Happy New Year! … Freshman Cooper Flagg scored 24 points with six assists and four steals for No. 4 Duke in an 88-65 men’s basketball win over visiting Virginia Tech on Tuesday. … Host Virginia overcame a 10-point deficit at halftime to top N.C. State, 70-67, in Charlottesville. … Wake Forest got its first win in the dome at Syracuse, 81-71. … Louisville hosts UNC tonight (ACC Network, 6 p.m.). … In the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff, Penn State advanced with a 31-14 Fiesta Bowl win over Boise State. … CFP quarterfinals today include Texas vs. Arizona State in the Peach Bowl (ESPN, 1 p.m.) and Ohio State vs. Oregon (ESPN, 5 p.m.). Notre Dame vs. Georgia in the Sugar Bowl has been postponed to Thursday night. … New Year’s Eve bowl results included Michigan over Alabama, 19-13; Louisville over Washington, 35-34; Illinois over South Carolina, 21-17 and LSU over Baylor, 44-31. … Host Columbus topped the Carolina Hurricanes, 4-3, in overtime on Tuesday night.





