Raleigh, NC – NC State men’s basketball head coach Justin Gainey announced the first five hires to his men’s basketball staff on Friday. The Pack has added Alvin Brooks III, Riley Collins, Matthew Driscoll and Anthony Goins as assistant coaches…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Chapel Hill, NC – North Carolina has made one of the boldest coaching decisions in modern college basketball, moving to hire former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone as the next leader of its men’s basketball…
By Donna King Raleigh, NC – This past week has been a rollercoaster for Wolfpack fans, as men’s basketball coach Will Wade suddenly resigned to take a job at LSU. It’s not that we aren’t used to it. Being a…
Raleigh, NC – NC State’s McMurray Family Director of Athletics Boo Corrigan has announced that former NC State captain Justin Gainey will return to Raleigh as the new head coach of the NC State men’s basketball program. Gainey, who has signed a…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe The Death of the Handshake In the hyper-accelerated, transaction-heavy machinery of modern athletics, we are told to expect the unexpected. But even for a cynical veteran of the beat, the Will Wade saga feels like…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Raleigh, NC – In the pressure cooker of Tobacco Road, where basketball isn’t just a sport but a secular religion scrutinized with professional-grade intensity, loyalty is usually the first casualty of ambition. But even by…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Greenville, SC — For a long, uneasy afternoon inside Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Duke looked less like the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed and more like a team staring straight at one of the…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Chapel Hill, NC – The NCAA tournament rarely waits for teams to find themselves, and that is what makes Thursday night’s first-round game between No. 6 seed North Carolina and No. 11 seed VCU so…
Charlotte, NC – Eight Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball teams earned bids to the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, as Clemson, Duke, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, SMU and Virginia were selected to the 68-team event. It marks the…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Charlotte, NC – North Carolina’s 80-79 loss to Clemson in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals was the kind of defeat that leaves more questions than answers. On the surface, the Tar Heels nearly stole a game…