournament.           ]]></description>
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Texas has one more chance to halt its late-season slide.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers will have at least one starting defensive lineman returning next season after agreeing on a three-year deal with defensive end Tyler Brayton.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Michael Waltrip Racing plans to enter Ryan Truex in six Nationwide Series races this season.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The NCAA tournament is full of upsets in every matchup&#8212;except for Number One versus Number 16.
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CONCORD, N.C. (AP) - NASCAR has added a mandatory four-tire pit stop to the format of the Sprint All-Star Race.
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          <title>Spoiler change to come next week at Martinsville</title>
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CONCORD, N.C. (AP) - NASCAR will switch from a wing to a spoiler at next weekend&#8217;s race at Martinsville Speedway.
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          <title>Softball Adds Two At NCCU</title>
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Pirates Take On Eagles In March 24 Doubleheader           ]]></description>
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          <title>Duke to face Arkansas&#45;Pine Bluff in NCAAs</title>
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Duke has its opponent for the first round of the NCAA tournament.
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          <title>North Carolina tops William &amp;amp; Mary 80&#45;72 in NIT</title>
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Dexter Strickland hit the go-ahead free throws with 2:34 left and North Carolina held William &amp; Mary scoreless for the final 5 minutes in the Tar Heels&#8217; 80-72 win in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday night.
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          <title>Horner scores 25 and NC State nips USF 58&#45;57</title>
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Dennis Horner scored 25 points and Richard Howell&#8217;s go-ahead layup with 8 seconds left barely beat the shot clock as North Carolina State defeated South Florida 58-57 in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday night.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Danny Granger scored 26 points to help the Indiana Pacers beat Charlotte 99-94 on Tuesday night, denying the Bobcats what would have been a franchise-record seventh consecutive victory.
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The K-Tribe Teams With Minor League Baseball for a New Look!

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          <title>East Carolina Announces 2010 football schedule</title>
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GREENVILLE, N.C. &#8211; Contests against seven bowl qualifiers, including a home matchup against Texas Bowl winner Navy and road games at Atlantic Coast Conference members Virginia Tech and North Carolina, complement a mid-October date versus North Carolina State at newly-expanded Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium according to a release of East Carolina&#8217;s complete 2010 football schedule by Conference USA officials Tuesday.            ]]></description>
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PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods will return to golf at the Masters next month.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina&#8217;s Roy Williams is making trip to a place he has never been as a head coach - to the NIT.
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Duke has claimed the No. 2 seed in the Memphis Regional of the NCAA tournament.
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MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) - JR Motorsports will try to race the full Nationwide Series schedule with the No. 7 Chevrolet.
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The East Carolina women&#8217;s basketball team&#8217;s season will continue in the 2010 Women&#8217;s National Invitation Tournament as the Lady Pirates have earned an at-large berth, according to an announcement late Monday night by the event&#8217;s selection committee. The selection marks the fourth postseason bid in program history.
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          <title>Charlotte fires coach Bobby Lutz after 12 seasons</title>
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Charlotte has fired coach Bobby Lutz after his 12th year was marred by a late-season collapse and a costly blunder in a first-round loss in the Atlantic 10 tournament.           ]]></description>
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Stephen Jackson scored 28 points, Raymond Felton had 16 and the Charlotte Bobcats held on for their sixth straight victory, 96-89 over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night           ]]></description>
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The University of North Carolina men&#8217;s basketball team will play host to William and Mary on Tuesday, March 16, at 9:30 p.m. in Carmichael Arena in the opening round of the 2010 National Invitation Tournament.
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 Kyle Singler scored 20 points and Jon
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Junior Seth Maness fanned a career-best 11 batters in seven innings of work, while Seth Simmons recorded his fourth save as No. 10 East Carolina topped Pepperdine 3-2 Saturday afternoon at Eddy D. Field Stadium. With the win, the Pirates improve to 8-6 overall and Pepperdine drops to 6-9.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Matt Moore has signed his one-year, $3.043 million tender with the Carolina Panthers, who have declared him the starting quarterback going into training camp.           ]]></description>
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Derrick Favors had 18 points and nine rebounds to help Georgia Tech hold off North Carolina 62-58 in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Thursday night.           ]]></description>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Brian Pothier scored at 23 of overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.           ]]></description>
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Pepperdine sophomore Cole Cook tossed his first complete game to lead Pepperdine to a 5-3 win over No. 10 East Carolina Thursday afternoon at Eddy D. Field Stadium in game one of a three-game non-conference series. 
