CHAPEL HILL — After four consecutive losses, North Carolina’s women were happy to finally end a skid, regardless of who they beat. UNC put the game away with a 10–0 fourth-quarter run to take a harder-than-expected 75–62 victory Thursday at Carmichael Arena.
Category: Basketball
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.
UNC falls in NET, likely further away from No. 1 seed line, after loss at Syracuse
No. 7 North Carolina’s second non-Quad 1 loss of the season dropped the Tar Heels one spot in the NET rankings to 11, probably pushing them further away from the No. 1 seed NCAA tournament seed line.
Syracuse’s hot shooting, UNC’s worst defense of season doom Heels
Carolina’s defense, a cornerstone of a 10-game win streak earlier this season, continues to regress in recent games, and the No. 7 Tar Heels paid for it at Syracuse. The Orange cashed in with red-hot shooting.
UNC projected as No. 2 seed in men’s tournament, No. 6 seed in women’s field
With Selection Sunday five Sundays away, the No. 7 North Carolina men are projected as a No. 2 seed, and the UNC women are predicted to have a tough road as a No. 6 seed.
UNC falls in AP Top 25, but extends longest top-10 streak in five seasons
North Carolina fell four spots to No. 7 in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll as one of four teams in the top 10 of last week’s poll to lose.
Styles scores 23 in Hoyas loss to No. 1 UConn; McKoy, Love, Garcia and Adams all have big games
Dontrez Styles had the best scoring game of the weekend among the former Tar Heels. Justin McKoy, Caleb Love, Dawson Garcia and Destiny Adams also enjoyed big games, although Garcia got hurt.
More OT heartbreak for UNC women as skid hits four with loss at Duke
DURHAM — North Carolina’s women started Valentine’s Day week with more overtime heartbreak. Unable to hold double-digit leads in each half, thanks to scoring droughts of more than five minutes, the Tar Heels lost 68–60 in overtime at Duke before a crowd of 9,314 at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Sunday.
Cadeau’s confidence soaring after big game, but his focus was on his five turnovers
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — With all the good numbers that freshman point guard Elliot Cadeau put up on Saturday, all he could think about was one number — five turnovers. Cadeau has always been his biggest critic, even after career-best totals of 19 points and four assists, as well as an ACC-high eight assists. He refused to call it his best game because of that season-high turnover total.
UNC projects as solid No. 2 seed after earning 6th Quad 1 win
No. 3 North Carolina continued to build a strong NCAA tournament resume five weeks away from Selection Sunday. The league-leading Tar Heels (19–5, 11–2 ACC) are projected as a solid No. 2 seed, remaining at 10 in the NET rankings after Saturday’s 75–72 win at Miami earned their sixth Quad 1 victory.