The goal of every team in college basketball is to make it to the NCAA Tournament. Each year, there are teams that are deserving of making it — but for whatever reason, are left on the outside looking in by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee.

Which team will be the surprise team next season? ESPN's Bill Connelly, the creator of the SP+ rankings, a college football rating system that estimates a team's future performance, shared his prediction. He believes Bill Belichick 's North Carolina Tar Heels will be the surprise team.

Evacuation orders because of wildfires have ended in the North Carolina mountains where Hurricane Helene did damage 18 weeks ago.

North Carolina is now up to a No. 3 seed in my bracket ... they can change that against South Carolina and against Oklahoma (another Quad 1 opponent) next Thursday. The Tigers continue to beat ...

Donald and Melania Trump are stopping in North Carolina, California and Nevada during the first second term trip. Follow along for live updates.

By the late afternoon, states including Alabama, Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Carolina all confirmed they had regained access to the portal, but some reported ongoing issues.

Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man made a stop to put gas in his car and ended up winning a $200,000 lottery prize. Demarte Harris of Salisbury told North Carolina Education Lottery officials he stopped at Kangaroo Express on Statesville Road in Salisbury and bought a $200,000 Money Rush scratch-off ticket while filling up his tank.

Ahead of its first season in the conference, Oklahoma softball came in at No. 3 in the preseason SEC poll, as voted on by league head coaches:

Oklahoma State’s third-ranked wrestling team won its final four matches to close out a 30-12 victory over No. 22 West Virginia on Sunday.

This is happening now, and not just in the coastal or wildfire-prone areas you might expect. Landlocked counties in North Carolina, Oklahoma, and New Mexico have taken a surprisingly hard hit. Read on to learn more about the hardest places to get ...

2 p.m.;CBS — PGA Tour: The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AM 2:30 a.m. (Sunday);GOLF — DP World Tour: The Bahrain Championship 3 p.m.;CNBC — 1/ST Racing Tour: The Holy Bull Stakes 6:30 a.m.;USA — Premier League: Brighton & Hove Albion at Nottingham Forest 9 a.m.;USA — Premier League: Liverpool at AFC Bournemouth

North Carolina enters its rivalry game with No. 2 Duke running low on time to bolster its case for a bid to the NCAA Tournament.