Tar Heel born, bred, and working on that third thing
After conquering the tough part of their non-conference schedule, the Tar Heels are back in action this afternoon to face off against South Carolina Upstate. UNC had to face off against Kansas, Michigan State, Kentucky, and Georgetown to kick off their pre-ACC journey, and out of those games they only managed to drop one. The […]
For the first time, the North Carolina Tar Heels will take on USC Upstate. The Spartans have had a few opponents from the Old North State this season, taking on UNCW, NC Central, and Western Carolina. Both Carolina and USC Upstate were victorious against their common opponent, NC Central. The only other exposure to UNC […]
The North Carolina Tar Heels’ football team has never had a season good enough to claim a national championship. They finished third in the AP postseason poll in 1948 and have reached the top five during the season on several other occasions, but they’ve never sealed the deal. They definitely won’t be able to claim […]
UNC has announced the dismissal of offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens on Friday morning following the Heels disappointing 4-8 season: Kitchens was brought in by Mack Brown in 2023 to serve as the tight ends coach and run game coordinator. He brought with him some NFL experience in those areas, having previously served as the tight […]
Ok, I haven’t been as vigilant about these updates as I’d like to have been. But ahead of the new year and ahead of conference play for the Tar Heels, it’s as good a time as any for a renewed commitment. Courtney Banghart’s UNC women’s basketball team has had an excellent start to the season, […]
If you missed yesterday’s overview of this year’s recruiting class and examination of the offensive and special teams recruits, you can find it here. College football wrapped up its Early Signing Day window last week (championship week, no distractions for some of the programs there). For most programs, this concludes the high school portion of […]
After four straight games that were tests of various degrees, North Carolina are now set to play a fairly straight-forward one. On Saturday, the Tar Heels are set to welcome USC Upstate to Chapel Hill, as Carolina looks for a third consecutive win. The Spartans, from the Big South Conference, come into this matchup with […]
College football wrapped up its Early Signing Day window last week (championship week, no distractions for some of the programs there). For most programs, this concludes the high school portion of recruiting, despite the “official” signing day in February. The January portal season looms. In late September, Tar Heel GM Michael Lombardi sent out an […]
The North Carolina Tar Heels are in their final four games before ACC play, and are looking at two straight tune-ups at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill. First up is the Big South’s USC Upstate Spartans. Here are a few key factors to keep an eye on when Carolina hosts USC Upstate on Saturday […]
There are a lot of things that people get wrong in poker because of the way it’s portrayed on screen. For instance, if you ever play with someone don’t say, “I’ll see you and raise you.” It goes back to the idea that you’re effectively lying about your intentions in order to gain information from […]
… I get knocked downBut I get up againYou’re never gonna keep me downI get knocked downBut I get up againYou’re never gonna keep me down Tubthumping-Chumbawamba The ACC definitely got knocked down this past week but responded with aplomb, getting back up and scoring some big wins after a lackluster ACC/SEC challenge saw the ACC […]
Between the ACC/SEC Challenge and a handful of other nonconference matchups, there were plenty of big games across the men’s and women’s landscape this past week. While the top 10 women’s teams all maintained their rankings in the latest AP poll, the results of the men’s games produced a lot more movement. Let’s take a […]
After a brief interlude last week where someone besides a UNC big man was awarded Tar Heel Blog Player of the Game honors, we return to the status quo in the wake of UNC’s impressive 81-61 win over Georgetown on Sunday night. Somehow, I doubt too many UNC fans are disappointed. Veesaar and freshman Caleb […]
Following a big win against Kentucky last week, it would’ve been understandable if UNC had a hangover going into yesterday’s game against Georgetown. It’s something we’ve seen from previous teams, and while it tends to be a really frustrating situation, it at least would’ve been predictable. However, this Carolina team was able to handily dispatch […]
The #16 UNC Tar Heels got double-doubles from both starting frontcourt members once again and found some shooting touch from three-point range, as they pulled away from the Georgetown Hoyas with a final score of 81-61. Caleb Wilson led the charge with 20 points, while Derek Dixon recorded a new career-high 14 after his late […]
Coming off a huge win over Kentucky, the Tar Heels are back in action this evening to face off against the Georgetown Hoyas. This will be the first time that these two programs have faced one another since 2007 when Georgetown took down UNC 96-84 in overtime. This matchup doesn’t happen very often, and of […]
One of the nice features of advanced metrics is the ability to compare game data year to year. Advanced stats can remove garbage time points and yards, adjust for opponent strength, and compare your results to every other play run in college football that year. They compare results to historical averages. They dig into the […]
It’s hard to believe, but we’re already a quarter of the way through UNC men’s basketball’s regular season schedule. Carolina is sporting a 7-1 record heading into Sunday’s matchup against Georgetown. The Heels have defeated fellow blood-blood programs Kansas and Kentucky in the same season for the first time since 1982; overall, I would guess […]
Earlier this week, the North Carolina Tar Heels men picked up very nice win as they went on the road and beat Kentucky as part of the ACC-SEC Challenge. While there’s obviously still lots of basketball to be played, for the moment that’s a second pretty good win to put in the bank come tournament […]
Great teams find ways to win ugly games, and that’s certainly what Carolina did at Kentucky on Tuesday. The Tar Heels will now look to carry that momentum into a matchup with Georgetown on Sunday. With just one NCAA Tournament appearance in the past 10 seasons, the Hoyas are nowhere near the powerhouse they were […]
After a huge win at Kentucky on Tuesday – Carolina’s first at Rupp Arena in 18 years – the Tar Heels host Georgetown this Sunday to kick off a three-game home stand. It’s the first meeting between these programs since the 2007 NCAA Tournament, when the Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert-led Hoyas stunned the #1-seeded […]
UNC fans have endured some awful defenses over the years. You might say we’re connoisseurs of bad defense by this point, our palates attuned to every nuance that distinguishes a truly awful defense from a run-of-the-mill average one. “I detect notes of loafing on the backside pursuit and a linebacker badly out of position, with […]
There are a lot of reasons why the win on Tuesday night may feel better than it should. Honestly, if you look at the stats and the fact that Carolina held Kentucky without a field goal for over ten minutes and still had to fight tooth and nail to get a win probably shouldn’t inspire […]
The UNC volleyball team capped off another solid season with an NCAA tournament invitation. They will compete in Madison, Wisconsin, entering the tournament unseeded and facing sixth-seeded Texas-El Paso in their first matchup. If they advance, they will face the winner of third-seeded Wisconsin or Eastern Illinois. This is UNC’s second NCAA tournament appearance in […]
It might be a little bit much to give someone player of the game based mainly on two plays, but they were quite important ones. Derek Dixon did not lead North Carolina in any of the typical box score stats in Tuesday’s 67-64 win over Kentucky. The reason we’re giving him the nod is that […]