Never mind trying to make a 3-point attempt with a defender’s hand in your face. RJ Davis and girlfriend Deja Kelly, both senior North Carolina guards who have led their teams to the NCAA tournament, had a bigger challenge a couple of weeks ago in the kitchen of Davis’ apartment.
Category: Men's basketball
Transcript from UNC men’s basketball press conference
Cormac Ryan, Harrison Ingram and Coach Hubert Davis met with the media ahead of UNC’s second-round game Saturday against Michigan State.
Cadeau, UNC band hours spent hours to get seven seconds in a TV ad
CHARLOTTE — UNC freshman Elliot Cadeau and the Carolina band spent hours in production for seven seconds at the end of a 30-second Marriott Bonvoy commercial that debuted this week.
UNC hopes to accelerate tempo against Wagner team that plays like Virginia offensively
CHARLOTTE — No. 4 North Carolina watched Wagner’s First Four victory Tuesday night together, first on the team bus and then at the team hotel.
RJ Davis consensus first-team All-American after adding two more honors; Bacot makes USBWA third team
One day after AP awarded Carolina’s RJ Davis with one first-team All-American honor, he got two more from the United States Basketball Writers Association and the National Association of Basketball Coaches, announcing their teams on Wednesday.
RJ Davis 15th Tar Heel to earn first-team AP All-America honors
RJ Davis on Tuesday became the 15th player in Carolina men’s basketball history to earn first-team AP All-America honors.
UNC one of two No. 1 seeds to slip in AP Top 25
North Carolina fell one spot to No. 5 in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll as the Tar Heels enter the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the West Regional.
Tar Heels going West as the NCAA’s fourth No. 1 seed
The path to North Carolina’s seventh NCAA men’s basketball title would take the Tar Heels from the Queen City to the City of Angels and, they hope, culminate in the Valley of the Sun. The No. 4-ranked Tar Heels (27–7) are the No. 1 seed in the West Regional, to be played at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles (home of the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers and the NHL’s Kings). It’s the NCAA-high 18th time that UNC has been a No. 1 seed since seeding began in 1979, one season after missing the tournament.
UNC falls in NET, but will Heels still be a No. 1 seed?
WASHINGTON — Was No. 4 Carolina’s 84–76 loss to N.C. State in the ACC tournament championship game Saturday night enough to drop the Tar Heels from the No. 1 seed line where they were projected before the game?
State finishes historic run to ACC title against out-of-sync Heels
WASHINGTON — On the fifth day, N.C. State had plenty of magic left, and an out-of-sync Carolina team couldn’t do anything to stop it. The No. 10-seed Wolfpack became the first ACC champion in league history to win five tournament games and the lowest seed to win it, knocking off No. 4-ranked North Carolina 84–76 Saturday at Capital One Arena.