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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

NCAA 'reluctantly' agrees to let North Carolina host events

• By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer
• Apr 4, 2017
• Apr 4, 2017
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Greensboro Coliseum sits empty Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Greensboro, N.C If not for House Bill 2, the city would be gearing up to host eight college basketball teams in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament on Friday and Sunday, including North Carolina and Duke, instead those teams are playing in Greenville, South Carolina.

• Lynn Hey/News & Record

Opponents of House Bill 2, Equality NC, Human Rights Campaign and Progress NC Action demonstrate outside the ACC Hall of Champions on the eve of the NCAA first and second round games that were to be held in Greensboro buy moved to South Carolina due to the NCAA’s objection to House Bill 2 on Thursday, March 16, 2017 in Greensboro, N.C.

• Lynn Hey/News & Record

Equality NC, Human Rights Campaign and Progress NC Action demonstrate in Greensboro, which lost NCAA first- and second-round games because of the NCAA’s opposition to House Bill 2.

• Lynn Hey/News & Record

The Greensboro Coliseum sits empty Thursday. If not for House Bill 2, the city would be gearing up to host eight college basketball teams in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament today and Sunday, including North Carolina and Duke. Local businesses that were looking forward to the tournament and the tourists it brings are feeling the pain.

• Photos by Lynn Hey/News & Record

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By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer

Updated at 1:45 p.m.

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Greensboro Coliseum sits empty Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Greensboro, N.C If not for House Bill 2, the city would be gearing up to host eight college basketball teams in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament on Friday and Sunday, including North Carolina and Duke, instead those teams are playing in Greenville, South Carolina.

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Opponents of House Bill 2, Equality NC, Human Rights Campaign and Progress NC Action demonstrate outside the ACC Hall of Champions on the eve of the NCAA first and second round games that were to be held in Greensboro buy moved to South Carolina due to the NCAA’s objection to House Bill 2 on Thursday, March 16, 2017 in Greensboro, N.C.

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Equality NC, Human Rights Campaign and Progress NC Action demonstrate in Greensboro, which lost NCAA first- and second-round games because of the NCAA’s opposition to House Bill 2.

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The Greensboro Coliseum sits empty Thursday. If not for House Bill 2, the city would be gearing up to host eight college basketball teams in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament today and Sunday, including North Carolina and Duke. Local businesses that were looking forward to the tournament and the tourists it brings are feeling the pain.

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