Tar Heel born, bred, and working on that third thing
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
After a long, somewhat painful wait, five-star 2026 combo guard Dylan Mingo has announced that he is committed to play for the University of North Carolina this fall. This announcement was made on ESPN’s First Take with Steven A. Smith. Mingo is a 6’5, 189-lb combo guard out of Glen Head, NY. He currently plays […]
This may be controversial, and it’s not something I could have imagined myself saying eight days ago, but I won’t be upset if Carolina loses to NC State. Irritated, sure. But the Tar Heels definitely won’t have Caleb Wilson and may not have Henri Veesaar, who as of Monday night was listed as questionable for […]
It is fair to say that for most of our lives, no matter who you are, we have all been told that words have consequences. The degree of those consequences do vary, but ultimately there is a certain amount of weight that is behind everything that we say and do. Duke head coach Jon Scheyer […]
Whether or not you consider NC State a rival, and for the record, I do not, they are still a conference foe and a team you never want to lose to, even if we do live more rent free in their heads than they do in ours. Regardless there is history there and with that […]
Ever since a group called The Committee for a South Campus Arena emerged last month with a video featuring Roy Williams pulling on the emotional heartstrings and calling for the UNC administration to keep the Men’s Basketball arena on campus, they have continued the push. Multiple videos with players have been released — the latest […]
The Tar Heels are currently preparing to face off against NC State tomorrow night in the Lenovo Center. It will be the lone game between the two teams in the regular season, which feels wrong on so many levels. There is likely a non-zero amount of UNC fans that hate State enough to where they’re […]
Injuries, especially to starters, always cause problems. Basketball is built around rhythm, and injuries force teams to reconfigure that rhythm, often with players either playing more minutes than they are used to or playing out of position due to a lack of depth at that position. North Carolina’s latest injury is to Caleb Wilson. In […]
Let’s get something out of the way from the start: Pitt is bad. We all know they are bad, the standings confirm they are bad, and there’s a pretty good chance that they’ll finish in the bottom three of the ACC, completely eliminating them from the ACC Tournament. You can’t take too much out of […]
The energy in the Dean Smith Center was as bizarre as I remember it ever being yesterday afternoon. Veesaar being declared out for the game had fans uneasy about what could happen against Pitt, and with good reason — we’ve seen Jeff Capel teams come into the Dean Dome and play spoiler before, though those […]