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Carolina lacrosse is off to a great start to the season
UNC lacrosse started play at the beginning of February; so far, neither the men’s nor the women’s team has taken a loss. In fact, both teams picked up big wins on Friday to extend their winning streaks. Let’s take a look at the early results for each squad. The men’s team came into the year […]
Three things to watch in UNC’s game against Louisville
The Carolina blue skies are a bit clearer and brighter these days now that the Tar Heels have Henri Veesaar back in action. He was instrumental in taking down Syracuse on the road, and if we’re being really honest, they probably don’t win that one without him. The Orange played a bit better than they […]
Henri Veesaar earns player of the game in his return against Syracuse
The Tar Heels, coming off a horrible road loss to NC State, got their act together to get a big Quad 1 road win over Syracuse on Saturday night, to complete the season sweep. North Carolina fell behind early in the first and let the Orange tie it up a couple times in the second, […]
Three Takeaways from UNC-Syracuse, Round 2
Hey ACC, tell me without using words that you’re mailing it in at this point. ACC schedules a home and home between UNC and Syracuse but not UNC and NC State. Anyway… UNC went to Syracuse to reprise their meeting 19 days ago, a game that saw UNC lead by 32 before fumbling, bumbling, stumbling […]
Which Tar Heels could’ve been good at a Winter Olympics sport?
Later today in Italy, the 2026 Winter Olympics will conclude with a final couple events and the closing ceremonies from Milan. Unlike the summer games, in which former and sometimes current Tar Heels are all over, the winter games don’t really feature any UNC athletes. Part of that is because ice hockey and skiing are […]
UNC beats Syracuse in Henri Veesaar’s return
UNC got good news 25 minutes before tipoff against Syracuse when it was announced that the game time decision on Henri Veesaar was that the big man would play. The Tar Heels looked rudderless without Veesaar and Caleb Wilson in their massive stinker against NC State. The hope was that having Veesaar, even at less […]
UNC Basketball vs. Syracuse: Live Discussion
It has been quite a week for Carolina Basketball. In the good news department, the Heels received a commitment from Dylan Mingo, who is one of the best guards in the 2026 recruiting class. The bad news, of course, is that the Heels are coming off a loss to NC State and will have to […]
How to Watch: UNC Basketball vs. Syracuse
The North Carolina Tar Heels head up to the JMA Wireless Dome looking to bounce back against Syracuse. Both teams are looking to rebound after suffering heavy losses earlier in the week. Carolina’s embarrassing loss to NC State exposed the backcourt and showed how important Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar are to this team. UNC […]
What’s your favorite Winter Olympics sport?
The closing ceremonies come tomorrow; another Winter Games is mostly in the books. One of the difficulties with this question is keeping up with all the new events. I see we now have one where skiing backwards gets you style points? Most Winter Olympic events mesmerize me for a simple reason: they’re dangerous in a […]
Real Hope in a False Spring
Today, ever so briefly, the number on my thermometer started with a seven. I was able to open windows and air out rooms that have long been shut against the gales of winter, allowing the house to breathe deeply of the lovely, tantalizing warmth. Tomorrow is forecast to be even warmer, another banner day for […]
UNC Football Off-Season 2026 Update
Lost amid the news of Caleb Wilson’s hand injury and Henri Veesaar’s “lower extremity” issues, UNC football continues to subtract and add players to the roster. Head coach Bill Belichick and general manager Mike Lombardi in the last 14 months have now signed 132 new players to the 105 man roster, in addition to the […]
Game Preview: UNC at Syracuse
On February 2nd, a 32-point North Carolina lead over Syracuse was whittled down over the last seven minutes of the game. With under a minute to go, the Orange had cut the lead to six points. UNC finished with a 10-point win that did not reflect the game as a whole. Allowing Syracuse back into […]
What are realistic expectations for UNC for the rest of this season?
