Tar Heel born, bred, and working on that third thing
The North Carolina Tar Heels are coming down the stretch in the regular season. A big win on Monday gave the Heels a much-needed boost, and now they must take care of business against a Virginia Tech jockeying for position in the middle of the ACC standings. Here are a few key factors for the […]
There is nothing like a good discussion amongst people when things are civil and both can present coherent and thoughtful views while also being willing to hear what the other has to say, even if you don’t agree with them. However more often than not these discussions delve into arguments usually with either side digging […]
Dread it. Run from it. Change arrives all the same. College sports changed forever with Ed O’Bannon vs the NCAA in 2015, which broke the dam on NCAA ownership of player NIL rights. That started a line of dominoes through NCAA vs Alston (2021), which eliminated all barriers on NIL, to House vs the NCAA […]
The ACC continues its season of improvement a year after getting an all time low four bids into the NCAA tournament. Better conference teams mean more opportunities for quality wins (just ask the SEC last year, who got a record 14 teams in including a subpar Oklahoma team). So as teams continue to jockey for […]
Way back when, Dean Smith seemed to have plateaued as a coach, while an ascendent Mike Kryzewski took Duke to five straight Final Fours, three title games, and two national titles. “Dean must go!“ talk dominated UNC fan discussions, with the occasional flying object in support of arguments totally based in sound logic. In other […]
This past weekend, the UNC baseball team played their annual barnstorming series against East Carolina across the state. In recent years, the two teams have played a series split across the two team’s homes, each hosting a game, with a recent addition of a neutral site game. This year and last, it’s been at the […]
Once Caleb Wilson went out of the UNC lineup, fans had been waiting for someone to take the reins of the team and actually lead. There was some hesitation against Pitt, we don’t need to talk about State, and the game against Syracuse was steady. For a win against KenPom’s fifteenth-ranked Louisville, though, the Tar […]
Let’s go back to when Caleb Wilson got hurt for a moment. In that moment, when we all looked into the future knowing that he was going to miss significant time, very few of us likely had beating Louisville on our bingo cards. Their high-powered offense was destined to cause issues, especially when it came […]
By now everyone has heard the conversations regarding whether or not the University of North Carolina will renovate the Dean Smith Center, or if they will develop and build a new arena in the new portion of campus that they are trying to build called Carolina North. For Carolina fans that have never been to […]
UNC remained undefeated at home with a 77-74 win over Louisville Monday night. Carolina got a career night from Seth Trimble with 30 points and held on late despite coming uncomfortably close to blowing a 16-point second half lead. The Cardinals built a lead early with three-pointers before they cooled off and UNC got their […]
We are just moments away from the Tar Heels squaring off against Louisville in what will begin a three-game home stretch. UNC will not have to hop on a plane again until the ACC Tournament, and they will not have to leave the state of North Carolina again until potentially the NCAA Tournament. There’s a […]
For today’s question of the day, let’s travel forward in time a little bit. It’s February 23rd, 2027. You are gearing up for the last few regular season games of basketball season before the ACC Tournament. Dylan Mingo is trying to put a bow on his National Player of the Year case (this is my […]
After the way that Carolina played the majority of the game against Syracuse a couple of weeks ago, you wouldn’t have thought there was any way that the Tar Heels would have been underdogs to the Orange. Of course they played that game with Henri Veesaar and Caleb Wilson, and going into the game no […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]