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Gerald Wallace scored 28 points on 9-for-10 shooting from the field, Stephen Jackson added 24 points and 10 rebounds, and the Charlotte Bobcats won their fourth straight game with a 102-87 victory over the reeling Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The owner of Carl Edwards&#8217; car says he is satisfied with NASCAR&#8217;s penalty on the driver.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Tomas Fleischmann scored on a one-timer from the right circle with 1:40 remaining in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night.
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Aubrey Coleman scored 29 points lead seventh-seeded Houston over 10th-seeded East Carolina, 93-80, in the first round of the 2010 GMC Sierra Conference USA Men&#8217;s Basketball Championship Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Carl Edwards has been placed on three weeks&#8217; probation by NASCAR for intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski&#8217;s car during last weekend&#8217;s race at Atlanta.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Stephen Jackson scored 17 points, Raymond Felton added 15 points and 11 assists, and the Charlotte Bobcats used a fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Miami Heat 83-78 on Tuesday night in a key game for playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Ricky Harris scored 24 points and Massachusetts pulled ahead late for a 59-56 victory over Charlotte on Tuesday night in the opening round of the Atlantic 10 tournament.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Nic Simpson scored 21 points and North Carolina A&amp;T defeated Howard 65-55 on Tuesday night in the first round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A person familiar with the decision says Carl Edwards will not be suspended for intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski&#8217;s car during last weekend&#8217;s NASCAR race in Atlanta.           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Cameron Rundles scored 20 points and Wofford used stifling defense to overcome a long second-half scoring drought and beat Appalachian State 56-51 on Monday night for the Southern Conference title and its first NCAA tournament berth.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers have added to their purge of veterans with the release of longtime fullback Brad Hoover.
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Freshman guard Shala Hodges netted a career-high 17 points and led five players in double figures to guide the fifth-seeded East Carolina women&#8217;s basketball team to a 102-64 win over 12 seed Southern Miss in the first round of the 2010 GMC Sierra Conference USA Women&#8217;s Basketball Championship Monday afternoon at the Reynolds Center.           ]]></description>
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Al-Farouq Aminu broke out of his slump with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and Wake Forest continued its home dominance of Clemson in a 70-65 victory on Sunday that cost the Tigers&#8217; a first-round bye in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Dennis Horner scored 11 of his 14 points during the decisive second-half run to help North Carolina State rally past Boston College 66-54 on Sunday.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Kellen Brand scored a career-high 37 points as Appalachian State routed College of Charleston 77-54 on Sunday night in the semifinals of the Southern Conference tournament.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Jasmine Thomas scored 18 points and No. 9 Duke captured its first Atlantic Coast Conference championship since 2004 by beating North Carolina State 70-60 on Sunday.
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Tournament MVP Amber Clark poured in 27 points as South Central won the school&#8217;s first ever Eastern Regional championship, beating Westover 67-59.
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Cam Freeman&#8217;s two-run home run in the eighth inning coupled with a strong pitching performance from Seth Maness helped No. 11 East Carolina to a 5-4 win over in-state foe West Carolina Sunday afternoon in the Seventh Annual Keith LeClair Classic at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
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Eyewitness News 9 Sports has learned that former pirate coach Joe Dooley will not be returning to East Carolina as head basketball coach.

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&nbsp;  &nbsp; There&#8217;s big news out of ECU basketball.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; The Pirates wrapped up a disappointing regular season at home against Southern Mississippi.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; After the game, Coach Mack McCarthy announced his resignation.           ]]></description>
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Corey Thompson&#8217;s two-RBI double to right center highlighted a four-run seventh inning that propelled No. 11 East Carolina a 7-5 win over Illinois in game two of the Seventh Annual Keith LeClair Classic Friday afternoon at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Dorenzo Hudson and Malcolm Delaney each scored 21 points to help Virginia Tech snap a three-game losing streak Wednesday night in a 71-59 win over North Carolina State.
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