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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — No. 4 North Carolina again made an opponent pay for putting the Tar Heels on the free throw line. UNC didn’t shoot that well from the floor in the second half but made 14 of 15 free-throw attempts after halftime, as the Heels extended their win streak to eight with a workman-like 76–66 victory Saturday over Boston College at Conte Forum.
CHAPEL HILL — There was plenty that Coach Hubert Davis didn’t like about how No. 4 North Carolina let Louisville pull within five points in the second half of Wednesday’s 86–70 victory. But Davis said he was happy to see his team’s response, as the Tar Heels took control to earn their seventh straight win. It was just the latest time that his team has reacted strongly in a tough moment.
Justin McKoy’s best game of his career wasn’t enough to carry Hawaii on Thursday night. McKoy scored 22 points and six 3-pointers (both career-highs) but took only one shot in the second half as the Rainbow Warriors lost 79–71 at Long Beach State.
Finding the broadcast of No. 4 North Carolina’s 2:15 Saturday men’s basketball game may be challenging for some fans, but most should have easy access to the Tar Heels’ game.
Justin Jackson and Theo Pinson have the Texas Legends playing well in the G League after putting up huge numbers again on Wednesday.
By R.L. Bynum Playing Quad 4 teams is rarely an NCAA tournament resume-builder unless you blow that team out, and … More
Destiny Adams, Kerwin Walton and Caleb Love all had big games Wednesday night and led their teams in scoring, but only Love did so in a victory.
CHAPEL HILL — What looked early like another Carolina ACC blowout turned into an unexpected test of the Tar Heels’ resilience.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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