Caleb Wilson suffered a sprained left wrist during Monday night’s loss to Miami, a UNC spokesman confirmed on Tuesday.
Repeated slow starts, answers to fix that, confounding Tar Heels
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Slow starts have become a troubling trend that North Carolina can’t shake. The Tar Heels have been a good second-half team most of the season, but couldn’t find the rhythm Monday against Miami. Carolina fell to 5–5 in Quad 1 games after its 75–66 loss at Miami.The Tar Heels trailed after five minutes in all but one (at Stanford) and faced halftime deficits in all but three (Ohio State, SMU and Stanford).
Tar Heels blow most of NET gains from Duke win at Miami
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — No. 11 North Carolina threw away much of what it gained in the NET rankings by beating No. 4 Duke with its 75–66 loss at Miami on Tuesday night.
Heels can’t match Miami’s energy, falter on defense, rebounding
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — One game after eventually getting over the hump against Duke, it never happened for No. 11 North Carolina at Miami. Coach Hubert Davis tried many lineup combinations, but the same poor defense and rebounding continued in a 75–66 loss to Miami at the Watsco Center.
Tar Heels in pros: Johnson returns; White awaits Hornets debut; Anthony in limbo; decision ahead on Love
It was a week of transition for former UNC players in the NBA, with Coby White and Cole Anthony dealt before Thursday’s trade deadline, Cameron Johnson finally returning from a knee injury. Meanwhile, Portland has a decision later this month to make on Caleb Love.
No. 11 UNC at Miami: TV info, stats, scouting Hurricanes, keys to game, comparisons and notes
Here’s a look at No. 11 UNC’s Tuesday night game at Miami.
UNC jumps to season-high ranking in AP Top 25 men’s poll
Carolina moved up to a season-high No. 11 in the AP Top 25 men’s poll after the Tar Heels’ big 71–68 home victory Saturday over Duke.
Transfer tracker: Cadeau keeps dishing out wins; Key huge in return from injury; frustrating weeks for others
While Elliot Cadeau continues to pile up assists and No. 3 Michigan keeps stacking wins, and Ven-Allen Lubin is putting up consistent games for streaking N.C. State, other former North Carolina players had unproductive, up-and-down or frustrating weeks.
Heels roll to seventh straight win behind Brooks’ breakout game
WINSTON-SALEM — For weeks, Nyla Brooks kept shooting. The good shots were there. The confidence wasn’t gone. The shots were falling in practice, and her work never stopped there. But the results — the 3-pointers that once came easily in nonconference play— hadn’t been falling. The stat lines looked quieter than expected for one of the ACC’s most heralded freshmen. On Sunday afternoon, that drought finally ended in a big way.
Wilson’s first-half surge steadied Heels, set up ‘crazy’ night
CHAPEL HILL — With his first Carolina-Duke game slipping away from the Tar Heels in the first half, Caleb Wilson wasn’t about to let the Blue Devils coast to victory. He scored 13 points during a key first-half run, including 11 in less than 3½ minutes, that steadied the game. That put No. 14 UNC on a path toward finally beating No. 4 Duke 71–68 on Seth Trimble’s last-second 3-pointer Saturday night at the Smith Center.
UNC jumps up in NET rankings after big win, has loss upgraded to Quad 1
CHAPEL HILL — Carolina’s fifth Quad 1 win of the season sent the Tar Heels rising in the NET rankings, five weeks away from Selection Sunday. No. 14 UNC (19–4, 7–3 ACC) moved up three spots in the NET to 24 after its 71–68 victory Saturday at the Smith Center over No. 4 Duke (20–4, 10–1), which stayed at 3.
A half-second to glory, legendary moment for Trimble
CHAPEL HILL — Seth Trimble felt the truth of it before anyone else did. As the ball lifted off his fingertips, tilted just slightly by what he later called his “little old man fade away,” a calm certainty settled over him in a rivalry defined by anything but calm. “I knew it was good,” he said. “I knew it was good the second it left my hand.”
Trimble shoots down Duke in instant classic
CHAPEL HILL — Carolina led for less than a half-second, but that’s all the Tar Heels needed to add a legendary game to the history books. Derek Dixon drove inside and fired a laser skip pass to Seth Trimble, who sank the shot of his life. The senior’s corner 3-pointer with 0.4 of a second left gave No. 14 North Carolina a thrilling 71–68 victory over No. 4 Duke, leading to a pair of court-storming celebrations.
No. 4 Duke at No. 14 UNC: TV info, stats, scouting Blue Devils, keys to game, comparisons and notes
Here’s a look at Saturday’s big matchup between No. 4 Duke and No. 14 North Carolina at the Smith Center.
Wilson grounded but excited for first UNC-Duke game, ready to be ‘villain’
CHAPEL HILL — Caleb Wilson has been waiting for this week for a long time, even if he didn’t always say it out loud. The first UNC–Duke game on your schedule isn’t just another matchup. It’s a moment you grow up hearing about, watching on TV, imagining yourself inside. And for Wilson, it was part of the dream before he wore Carolina blue.
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