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Triangle Tarheels fifth-grade girls raising funds for nationals

The Triangle Tarheels Basketball Club fifth-grade girls basketball team completed its AAU season with 30 wins and three losses and earned a place in the Amateur Athletic Union Division 1 National Tournament to be played June 26-July 1 in Hampton, Va.

"We're really excited about that," coach Amad Smalls said Monday night.

To help pay for trip expenses, the team, which place third in the state tournament to take one of four qualifying spots for nationals, is conducting fundraising activities, including mother-daughter and father-daughter tournaments this weekend, and accepting donations, Smalls said.

'Official' Duke-Hampton box full of errors

Tags: ACC Now | Duke | Hampton | NCAA

Check ncaa.com for the “official” box score of the Duke-Hampton game, and you’ll see that Duke won 87-47.

Except the Blue Devils actually won 87-45, and the NCAA’s online version of the box score is riddled with errors.

UPDATE, 11:32 A.M. SATURDAY: Overnight, the NCAA corrected the box score.

Green: Irving's smooth return bodes well for Blue Devils

CHARLOTTE -- Well, that was a tidy day’s work for the Duke Blue Devils.

With a comforting lack of drama, the top-seeded Blue Devils manhandled Hampton 87-45 today in their opening NCAA tournament game at Time Warner Cable Arena.

It was noteworthy for its efficient workmanship, the return of Kyrie Irving and the fact it moves coach Mike Krzyzewki within three victories of tying his mentor Bob Knight for the most wins ever by a Division I hoops coach.

Duke, Irving crush Hampton 87-45

updated 8 p.m.

CHARLOTTE – In less a half-minute Friday afternoon, freshman guard Kyrie Irving sent a shudder through teams in the NCAA tournament who suddenly face an even larger obstacle in Duke.

In his first game back from a toe injury that kept him out 3 ½ months, Irving got aggressive in the closing minutes with an 87-45 win over Hampton already wrapped up for No. 1 seed Duke at Time Warner Cable Arena.

Duke 72, Hampton 37

Tags: ACC Now | Duke | Hampton

DURHAM -- Duke trailed Hampton, but not for long.

Hampton led No. 2-seed Duke by three points three minutes into Saturday's first round Women's NCAA tournament game at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Though the Blue Devils raced from behind and recaptured their lead over the 15th-seeded Pirates, shutting down their outmatched opponent and capturing a 72-37 victory.

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