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Tracking transfers: Ian Jackson scores 18 in win over No. 7 Texas; Ven-Allen Lubin nets 22
Ian Jackson’s best game at St. John’s and
Ven-Allen Lubin’s perfect shooting day at N.C. State led a weekend of exhibition play for former UNC basketball players. Jackson, a junior guard who spent the 2024–25 season at UNC, scored 18 points on 7 of 14 shooting and pulled down six rebounds as No. 13 St. John’s beat No. 7 Texas 87–74 on Sunday. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
NC State Fires Football Coach Dave Doeren
NC State Director of Athletics Boo Corrigan has announced that Wolfpack head football coach Dave Doeren has been relieved of his duties effective immediately. Todd Goebbel, NC State running backs coach/special teams coordinator, will serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. A national search for NC State's next head coach will begin immediately. (
NC State Athletics)
New bowl game in Puerto Rico to showcase ACC vs. Sun Belt
A second bowl game in Puerto Rico has been added to the postseason lineup, the ACC and Sun Belt announced. The TransPerfect San Juan Bowl will pair teams from those two conferences at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan on Dec. 16. The game will be the first bowl to be played in Puerto Rico, preempting the Puerto Rico Bowl, which will be played Dec. 22. (
ESPN)
Days after being ruled eligible, Seth Trimble hits key late free throws as Louisville wins at Kansas
Five days after a Kentucky judge granted a temporary injunction Friday restoring the eligibility of
Seth Trimble and 37 other athletes, the former UNC guard made an immediate impact for No. 11 Louisville. Trimble, eligible to play a fifth season for now, made key free throws in the final minutes to help the Cardinals earn an 89-83 exhibition win over No. 17 Kansas. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Former NC State football coach Chuck Amato dies at 80
Former NC State football coach Chuck Amato, who was a two-sport athlete during his playing days at the university, died Monday at age 80. Amato, who helped put the Wolfpack on the national landscape with a school-record 11 win season in 2002, battled throat cancer in recent years. The Easton, Pa., native spent seven years leading his alma mater’s program. (
On3.com)
Duke's Kimari Robinson apologizes for swatting away trainer's arm during UNC game
Kimari Robinson, the Duke football player who swatted the arm of a training staff member as she checked on an injured player during the team's game against North Carolina on Saturday, apologized for his actions Sunday night. Video of the incident went viral Saturday. "I was completely wrong, and she did not deserve that...," he wrote on social media. (
ESPN)
Seth Trimble still in eligibility limbo; Dixon, Bogavac, Aarnisalo debut at new schools
Former UNC basketball players are scattered across the country. This season’s group includes 14 men and five women, though three of the men are in eligibility limbo.
Seth Trimble’s hopes of playing a fifth season at Louisville depend on the outcome of litigation. A Kentucky Court of Appeals dissolved the injunction that had cleared him to play at Louisville. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Legendary coach, Hall of Fame TE Mike Ditka dies at age 86
Mike Ditka, the legendary former Chicago Bears coach and first tight end ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 86, his family announced on Friday. Ditka rose to national prominence leading the 1985 Bears, a team that boasted arguably the greatest defense in NFL history, to the franchise's only Super Bowl title. (
ESPN)
As action by UNC, 3 others, signal possible ACC departures, ACC Commissioner cites lack of unanimity
Leaders from UNC, Clemson, Florida State, and Miami sent a joint letter to House leaders last week after the Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act. The letter, which UNC chancellor Lee Roberts signed, called for removal of provisions that would require power conference schools to be independent for three seasons when changing leagues. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
NCAA proposes summer competition for college basketball teams
College basketball teams could replace their foreign tours with matchups against other college teams over the summer and also invite fans to the games, the NCAA announced Tuesday, creating something like a college summer league. The proposal would allow teams to play an "exhibition game, scrimmage, joint practice, 3x3 or 5x5" and play those contests in private or public events. (
ESPN)