Lefty Driesell, the Hall of Fame coach whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor that put Maryland on the college basketball map and enabled him to rebuild several struggling programs, died Saturday. He was 92.
Hornets Venom GT, the official NBA 2K League affiliate of the Charlotte Hornets, today announced it will host fans in the main lobby of Spectrum Center for a live best-of-three matchup against Magic Gaming on Sunday, March 3, at 2 p.m.
The Charlotte 49ers removed the interim tag from coach Aaron Fearne, who has been serving as the interim coach since June 2023.
The Atlantic Coast Conference will hold five straight menβs basketball tournaments in North Carolina starting in 2025, while the womenβs tournament that has had a longtime home in Greensboro as the city of the leagueβs founding will split time between there and Charlotte.
Reigning national champion Connecticut, Purdue and North Carolina remain atop The Associated Press Top 25 menβs college basketball poll for the third consecutive week. The new poll also includes South Carolina cracking the rankings for the first time in nearly seven years.
Third-ranked North Carolina is getting some of its best defensive play in years. That has helped the Tar Heels rise to the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference standings entering Saturday's rivalry game against No. 7 Duke.
Charlotte Hornets forward Brandon Miller has been named the NBAβs Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for January.
Coby White scored 35 points, Nikola Vucevic added 22 points and 12 rebounds and the Chicago Bulls outlasted Charlotte 117-110 on Wednesday night to send the Hornets to their fifth straight loss.
On Tuesday night, the Butler Bulldogs hosted conference rival, Providence High in a battle for high school basketball supremacy.
The Charlotte Hornets traded guard Terry Rozier to the Miami Heat for a 2027 first-round draft pick and Kyle Lowry, according to the Associated Press.
Stanfordβs Tara VanDerveer tied Mike Krzyzewski as winningest coach in college basketball history with her 1,202nd victory, guiding the No. 8 Cardinal past Oregon 88-63.
The Charlotte Catholic girl's basketball team is one of the top programs in the area but when you go to a game, the scoreboard may not be the first to catch your eye.
Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball is returning from a 20-game absence and will start against the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night.
The Associated Press began ranking teams in January 1949 with Saint Louis at No. 1, though the Wildcats would soon take over the top spot.
In that 27 years of coaching at Butler high school, Sanders has remained a positive role model to all the students he has coached and more.
A young man at a Salisbury high school is impressing everyone with his basketball skills on the high school hardwoods, but also setting an example for others.
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