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No. 14 North Carolina hits last-second shot to upset No. 4 Duke

NCAA Basketball: Duke at North CarolinaFeb 7, 2026; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels forward Caleb Wilson (8) with the ball as Duke Blue Devils forward Cameron Boozer (12) defends in the first half at Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-Imagn Images

Seth Trimble hit a 3-pointer for No. 14 North Carolina’s with 0.4 seconds left for the Tar Heels’ only lead of the game to knock off No. 4 Duke 71-68 on Saturday night at Chapel Hill, N.C.

There was a delay to clear the floor following a court storming before Duke had a chance to inbound. North Carolina scored the game’s final nine points.

Caleb Wilson racked up 23 points, Trimble finished with 16 and Henri Veesaar posted 13 points and 11 rebounds as the Tar Heels (19-4, 7-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) wiped out a six-point deficit in the final 2 1/2 minutes.

Cameron Boozer scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, but Duke’s 10-game winning streak ended. Dame Sarr notched 13 points and Isaiah Evans had 11 points for the Blue Devils (21-2, 10-1).

Wilson shot 8-for-12 from the field and his 6-for-6 free-throw shooting marked more made foul shots than the Duke team (5-for-6).

North Carolina used a 7-2 spurt to close within 64-60 and then Wilson missed a jumper with a chance to tighten the score.

Derek Dixon and Veesaaar hit 3-pointers on consecutive possessions and the Tar Heels were even at 68-68 with 1:40 left. A Duke miss was followed by a North Carolina timeout and turnover.

Duke took a timeout at the 39-second mark. Boozer missed and the Tar Heels regained possession and used a timeout with 10 seconds left before Trimble’s winning shot on his only 3-point attempt of the game.

Buoyed by an 11-2 closing stretch, the Blue Devils were up 41-29 at halftime, but they were battling foul trouble. That closing burst included Cayden Boozer’s first 3-point basket in five games.

Duke shot 53.3% (16 of 30) in the half — making 10 of its first 13 shots — compared to North Carolina’s 33.3% (9 of 27).

Duke center Patrick Ngongba II picked up his fourth foul with 15:37 to play, with Wilson already at the 21-point mark (after 17 by halftime).

Duke broke out to an 18-5 lead, but the Tar Heels closed within 22-20 courtesy of a 9-0 run. Wilson had 11 of North Carolina’s first 19 points.

–Field Level Media

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Super Bowl LX: Seahawks relaxed at walk-through

NFL: Super Bowl LX-Seattle Seahawks Press ConferenceFeb 5, 2026; San Jose, CA, USA; Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike MacDonald talks to media members at the San Jose Marriott. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Seahawks held a 44-minute walk-through Saturday at 12:35 p.m. PT, in their final preparation on the day before Super Bowl LX.

“We’re in great shape,” Seattle head coach Mike Macdonald said. “Guys are in good spirits. You can hear them. Finally. It’s taken a while to get here. But it’s here. It’s awesome.”

As Macdonald spoke post-practice, a group of defensive players shouted and cheered before running off the practice field for the last time before the game. Players were loose and energetic and many of them shadow-boxed with each other on the sideline, making cartoon-like sound effects to narrate each move.

“When you ask the team, [shadow-boxing] is what they’ll remember from the 2025 Seahawks, which is kind of cool,” Macdonald said.

The head coach added that he tries to avoid participating in shadow-boxing sessions. “I act like I don’t know the rules,” he said jokingly. “So then they don’t ask me to do it.”

Seattle’s day began with a team meeting, where Macdonald said he “gave props to” Seattle’s support staff, including the team’s kitchen staff.

“Then we had meetings, a walk-through, we will have a team meeting and meetings tonight, and off we go,” he said.

Seahawks players and staffers arrived at the practice facility at San Jose State 11:50 a.m. and went to the CEFCU Stadium to take their team photo.

Players took photos in groups by numerical order in their navy uniforms. Seattle coaches and staff wore white polos with the Super Bowl LX logo, posed in groups for their pictures.

Quarterback Sam Darnold, defensive tackle Leonard Williams, and a few other players took a separate photo with the team’s strength and conditioning staff.

Players then changed into their walk-through clothes — T-shirts, shorts and sneakers and headed to the field. It was sunny and 63 degrees.

Players did not wear helmets but a few wore baseball caps and sunglasses to protect from the sun.

Macdonald said he won’t bring in any special guest speakers, but he will address the team tonight himself. He knows what his message will be, but said he will keep that for just the team to know.

–Pro Football Writers of America

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No. 23 Miami (Ohio) remains undefeated after breezing past Marshall

Syndication: The EnquirerMiami RedHawks head coach Travis Steele waives communicates to his team in the second half of the NCAA Basketball game at Millett Hall in Oxford, Ohio, on Saturday, January 31, 2026.

