CHAPEL HILL — What looked early like another Carolina ACC blowout turned into an unexpected test of the Tar Heels’ resilience.
Category: Men's basketball
Tar Heels in NBA: Nance signs deal with Cavaliers; White stays consistent with Bulls; tough stretch for several UNC alums
With Coby White’s 25-point game Friday as the highlight on the court since the long holiday weekend began, there was a big highlight off the court with Pete Nance signing a 10-day contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
ESPN projects UNC men as No. 1 seed, women as No. 6 seed
No. 4 North Carolina continues to rise in men’s bracket projections, while a women’s projection suggests the No. 23 Tar Heels have work to do to host the first two rounds.
Hubert Davis playing bench more this season, with productive results
In Hubert Davis’ 2½ seasons as North Carolina’s head coach, he’s always had a couple of schools of thought about how he uses his bench. One is that every player must be ready because their chance will come; Davis just can’t say when that will happen. Those chances are happening much more often than in his first two seasons.
After two big UNC wins, flurry of other upsets, Heels shoot up AP men’s poll
After two impressive ACC victories and five teams at the top of last week’s men’s basketball poll losing, North Carolina jumped three spots to a season-high No. 4 in the latest AP Top 25 and got one first-place vote.
Love scores 28, misses potential game-tying 3 in loss; Adams scores career-high 33
The good news for Caleb Love is that he scored 28 points and five 3-pointers. The bad news was that he needed 25 shots to get them, missed a potential game-tying 3-point attempt with six seconds left, and his No. 10 Arizona team lost 73–70 at unranked Washington State.
UNC moves to season-high in NET rankings, projected No. 2 seed
It’s always a challenge to predict what a Carolina win will do to the Tar Heels’ NET ranking, and the 103–67 Saturday home victory over Syracuse was no exception. The win knocked the Orange down five spots to 80 in the NET rankings, moving the victory from barely a Quad 2 to a Quad 3.
No. 7 Heels roll by Syracuse with inside scoring punch, defense, depth
CHAPEL HILL — No. 7 North Carolina’s offense shifted into overdrive by turning up the pressure inside against smaller Syracuse and administering a beatdown. With a top-five ranking likely coming, the Tar Heels showed they are one of the country’s best teams and the deepest they’ve been in a few seasons.
Episode 4: “Bleav in Heels Hoops,” presented by Tar Heel Tribune and Tobacco Road Sports Radio
Co-hosts Desmond Johnson and R.L. Bynum recap No. 7 Carolina’s victory at N.C. State, where the Tar Heels are after starting ACC play 4–0 and talk about the rivalry.
Nickel’s career-best game helps Hokies upset Clemson; Walton hits 16 in Texas Tech win
Tyler Nickel showed off the potential UNC fans all knew he had in helping Virginia Tech pull off an upset of No. 21 Clemson on Wednesday night.