CHAPEL HILL — With a welcome respite from the gauntlet No. 9 North Carolina ran through most of December, the Tar Heels flexed their muscles against the worst team on their schedule. RJ Davis continued his impressive run of games as UNC finished 2023 with a 105–60 thumping, feasting inside against smaller Charleston Southern on Friday at the Smith Center.
Category: Men's basketball
Angell will pay tribute to Montross during first home broadcast since legend’s passing
Jones Angell’s first Tar Heel Sports Network broadcast of a home game since the passing of Eric Montross will be a special tribute to his friend and longtime color analyst
RJ Davis on roll as UNC hosts worst team on its schedule
The No. 9 Carolina men’s team gets one last easy non-conference game before playing its first three games on an opponent’s court in successive games as the ACC season ramps up.
Tar Heels in pros: 2017 NCAA champs Bradley, Jackson, Pinson put up big numbers again in G League; Sharpe’s second straight double-double comes in first start
Three teammates on UNC’s 2017 national championship team continue to put up big numbers in the G League as Texas Legends teammates. Tony Bradley scored 22 points in 22 minutes, Theo Pinson had 20 points and Justin Jackson pitched in 16, but the Legends lost 120–114 Wednesday night on the road against the Mexico City Capitanes.
UNC makes The Athletic’s list of six men’s basketball ‘blue bloods’
There were few surprises when seven sportswriters at The Athletic put the men’s college basketball programs into tiers and determined which six were “blue bloods.”
Tar Heels in NBA: Big games from Sharpe, Johnson help Nets extend Pistons skid to 27; White scores 19; Black to G League
No team in the NBA wants to help the Detroit Pistons end their long losing streak. Cameron Johnson scored a season-high 24 points, and Day’Ron Sharpe notched his fifth double-double and a career-high four blocks to ensure Tuesday that it wouldn’t be the Brooklyn Nets.
RJ Davis ACC Player of Week for second time this season
RJ Davis is the ACC Player of the Week for the second time this season, becoming the first Carolina guard to earn the honor multiple times since Joel Berry II did it four times in the 2016–17 season.
Hubert Davis’ rotation size not much different than last season
After retooling his roster, Coach Hubert Davis said he wants to play more players than last season. That’s happened in some games for No. 9 Carolina (8–3), but the rotation size has essentially not changed from last season.
Carolina back in top 10 of men’s poll after impressive win over Sooners
North Carolina jumped two spots to No. 9 in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll after an impressive victory over Oklahoma.
Tar Heels in NBA: Johnson’s 18 points help Nets end skid, give Pistons 26th straight loss; five other Heels score in double figures
Cameron Johnson led six UNC alums scoring in double figures Saturday night with 18 points and was part of Brooklyn inflicting dubious NBA history on the Detroit Pistons, with a chance to add to that.