Dontrez Styles had the best scoring game of the weekend among the former Tar Heels. Justin McKoy, Caleb Love, Dawson Garcia and Destiny Adams also enjoyed big games, although Garcia got hurt.
Category: Men's basketball
Cadeau’s confidence soaring after big game, but his focus was on his five turnovers
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — With all the good numbers that freshman point guard Elliot Cadeau put up on Saturday, all he could think about was one number — five turnovers. Cadeau has always been his biggest critic, even after career-best totals of 19 points and four assists, as well as an ACC-high eight assists. He refused to call it his best game because of that season-high turnover total.
UNC projects as solid No. 2 seed after earning 6th Quad 1 win
No. 3 North Carolina continued to build a strong NCAA tournament resume five weeks away from Selection Sunday. The league-leading Tar Heels (19–5, 11–2 ACC) are projected as a solid No. 2 seed, remaining at 10 in the NET rankings after Saturday’s 75–72 win at Miami earned their sixth Quad 1 victory.
Davis does it at both ends as No. 3 UNC holds on to win at Miami
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — If RJ Davis wasn’t already a favorite to earn All-America honors and ACC Player of the Year, his play at both ends solidified that status on Saturday.
Hubert Davis says Bacot, RJ Davis adjusting to how they’re being defended
CHAPEL HILL — Since No. 3 Carolina’s 10-game win streak ended, opponents have altered how they defend graduate center Armando Bacot and senior guard RJ Davis, and that’s led to a period of adjustment.
Love’s first career double-double helps Arizona survive in 3 OTs; Styles hits 20; Penn State wins again with Dunn starting; Adams scores 22
Caleb Love experienced a second wild multi-overtime game in as many seasons, but this time his team prevailed. Meanwhile, Dontrez Styles had a big game for Georgetown, Penn State keeps winning with D’Marco Dunn in the starting lineup and Destiny Adams continues to produce big scoring games for Rutgers.
ACC men’s basketball tournament will be in N.C. for five straight years; women’s event headed to Charlotte in 2027
The ACC men’s basketball tournament will be in North Carolina for five consecutive seasons starting in 2025, the longest run since the event was held in the state from 1990 to 2000, with the women’s tournament going to Charlotte in 2027.
White leads wild comeback in Bulls’ OT win with 33 points, seven 3s
Coby White may not have earned a spot in the NBA All-Star Game, but he continues to produce all-star quality performances. White scored 33 points with seven assists and five rebounds Tuesday as he led host Chicago Bulls in a rally from a 23-point deficit to earn a 129–123 overtime win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
UNC comes out flat, can’t recover against hot-shooting Tigers
CHAPEL HILL — It took a half for No. 3 Carolina to shake off a Duke hangover.
It started with bad practices since that big win and continued until the Tar Heels finally found their stride. But the best they could do was tie it when Harrison Ingram shook off cramps with a game-tying 3-pointer with 4:17 left.
UNC matches longest streak as top 5 team in AP poll since 2019
North Carolina held its spot at No. 3 in the latest AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll after rebounding from its first ACC loss with an impressive 93–84 Saturday win over Duke.