Rarely challenged in the ACC thus far and looking like far and away the league’s best team, Duke plays Wake Forest having lost at Winston-Salem each of the past two seasons.

Retired Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski has high praise for Blue Devils freshman Cooper Flagg’s season to date: “He’s the best player in the country.”

Duke Energy reports a crash in Anderson, South Carolina, has left hundreds of residents without power. According to Duke Energy, a power outage affecting more than 250 customers on New Prospect Church Road was first reported at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. Duke Energy said the outage is due to a vehicle hitting a power pole.

Sideris will replace Lynn Good. She is retiring from her role as CEO April 1 after serving at the company for more than two decades, including nearly a dozen years as CEO. Good was also the rare female leader of a Fortune 500 company.

Duke Energy recently proposed its new Clean Energy Connection (CEC) program to regulators in the Carolinas to help customers in both states gain the benefits of solar energy without the commitment and expense of installing

Duke is arguably the best team in the country … when it plays at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils have a net rating of plus-45.7 per 100 possessions at home, per CBB Analytics, and that was before a 25-point shellacking of Stanford on Sunday. For reference, that net rating places Duke in the 100th percentile.

Under Duke Energy's proposal, customers could subscribe to new, utility-owned solar energy facilities, pay a monthly subscription fee, and receive a bill credit.

North Carolina leads the Southeast U.S. in energy efficiency, according to a new report from the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

Losses to Georgia Tech and Notre Dame (its only regular-season meetings) prevent North Carolina from placing even higher, but continued consistency in the ACC will have the Tar Heels poised to host in March for the first time since Sylvia Hatchell still walked the sidelines.

The West Virginia Mountaineers have announced the signing of North Carolina State offensive line transfer Robby Martin. The Huntington, West Virginia native was

No. 20 NC State (15-4) beat Syracuse 74-66. Next: vs. Virginia Tech, Sunday. No. 21 Michigan St. (16-3) did not play. Next: at No. 24 Michigan, Saturday. No. 22 California (17-3) at Stanford. Next: vs. No. 13 North Carolina, Thursday.

Bill Belichick’s debut as UNC Tar Heels football coach will come against TCU on Labor Day, Sept. 1, at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN, the ACC announced Thursday. The Tar Heels hired the 72-year-old Belichick, who won six Super Bowls as New England Patriots head coach, in December after firing Mack Brown.