Duke added one of the top high school senior basketball players in the country Thursday when 6-foot-10 Miles Plumlee picked the Blue Devils. He signed with Stanford last fall, but he sought a release after Stanford coach Trent Johnson left for LSU.

The University of North Carolina wasn't in the NCAA basketball championship on Monday, but several North Carolina high school players were.

The East defeated the West 107-102 in the annual McDonald's All American high school basketball game Wednesday night in Milwaukee.

Tyreke Evans scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the East to a 107-102 victory over the West in the McDonald's All American High School Basketball boys game on Wednesday night.

Many of the best high school boys basketball underclassmen are expected to participate in the Carolina Challenge at Cary Academy on Saturday.

East Mecklenburg's 72-63 win over Apex on Saturday night in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4-A final did nothing to alter coach David Neal's opinion of this year's team.

Vikings claim boys 3-A championship.

Earlier this season Timmy Plummer sat in the stands at Apex High boys basketball games believing every turnover, every missed shot and, most especially, every loss was his fault.

David Neal, the boys basketball coach at Apex, said it is hard for him to comprehend what his team has accomplished this season.

The schedule for the NCHSAA championships.

En route to their state championship berth against East Mecklenburg on Saturday, the Apex Cougars have ousted the No. 1 seed from four other conferences.

Apex, a team that stood 4-9 at one point this season and suffered through a seven-game losing streak, advanced to the state 4-A boys basketball championship game with a 45-44 victory over a 27-win Fayetteville Britt squad on Saturday at Williams Arena.

The Wakefield girls expected to be in Greenville today playing in the Eastern 4-A girls basketball championship game. But the Apex boys didn't enter the season with realistic expectations of contending for a berth in the 4-A final.

Hoops rally falls short in 2-A regional.

DeArius White's 3-pointer in the final minute was enough to give Apex a 58-55 boys basketball win over Terry Sanford in the 4-A East Regional tournament.

Middle Creek loses a late lead in loss.

The Apex boys basketball team was 4-9 two months ago, and few teams seemed more unlikely to play in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4-A quarterfinals.

Middle Creek ousts defending 4-A state champion New Hanover to advance to East Regional.

Cougars' defense plays a crucial role during their tense 4-A sectional victory over Clayton.

DeArius White hit the go-ahead layup with less than 10 seconds left in the game, and Apex walked off with a 50-49 win over Millbrook in the second round of the 4-A boys basketball playoffs.

Panther Creek put together one of its best games of the season Tuesday night to defeat Wilmington Laney 78-37 in the first round of the NCHSAA 4-A boys basketball playoffs.

Apex coach Scott Campbell was not very pleased with his girls basketball team's defense in a 74-55 victory over New Hanover on Monday night, but he'll take the win anyway.