Tar Heel born, bred, and working on that third thing
On Saturday afternoon in Kenan Memorial Stadium, the Tar Heels and Blue Devils will battle for mediocrity. Both programs have fallen well short of expectations this season and find themselves fighting for bowl eligibility and, of course, bragging rights. Carolina is struggling to score, and Duke has lost three of the last four games, each […]
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North Carolina could not keep their win streak going last week, as they fell to Wake Forest. That leaves two games left on the season, with UNC needing to win both to eke out a bowl game appearance. However, the two games are against the Tar Heels’ two biggest rivals who would both love nothing […]
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In awarding him player of the game after Carolina’s win over NC Central last Friday, I wrote that Caleb Wilson makes even the buy games worth watching. After what he did against Navy last night, I’m considering amending that to must-watch. Sure, the first half wasn’t great for him. He struggled with the Midshipmen’s physicality […]
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The only thing better than a crawfish dinner is five crawfish dinners. – Coach Red Beaulieu (The Waterboy) It may not have been the prettiest of games, but North Carolina was able to extend it’s opening winning streak from four to five with their 73-61 win over Navy. The Midshipmen, who are the favorites to […]
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Caleb Wilson put on a dunk show and four of UNC’s five starters finished in double figures as the Tar Heels kept their undefeated record intact with a 73-61 win against Navy on Tuesday night. The game never felt like it was in jeopardy, but also never fully put away either, even though Carolina led […]
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The North Carolina Tar Heels are just moments away from taking on the Navy Midshipmen in a Tuesday night matchup in the Dean Dome. The Heels hope to maintain their flawless record with a win tonight, which would be ideal considering what is coming next — following tonight’s game, the team will have some time […]
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We’re now two weeks into the new college basketball season. There’s obviously still quite a long way to go, but every week presents us more information upon which we can judge teams. For example, while UNC faced some small conference opposition, they mostly held their own. However, what about the rest of the ACC? Considering […]
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Last week was the second week of the 2025-26 college basketball season. By this point, pretty much every team has played three or four games, and a lot of them have played at least one notable game. The one for the UNC men came last week, where they knocked off Kansas. The women couldn’t quite […]
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UNC is gearing up to take on Navy later tonight at the Dean Smith Center. This will be the final game in what has been an exceptionally long home stay for the Tar Heels before they travel to Florida to face off against St. Bonaventure. This will be considered yet another tune-up game for the […]
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This past weekend’s game between UNC and Wake Forest was one of the more frustrating games this season, and that is saying a lot. They were able to move the ball against one of the better defenses in the ACC, but somehow they still weren’t able to score a single touchdown. The defense did their […]
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It feels good to see actual improvement from the basketball squad. The difference from how Carolina played against Radford on Tuesday to NCCU on Friday was basically night and day. It’s clear that a message got through to the team that efforts similar to Tuesday would lead to losses down the line. Instead, they put […]
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I don’t know what anyone realistically expected on Saturday night. Wake Forest was coming into the game against UNC with the high of upsetting title-contending Virginia, while Carolina had tried to build momentum by playing against two of the worst offenses in the ACC. The Tar Heels also happen to be one of the worst […]
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These grades are heavily influenced by the fact that Wake Forest came into this game with an excellent defense and horrid offense. The Tar Heel offense performed a bit better than I expected, the defense and special teams far worse. The winning formula for UNC in this game was simple: control the Wake Forest run […]
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Carolina’s 28-12 loss to Wake Forest was no surprise to those who didn’t buy into the turnaround hype after the Tar Heels beat bad teams in consecutive weeks, but UNC’s performance on both sides of the ball was poor even by this season’s standards. Defensively, Carolina allowed 414 yards, the second-most Wake Forest has put […]
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The hype train for this UNC Basketball season seems to keep getting stronger. Everyone will agree the game against Radford wasn’t great, and yet “wasn’t great” still resulted in a 15-point win. You could argue a lot of factors our them—the first game without Seth Trimble, the letdown factor of the big win against Kansas—but […]
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UNC went to Wake Forest hoping to reach .500 both for the season and in conference play. Wake Forest on paper awaited with the best defense UNC faces this year but one of the worst offenses. “Worst offense” isn’t allowed because Syracuse tried a walk-on, true freshman lacrosse player at QB, and nothing can really […]
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After facing inferior competition back-to-back weeks, the Tar Heels ran into the brick wall that is Wake Forest and lost the game 28-12. Their loss gives UNC a 4-6 record for the season, and a 2-4 record in the ACC. The start of the game really set the stage for the rest of the evening. […]
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The Tar Heels begin their three game in-state rivalry stand today against Wake Forest in Winston-Salem. This was truly a diabolical schedule that the ACC constructed for UNC, but given the fact that this was also one of the easiest schedules in the conference this season, it makes sense that they wanted to add some […]
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Carolina’s 44-point win over NC Central wasn’t particularly memorable, but it did give us another chance to see one of college basketball’s fastest-rising stars put on a show. After an off night (by his standards) against Radford on Tuesday, Caleb Wilson nearly put up a double-double in the first half on Friday, amassing 17 points […]
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Last night, UNC dominated North Carolina Central in order to improve to 4-0. The game had a lot more of a flow than the game against Radford as far as the foul call situation goes, but the Eagles did their best to slow the Heels down with their zone defense. While they did just that […]
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Welcome to the 112th meeting between the North Carolina Tar Heels and Wake Forest Demon Deacons. On October 18, 1888, the two teams met for the first time on the gridiron. Wake Forest College defeated UNC 6-4 in Raleigh. The Gold and Black won two of the next three meetings, but Wake Forest relinquished the […]
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UNC stayed perfect so far this season with a 97-53 win over NC Central Friday night in Chapel Hill. Carolina really turned on the jets in the second half, scoring 58 points after halftime to secure the comfortable victory. Caleb Wilson was very good once again, leading the team in both points and rebounds. The […]
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Whoever is in charge of scheduling ACC basketball games decided that North Carolina needed a 9 PM game against NC Central on a Friday night. It almost certainly had something to do with Duke playing at 7 PM, which really shouldn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. Regardless, it is what it is and […]
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Hubert Davis received some huge news before tonight’s game against North Carolina Central: five-star 2026 prospect Maximo Adams announced his commitment to UNC. He is the first commit in the 2026 class, and also put an end to a 10-month commitment drought that Davis had been dealing with. Adams is a 6’7 small forward that […]
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