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Chapel Hill Super Regional Opponent Preview: The USC Trojans
For the second year in a row, the Diamond Heels of UNC will host a former PAC-12 member in a Chapel Hill Super Regional after the Southern California Trojans came out of Texas A&M’s College Station Regional as the #2 seed. UNC will be hoping that this time, they’re more successful than they were a […]
Caleb Wilson makes case that he should be picked #1 in the NBA Draft
Caleb Wilson has been a busy guy over the last month, to say the least. One recent stop that he made was to NBA Today, where he was asked about the NBA Draft, and whether or not he felt like he should be drafted #1 overall. Here is what the now former Tar Heel had […]
Where does UNC’s 2025 football team rank on your pain index?
This isn’t limited to football. As Tar Heel fans, we enter every season with some level of expectation, and how a team fares relative to those expectations tends to color our perception. So, expectations for basketball may have your top “OMG, that was painful” seasons dedicated to that sport. The big revenue sports draw the […]
UNC men’s golf finishes in ninth at NCAAs
The end of last week through the beginning of this week saw the NCAA hold the finals of the men’s golf championships out in Carlsbad, California. The North Carolina Tar Heels’ men’s golf team has been regular contenders for the national title in recent years, and they made an appearance at the championships again this […]
Seven Tar Heels advance to Track and Field nationals
Another sport that’s reaching crunch time in it’s respective season is college track and field. Last week, the regional rounds of the NCAA Championships took place, with the best performers in the East and West region fields advancing on to nationals, which will begin June 10th. The Tar Heels competed in the East regional, which […]
Who has been UNC’s most surprising transfer portal entrant?
So I was perusing various articles about this year’s UNC Baseball team amidst their attempt to return to Omaha and maybe bring the program its first ever championship, and in one of the comment sections, a question caught my eye: somebody asking how UNC fans could be sure they’d still get to watch freshman wunderkind […]
UNC Baseball wins the Chapel Hill Regional with a 9-3 win over ECU
After the ECU Pirates blew out VCU early Sunday afternoon, they’d earned the right for a rematch of Saturday’s winners’ game. Fortunately, the Diamond Heels were up for the challenge. Folger Boaz, Walker McDuffie, and Jackson Rose combined to cool down the Pirates’ bats, and the UNC offense had its best day of the regional […]
How to Watch UNC Baseball attempt to advance to the Super Regional versus ECU
Now we hit that wonderful time of the NCAA Baseball Tournament when things are just up in the air. The good news for UNC fans is that they are now 2-0 in the Chapel Hill Regional after a 7-5 win over ECU yesterday. That means that they get to sit back today and watch as […]
What the “Save College Sports Act” could mean for UNC
When the SCORE ACT withered in Congressional committee over months, Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) and Washington Senator Maria Cantwell (D) put forward a “bipartisan” alternative this week. The rule changes making headlines would directly address some of the most frustrating dynamics in college sports today. Eligibility would be capped at 5 years. Transfers would […]
Diamond Heels rally, beat Pirates 7-5 in the NCAA Tournament
UNC baseball overcame an early three-run deficit and came back to defeat East Carolina 7-5 in the Chapel Hill Regional of the NCAA tournament. The Heels are now only one win away from advancing to the Super Regionals. The Heels got off to a slow start. ECU got out of a bases loaded jam in […]
International prospect Alexandros Samodurov commits to UNC
The 6’11”, 212 lb Greek native comes to Carolina from Panathinaikos, a club competing in Greece’s top professional league as well as the EuroLeague. 21 years old, Samodurov has represented Greece on their U20 team as well as the national team. At UNC, he projects to share minutes with Sayon Keita in the middle, with […]
How to Watch UNC Baseball take on ECU in the NCAA Tournament
Twenty-four hours ago, UNC looked like it was in for one of the toughest regionals out of any of the top eight seeds — if not top sixteen. They were staring down a team they had already played before, and then they would face the winner of an ECU-Tennessee game that had saved their Aces […]
What’s more important to you: fixing college sports or seeing your team on top?
