Tag: College Basketball


Hayes Permar

What does Hayes like about sports? Walk offs, walkovers, walk ups, walk outs, walks, Ewoks, “Walk Like A Man” by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. He is from Wake County and dropped out of Davidson, UNC and NC State, jumps on whatever in-state bandwagon is currently tracking towards a championship and has a favorite team but pretends he doesn’t for journalistic purposes.

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2015 ACC Basketball Media Day Report

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  SportsChannel8 is so focused on NC’s football scene we almost forgot ACC Basketball Media Day was happening in Charlotte this week. We managed to send special correspondent Ross Martin down to ask hard-hitting questions to whomever would hold a microphone and talk to us.

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What Will Louisville Do With Rick Pitino?

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In the eyes of the NCAA, the most important question that needs to be answered in the Louisville basketball scandal is “Did Rick Pitino know” that his staffers were funneling money to a madame to provide escorts for players and recruits. This will determine the extent of the sanctions to be handed down by the NCAA,… Read more »

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SMU NCAA Scandal Proves That it happens everywhere

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The NCAA handed down its punishment to Southern Methodist University today in the form of a post-season ban and scholarship reductions, as well as a hefty 9-game suspension for head coach Larry Brown for a “lack of head coach control”. SMU had been under investigation for over 8 months for suspected academic fraud and unethical… Read more »