We’ve now seen the UNC men’s basketball team play two full games without star freshman Caleb Wilson, who broke his hand against Miami. We’ve even seen them play two games without Henri Veesaar, who apparently has been dealing with both the flu and a “lower body” injury. The first of those two games — against […]
UNC Baseball is 5-0 ahead of the annual series with ECU
The UNC-ECU baseball series that’s been happening for several years now is one of the best nonconference traditions in college baseball — two historically notable programs that are geographically close enough that they can pull off a weekend series where each team hosts one with a third game being played at a venue as cool […]
Former UNC basketball player, NBA coach Doug Moe has passed away
Earlier this week, we got the sad news that former basketball player and coach Doug Moe passed away at the age of 87. Moe is probably best known as the coach of several NBA teams, most notably the Denver Nuggets in the 1980s. His Denver teams played a remarkably fast paced, motion offense, regularly scoring […]
Three things to watch in UNC’s road game against Syracuse
The great thing about basketball season, at least until the NCAA Tournament, is that even when you have a bad game there’s another one around the corner. That’s the case for the Tar Heels as they get a chance to go back on the road and put Tuesday’s 82-58 loss to the Wolfpack behind them. […]
What’s your favorite UNC Sports memory that isn’t a rivalry or championship win?
Sometimes it’s worth taking a step back to realize that we are a pretty lucky bunch to be UNC fans. Not many fanbases in American sports can lay claim both to the amount of championship-level success that UNC has and to a rivalry as fierce as UNC-Duke in men’s basketball. If we didn’t have the […]
ACC Men’s Basketball Power Rankings: Week 8
Its that time of the year where teams have to overcome all kinds of adversity and either come through to the other side or sink into the abyss. The ACC is no different and as we near the end of the regular season teams continue to fight for position whether it be in the conference […]
Jarin Stevenson earns Player of the Game in UNC’s loss against NC State
State got their win, their fans are happy, and Carolina basically looked like they didn’t want to be on the floor with them. After losing to Louisville by 41 and then gagging a seven-point lead in a minute to Miami, they finally found something worth fighting for—beating a Carolina team missing their two best players. […]
Three takeaways from UNC’s loss to NC State
Going into last night’s game, we all knew that there was a decent chance that NC State could upset the Tar Heels. Some of that was because Henri Veesaar and Caleb Wilson were out, but also, if we’re being honest with ourselves, it is because the rest of the team is inconsistent. That inconsistency doomed […]
What highly ranked freshman were you most excited to see commit to the Tar Heels?
Wednesday was a good day to be a UNC basketball fan (until it wasn’t, anyway). Dylan Mingo officially committed to North Carolina and should play for the Heels next season. Mingo is a five-star recruit that’s ranked as a top-10 overall prospect by most of the ranking websites. Mingo will be the high-ranked recruit to […]
UNC sinks in short-handed loss to NC State
It is impossible to replace nearly 40 points per game, and even if you can beat Pittsburgh short-handed, UNC found out every game wouldn’t come that easy without Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar. They had an abysmal first half that they could not recover from in a 82-58 loss to the Wolfpack. Shots were just […]
UNC Basketball vs. NC State: Live Discussion
The Tar Heels are in Raleigh tonight to face off against NC State in the one lone regular season matchup between these two teams. Carolina fans hoped that the situation would be a bit rosier going into this game, but it was announced that Henri Veesaar will not play tonight, so the front court will […]
UNC Baseball opened their season with a sweep
For the third year running, Scott Forbes and the Diamond Heels opened their season with a sweep at Boshamer Stadium, this one coming against Indiana. Each game was different from the rest, and we got a pretty good look at a lot of the guys, new and old, who are going to feature heavily for […]
UNC men, women both slip in Top 25 after losses
It was a less than ideal week for the Carolina men and women, but as we approach the end of the regular season, Hubert Davis and Courtney Banghart’s squads are both still ranked in the AP Top 25. Both teams are likely out of contention for the regular season ACC title but can still earn […]
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