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Lynne Roberts missed her first chance to coach Alyssa Ustby but is delighted to have a second chance. The first-year Los Angeles Sparks coach couldn’t lure Ustby to Utah, where she coached for nine full seasons, when Ustby was a high school star in Minnesota and decided to play at North Carolina.
North Carolina went from making missteps and misses during the previous offseason to big and quick steps by Coach Hubert Davis and General Manager Jim Tanner.
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina’s offense has piled up runs at an impressive rate of late, particularly in Tuesday non-conference games.
Alyssa Ustby and Maria Gakdeng signed free-agent WNBA contracts on Tuesday, one day after the WNBA draft.
UCLA guard Elina Aarnisalo is transferring to North Carolina, giving Coach Courtney Banghart her second transfer portal commitment of the offseason.
Guard Tray Crisp, who played at North Carolina last season after transferring from Arizona State, will play next season at Mississippi State, according to multiple reports.
Carolina missed a chance at getting Jarin Stevenson when he was a four-star high school recruit out of nearby Seaforth High School in Chatham County, but the Tar Heels made good on a second shot at the 2023 North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year.
Brigham Young forward Kanon Catchings visited North Carolina on Friday but committed to Georgia on Sunday, according to multiple reports.
CHAPEL HILL — Pitching ruled on Sunday at Boshamer Stadium, and No. 16 North Carolina’s edge there and superior defense were the difference in earning the Tar Heels’ first ACC series sweep of the season
After being part of a championship season at Akron, former North Carolina center James Okonkwo is back in the transfer portal.
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina held its “Practice Like a Pro” event on Saturday night at Kenan Stadium, concluding the first spring practice under Coach Bill Belichick. Here are some videos from the evening. The first one includes plays from the offense vs. defense scrimmages.
CHAPEL HILL — A couple of weeks after No. 16 North Carolina’s offensive doldrums left plenty of questions about the team’s ceiling, the Tar Heels have found their offense and look like a threat to make it to Omaha for a second consecutive season.
CHAPEL HILL — The power that has been hard to come by in ACC play for No. 17 North Carolina ignited an impressive blowout of Wake Forest. Junior center fielder Kane Kepley and sophomore third baseman Gavin Gallaher both hit home runs as the Tar Heels rolled to an 11–1 seven-inning run-rule victory in the opener of a three-game series with the Deacons at Boshamer Stadium on Friday night.
Cade Tyson has entered the transfer portal after only one season at North Carolina, according to multiple reports. The transfer from Belmont came in with the reputation of being an excellent 3-point shooter but only made 14 of 48 attempts on the season — five of those in one game — and shot 29.2% as a junior at UNC after shooting 46.5% the previous season.
Carolina’s search for a point guard to replace Elliot Cadeau could end with a Mountain West Conference star who had a big game in the NCAA tournament.
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