CHAPEL HILL — Could RJ Davis and Armando Bacot become the first Carolina teammates to have their jerseys go up in the Smith Center rafters since four members of the 2015–16 team earned the honor?
Category: Men's basketball
Puff Johnson gets key bucket in Penn State’s upset of No. 14 Illinois; Love hits 27 in loss; Garcia scores 22 in win
It hasn’t always gone smoothly for Puff Johnson in his first season at Penn State, but he made a huge play Wednesday when the Nittany Lions pulled off a huge upset of No. 14 Illinois. That was one highlight for the former Tar Heels during a week that Caleb Love and Dawson Garcia scored in the 20s while Destiny Adams and Kennedy Todd-Williams each scored 15.
UNC gains Quad 1 win but falls in NET rankings after two blowouts on Tuesday
Just because No. 10 Carolina isn’t playing a mid-week game doesn’t mean there aren’t fluctuations in the Tar Heels’ NCAA resume. A pair of Tuesday night blowouts both helped and hurt the league-leading Tar Heels (20–6, 12–3 ACC), who fell one spot to 10th in the NET rankings.
Carolina falls in AP men’s poll, extends streak of top-10 ranks to eight weeks
North Carolina fell three spots to No. 10 in the AP Top 25 men’s poll Monday as the Tar Heels were one of four top-10 teams in last week’s poll to lose.
Nickel has productive return to UNC; Adams, Love, Todd-Williams McKoy have good games
Tyler Nickel’s trip back to the Smith Center didn’t produce a victory for his Virginia Tech team, but he reminded the Tar Heels of his perimeter shooting prowess.
UNC moves up in NET despite losing Quad 1 win, is top No. 2 seed
A month from Selection Sunday, No. 7 Carolina appears to be solidly on the No. 2 seed line. The league-leading Tar Heels (20–6, 12–3 ACC) moved up two spots to ninth in the NET rankings after Saturday’s home Quad 2 victory over Virginia Tech despite losing a Quad 1 win.
UNC gets big bounce-back win with beast mode from Ingram early, Bacot late
CHAPEL HILL — The beast mode from Harrison Ingram early and Armando Bacot late drove No. 7 North Carolina to a huge bounce-back victory it badly needed. Bacot scored 19 of his 25 points in the second half, and Ingram had a double-double by halftime as the Tar Heels eased to a 96–81 win Saturday over Virginia Tech at the Smith Center for the 64th 20-win season in program history and third in a row.
NCAA committee’s early bracket has UNC men No. 2 seed, 5th overall seed
Carolina is a No. 2 seed and the fifth overall seed in the bracket that the NCAA men’s basketball committee revealed Saturday. During a bracket preview show on CBS and TNT, the committee revealed the top 16 seeds as they stood entering Saturday’s games. The actual field will be announced at 6 p.m. on Selection Sunday, March 17.
Garcia, Adams, McKoy, Todd-Williams have big games; Nickel hits 15 ahead of game at UNC
Dawson Garcia, Destiny Adams, Justin McKoy and Kennedy Todd-Williams all had big mid-week games, while Tyler Nickel scored 15 ahead of his return to the Smith Center.
The numbers confirm eye test: UNC’s defense has regressed
If Carolina makes a deep run in March, it will be with lockdown defense. The No. 7 Tar Heels (19–6, 11–3 ACC) haven’t reached the level they’ll need to do that since their 10-game win streak ended with the loss at Georgia Tech on Jan. 30.
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