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Three things to watch in UNC’s matchup against Syracuse
After getting to enjoy the win over Georgia Tech for about 10 seconds, UNC has to turn around and prepare to take on Syracuse at the Dean Dome. The Orange are coming off an 86-72 victory over Notre Dame, which was needed after they got smoked by NC State. The Heels seemingly have an easy […]
Caleb Wilson earns Player of the Game in UNC’s win over Georgia Tech
It was the sort of easy, sleepy type of victory that is actually pretty rare when the Tar Heels head down to Atlanta and play against Georgia Tech. Carolina won by 16 in a game that stayed in that point range from the end of the first half, and scored 91 with two different Tar […]
Three Takeaways from UNC Basketball’s road win over Georgia Tech
North Carolina won their third straight and second straight on the road to get their fifth win in conference play this season. The Tar Heels took an early lead over the Yellow Jackets and though they didn’t blow past them, they kept that lead steady for most of the game as they led by 15 […]
UNC wins third straight with victory over Georgia Tech
UNC poured it on early and often in their 91-75 win on the road against Georgia Tech. The Tar Heels scored 52 points in the first half and turned the ball over just twice behind big games from Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar. The Yellow Jackets led for just 26 seconds of the game. Wilson […]
UNC Basketball vs. Georgia Tech: Live Discussion
Atlanta is a city that has never been super kind to the Tar Heels. It doesn’t usually matter how good or bad Georgia Tech is when these who teams play — there is just something about this game in this location that always goes wrong. One can only hope that isn’t what happens today, because […]
The UNC Basketball Arena Question: Another Option
UNC’s need to renovate or relocate the home for its storied basketball program has been apparent for a while. That need soon moves from discussion to action. Chancellor Lee Roberts’ research committee seemed to prefer a relocation to Campus North, a 230-acre development project centered upon the old Horace Williams airport site along Martin Luther […]
UNC Basketball vs. Georgia Tech: How to Watch
For the second weekend in a row, the Tar Heels are away from Chapel Hill while frozen precipitation falls back home. The good news this time is that the frozen precipitation is snow instead of ice, meaning it’ll be a lot prettier to look at and shouldn’t be as treacherous as what fell last weekend. […]
On Shooting
As this UNC men’s basketball team was being put together after heavy turnover from last season, it was clear that perimeter shooting was a high priority for Hubert Davis and Jim Tanner. Kyan Evans was a deadly pull-up shooter at Colorado State last year; Luka Bogavac was a sniper in the Adriatic Basketball Association; Henri […]
UNC looks to extend win streak as they face Georgia Tech
Last Saturday, the UNC men’s basketball team picked up arguably their biggest win over the season so far, as they rallied past Virginia on the road. In addition to just being able to put a road win over a good team on their résumé, it was also a big win to try and get them […]
Catching up with UNC Women’s Basketball
It’s been a bumpy January for Courtney Banghart and the UNC women’s basketball team. A fairly uncompetitive loss to Notre Dame capped off a 2-3 start to ACC play that definitively broke the illusion of this team being in the country’s top 12 like they were ranked in the preseason. That ranking was always a […]
Kansas joins UNC, Kentucky, and Ohio State in CBS Sports Classic
In the ages when multi-team neutral court events are shrinking because of the way it can interfere with NIL and mega-conference affiliation, it was worth wondering how much longer the CBS Sports Classic — which UNC has played in since 2014 — would continue. On Wednesday we got our answer: at least until 2029. We […]
Three things to watch as UNC faces off against Georgia Tech
Last time we saw them, UNC basketball went and picked up a big road victory at Virginia. After the run of iffy defensive performances in the weeks before that, it was a much-needed result for Carolina, especially if they can use it to get back on track and string together a streak. They can try […]
UNC and ACC Football TV Ratings from the 2025-26 season
For all the furor over NIL, tampering, or players transferring to one school on Monday and then another by Friday, viewership continues to grow. The game keeps growing in popularity despite all its warts and changes. Given that TV money serves as the primary revenue source for the sport, and given that TV money ultimately […]
