Dawson Garcia poured in 29 points in a high-scoring Minnesota loss, while Caleb Love and Dontrez Styles both scored 16 in mid-week games.
Category: Basketball
Cam Johnson scores season-highs with 29 points, 7 3s, Sharpe adds 12, in Nets win
Cam Johnson had his best game of the season as the Brooklyn Nets fight to earn the last play-in spot in the Eastern Conference. Johnson scored season-highs of 29 points and seven 3-pointers as the Nets rolled to a 124–97 home win Thursday over the Atlanta Hawks in the first home game since Kevin Ollie took over as head coach for the fired Jacque Vaughn.
Furious fourth-quarter UNC rally falls short at BC
Regardless of the opponent, playing on the road in ACC women’s basketball is always challenging, particularly on senior night. Senior guard JoJo Lacey scored a career-high 23 points as Boston College scored a season-high 10 3-pointers to snap a 10-game losing streak by holding off a furious North Carolina rally.
UNC men will face Duke, State, Pitt twice next season; women to play at Stanford, Cal, SMU
With the ACC going to 18 schools next season, adding Cal, SMU and Stanford, each team will only play home-and-home with three teams in men’s basketball under the 20-game schedule and play every other team once.
How can UNC earn No. 1 seed at ACC tournament without winning at Duke?
The ACC regular-season title could still come down to No. 9 UNC’s visit to No. 10 Duke on March 9, but some scenarios would allow the Tar Heels to clinch the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament without winning that game. But that got more challenging after Wake Forest (18–10, 10–7) lost 70–65 at Notre Dame (11–17, 6–11) on Tuesday.
UNC’s NET ranking doesn’t change, but projections as No. 1 seed soar; women projected as 6 seed
No. 9 North Carolina’s fifth Quad 3 victory Monday night didn’t change the Tar Heels’ NET ranking, but more bracket projections are shifting the Tar Heels up to the No. 1 seed line.
Historic greatness and oddities as RJ Davis’ career night helps Heels escape
CHAPEL HILL — While RJ Davis was etching his place in Carolina basketball history and shooting himself into the national player of the year conversation, Miami was intent on ruining the party. His Smith Center-record 42 points and seven 3-pointers, both career-highs, helped the No. 9 Tar Heels beat a hot-shooting Miami team Monday night. But the 75–71 victory wasn’t put away until Jae’Lyn Withers sank two free throws with two seconds left.
UNC rises in Top 25 for longest top-10 streak in 8 years, projected by CBS as No. 1 seed
Carolina moved up a spot to No. 9 in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll Monday after winning at Virginia 54–44 in its only game last week.
Kelly breaks loose for 29, but Tech’s Kitley-Amoore duo tops Heels again
BLACKSBURG, Va. — It only seems like Elizabeth Kitley and Georgia Amoore have been dominating the ACC for 10 years. It’s only been five seasons, but there are plenty of coaches in the league who won’t miss them. Even after that duo helped the Hokies beat North Carolina for the sixth consecutive time, 74–62 on Sunday, don’t include UNC coach Courtney Banghart in that group.
UNC, in good position to win ACC regular-season title, moves up in NET rankings
No. 10 North Carolina’s seventh Quad 1 victory not only solidified the Tar Heels’ NCAA resume but puts them in a good position to win the ACC regular-season title.
Love scores 28, 2,000th career point; McKoy hits career-highs of 28 points, 6 3-pointers
Caleb Love helped No. 4 Arizona rebound from a loss with 28 points to score his 2,000th career point, and Justin McKoy scored career-highs of 26 points and six 3-pointers in a Hawaii victory. Meanwhile, Kerwin Walton scored 18 points in a loss for No. 23 Texas Tech, D’Marco Dunn helped Penn State get a big win, and Dontrez Styles played well as Georgetown ended an 11-game losing streak.
Ryan’s hot shooting helps UNC finally end skid at Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Whatever it takes. That’s what Coach Hubert Davis said he got from No. 10 North Carolina to survive abysmal second-half shooting and finally leave John Paul Jones Arena with a victory for the first time since 2012.
Bleav in Heels Hoops podcast
Hosts Desmond Johnson and R.L. Bynum and guest hosts, including former Tar Heels Pete Chilcutt and Tyler Zeller, talk Carolina men’s basketball on the “Bleav in Heels Hoops” podcast, presented by Tar Heel Tribune and Tobacco Sports Radio.
Is there a way for Bacot to get his jersey in the rafters?
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?
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.
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