Things most college fans say they want: Things every college fan knows they want: In an ideal world, any proposed “fix” for college sports would make these two lists compatible. However, what happens if those two things come into conflict? Fact: rules help some more than others. We have a phrase for that: “It depends […]
UNC shuts out VCU in their first game of the Chapel Hill Regional, 8-0
There have already been some big-time upsets to open Regional play this NCAA Baseball championship, but the Diamond Heels of North Carolina made sure that they were not going to be among the highly-ranked teams to find themselves in the losers’ bracket. The Heels rode a gem of a start from Ryan Lynch to post […]
UNC Basketball’s 2026-27 ACC schedule has been announced
The ACC basketball schedule was released yesterday, and we now know what Carolina’s 2026-27 conference slate will look like. The good news is there are some parts of the schedule that are much easier than last season, but the bad news is that their home-and-home opponent not named Duke is a brutal one. Let’s take […]
How to Watch UNC Baseball take on VCU in the NCAA Tournament
Welcome to the last tournament of the 2025-26 NCAA school year and arguably one of the most difficult to win. Unlike most other tournaments that are single elimination and bracket luck will exist along the way, the NCAA Baseball Tournament forces you to get through multiple formats in order to hoist the title. You have […]
What’s your favorite UNC baseball memory?
Later today, the North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team will begin their quest for the College World Series and the school’s first national championship in the sport. The format of the NCAA Baseball Tournament and just the nature of baseball as a sport mean that so many things have to go your way to take […]
Chapel Hill Regional Opponent Preview: ECU
I’ve been thinking about this a lot, and I’m still not sure if Carolina or Tennessee should be more unhappy with ECU being placed in this regional. Looking at it from a UNC perspective, you expect to be able to enjoy a strong home-field advantage when you host a regional. That’s going to be watered […]
Chapel Hill Regional Opponent Preview: Tennessee
Tennessee was awarded the number two seed in the Chapel Hill Regional; the Vols will face off against the third seeded Pirates of ECU, with the winner facing the winner of the UNC-VCU matchup later that day. The Volunteers are coached by first-year skipper Josh Elander after longtime coach Tony Vitello left to coach the […]
Chapel Hill Regional Opponent Preview: VCU
The North Carolina Tar Heels first matchup in the Chapel Hill Regional is against the VCU Rams, in what could be argued is a revenge game for the Tar Heels after the basketball mishap in March. The teams meet each other in the second game on Friday with the winner advancing to play the winner […]
Congress introduces bipartisan bill to solve the NIL/transfer portal issues
It’s no secret that the NCAA has taken the approach of having everyone else fix their problems over the last 5+ years. Things took a unique turn back in 2021 when Congress got involved, forcing NIL to return to college athletics. We have been in lawless territory since then, and because the NCAA refuses to, […]
Former UNC soccer player Sebastian Berhalter makes USMNT World Cup squad
When it comes to the University of North Carolina and soccer, the women’s team is probably the first thing you think of. UNC women’s soccer has quite famously won 22 NCAA Tournament championships and sent countless players into the ranks of the US Women’s National Team. Many of those players have gone on to help […]
UNC women’s golf finishes in 15th at NCAA nationals
Over the past couple days, the North Carolina Tar Heels’ women’s golf team was out competing at the NCAA Championships in Carlsbad, California. While the championships will continue through the final rounds later today, Carolina hasn’t quite made it all the way to the end. However, it’s been a good season overall for them, so […]
A detailed breakdown of UNC Baseball ahead of the Chapel Hill Regional
The final postseason of the college athletic season is finally here, and once again, the Diamond Heels of the University of North Carolina will be hosting a regional in the NCAA Tournament. College baseball seems to be drawing more eyes than ever this year, but given that most regular-season games are still on streaming-only platforms […]
Matt Able will play for UNC after withdrawing from the NBA Draft
Today it was announced that NC State transfer Matt Able withdrew from the NBA Draft, and he will officially play for UNC for the 2026-27 season. His decision to officially make his way to campus is the break that Michael Malone and his staff needed after Henri Veesaar decided that he was done with college. […]
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