ACC Men’s Basketball Power Rankings: Week 5
When you are called the Atlantic Coast Conference bad weather basketball just comes with the territory and the ACC found a way to survive it this past weekend with some great contests. Oddly enough the continued decision to play all their games on Saturday probably kept any games from being cancelled even if they had […]
UNC’s 2026 Football Schedule Announced
Last season, UNC’s football program under the guidance of Bill Belichick and Mike Lombardi stumbled to a 4-8 record against a remarkably bad collection of opponents. ESPN’s FPI ranked it the 80th easiest schedule in the country, then rated the performance against said schedule as 104th out of FBS’s 136 teams. Fremeau’s Football Efficiency Index […]
Coby White inches closer to setting a Chicago Bulls franchise record
Last night, former Tar Heel and current Chicago Bulls guard Coby White caught fire against the Los Angeles Lakers to the tune of 23 points, five rebounds and six assists. While this is more common than not for the Goldsboro native, the significance of this is the fact that he made five of his 10 […]
UNC men jump up in AP Poll after Virginia win
After some struggles in previous weeks, the last one was a pretty solid one for UNC basketball. After a couple brutal defensive performances in a row, the Tar Heel men came back with a much better week, including a road victory over an also ranked Virginia squad. Meanwhile, the women are up to four wins […]
Super Bowl LX will have Tar Heels on both sides
With the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks facing off in this year’s Super Bowl, at least one former Tar Heel is guaranteed to get a ring. There are a total of four players who came out of UNC between the two rosters, with the Patriots’ Drake Maye–who should need no introduction–being the headliner. He’s […]
UNC at Virginia Player of the Game: Jarin Stevenson
To say it’s been an up-and-down year for Jarin Stevenson is putting it lightly. During the course of the season he’s been all over the lineup, starting at some points and coming off the bench the last few games. In fact, he hasn’t just come off the bench — he’s been the second big off […]
UNC Basketball: Three Takeaways from the Tar Heels’ comeback road win
The North Carolina Tar Heels went into Charlottesville, Virginia and did something they hadn’t done yet in 2026 — win a game on the road. It was just the second road win on the season for the Tar Heels, their first in conference play, and it came against a ranked Virginia team that was on […]
UNC Basketball posts big second half rally to beat Virginia
UNC picked up a big 85-80 road win against 14th ranked Virginia on Saturday with a big second half rally after a slow first half. Carolina actually started the game much better than Virginia before the tables turned and UVA got hot. The Tar Heels trailed by 16 points with less than two minutes to […]
UNC Basketball vs. Virginia: Live Discussion
We are just moments away from one of UNC’s most important games of the season that just happens to be against one of their oldest rivals. No. 14 Virginia has been one of the better teams in the ACC this season, and the Heels have to find a way to beat them in Charlottesville in […]
UNC Basketball vs. Virginia: How to watch, channel, streaming, radio
After a pretty disheartening trip out west, the North Carolina men’s basketball team returned home earlier this week and looked much better. Sure, there were still some things that could’ve used some work, but UNC did about as much as you could ask them to in a 91-69 victory over Notre Dame. The team better […]
Going Cold
As I sit here at my desk, diligently tapping away at my keyboard, I am acutely aware of several things. One is fairly concrete, confirmed by a quick glance around my office at the twinkling lights that indicate various electronics charging. Power banks and flashlights, tethered to the wall via different-colored wires, blinking out of […]
UNC is currently first in the Learfield Directors’ Cup Standings
The UNC football team’s underwhelming season captured a lot of the headlines this fall. While this isn’t really surprising — having a coach with six Super Bowl wins lead a college program to a 4-8 season kind of writes its own headlines — it did obscure that fact that overall, UNC fall sports had a […]
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