Eian Elmer scored 12 of his team-high 18 points in the first half and grabbed nine rebounds, while Peter Suder added 17 points and seven rebounds to keep No. 23 Miami (Ohio) unbeaten with a 90-74 road win over Marshall on Saturday afternoon in Huntington, West Virginia.

Antwone Wilfork added 15 points and seven rebounds for Miami (24-0), which led wire-to-wire. Miami and No. 1 Arizona remain the only two Division I unbeaten men’s basketball in the country.

Noah Otshudi had a game-high 23 points, while Wyatt Fricks added 16 points and 10 rebounds for Marshall (15-9).

While the game was scheduled as part of the Mid-American /Sun Belt Conference challenge, the two schools were longtime rivals in the MAC, with the RedHawks extending their lead in the all-time series 49-29.

Marshall was playing without one of its key players for a second straight game, as injured 7-foot-4 Matt Van Komen sat on the bench in street clothes. Van Komen ranks sixth in the country with 58 blocks this season.

Miami took advantage early, racing out to a 9-2 lead. Leading 22-16, Miami erupted for a 19-1 run, highlighted by a four-point play from Almar Atlason in a 13-0 spurt. Elmer was also big early for Miami, draining all four of his 3-point attempts for 12 first-half points.

Marshall missed nine of its first 10 from beyond the arc and opened the game ice-cold from the field. After making six of their first 11, the Herd missed 17 straight shots, including six 3-point attempts. Marshall finished the first half just 10-of-33 from the floor.

Trailing 41-17, Marshall did cut into Miami’s lead before the break, outscoring the RedHawks 14-8 to trim Miami’s lead to 49-31 at the half.

Miami scored the opening basket of the second half to restore the 20-point lead, and Miami led 56-36 before Marshall made a charge to cut the RedHawks lead down to 59-49. But Marshall point guard Jalen Speer picked up his fourth personal foul with 11:41 left in the second half and had to go to the bench, and Miami answered with six straight points.

Marshall cut the deficit to single digits twice in the final 10 minutes but could only get as close as 67-58 on an Otshudi layup with 7:46 remaining.

–Field Level Media

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Jason Edwards, Providence flush DePaul

NCAA Basketball: DePaul at ProvidenceFeb 7, 2026; Providence, Rhode Island, USA; Providence Friars forward Oswin Erhunmwunse (55) dunks the ball against DePaul Blue Demons center Fabian Flores (15) during the first half at Amica Mutual Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images

Jason Edwards returned from a seven-game injury absence to score a game-high 25 points and lead Providence to a 90-72 Big East win over visiting DePaul on Saturday afternoon.

Edwards shot 8 of 13 overall, including 5-for-8 from 3-point range, and added four rebounds and two assists in just 24 minutes as the Friars never trailed.

Jaylin Sellers added 21 points, Ryan Mela posted 16 points and eight rebounds and Oswin Erhunmwunse stacked up 10 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks for Providence (11-13, 4-9), which has won back-to-back Big East games for the first time this season.

Providence’s conference-best offense clicked at 58.9%, including 65.4% after intermission, as the hosts cruised to a 17-point halftime lead.

Brandon Maclin scored 17 points to lead three double-figure scorers for DePaul (12-12, 4-9), which has lost four straight. Kaleb Banks had 11 points and N.J. Benson 10 with seven boards.

Erhunmwunse’s dunk and Sellers’ 3-pointer helped Providence start with a 5-0 lead, but CJ Gunn opened DePaul’s scoring with a midrange jumper and capped a 7-2 run with a game-tying 3-pointer in transition at the 16:29 mark.

That would be the only tie of the game as the Friars held the Blue Demons to one field goal over the next six minutes while building their lead to double digits. Jamier Jones started the 10-2 spree with a 3-point play, then Sellers followed with a 3-pointer and a stepback jumper.

Benson’s alley-oop dunk finished a quick 5-0 DePaul burst to close within 22-16 with 9:07 left, but that inspired another big Providence run. Erhunmwunse scored eight straight, including flying in for a putback dunk and finishing an Edwards assist through traffic, to seize a 38-20 lead with 3:10 to go.

After falling behind 43-26 at the break, DePaul scored on its first six possessions of the second half — including eight points by Maclin. However, that only trimmed Providence’s lead to 51-38 as the Friars kept rolling, too.

Stefan Vaaks and Jones flushed back-to-back dunks to cap a 9-0 Friars run in just 2:02 that upped their lead to 62-40 with 12:25 to go. Providence led by as much as 27 before DePaul closed on a 11-2 run.

–Field Level Media

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