Basketball Tidbits

Former Duke player Lindsay Harding was the first woman  coach to win coach of the year honors for the G League. She led the Kings to a 24-10 record last season.

Tommy Burleson, the 7/2 center who starred for N.C. State’s 1974 national championship team, has temporarily relocated to Huntersville and is selling Christmas trees at a local church lot with friends. All proceeds are donated for Hurricane Helene relief in WNC.

The latest AP poll had four ACC clubs in the top 25: Duke 8, Notre Dame 10, UNC 16, Louisville 22. UCLA was first.