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.

Davis does it at both ends as No. 3 UNC holds on to win at Miami

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — If RJ Davis wasn’t already a favorite to earn All-America honors and ACC Player of the Year, his play at both ends solidified that status on Saturday.

UNC women must overcome recent offensive woes against Duke, ACC’s best defensive team

Any game against Duke is huge for North Carolina’s women, but Sunday’s visit to sold-out Cameron Indoor Stadium has added significance since the Tar Heels enter the game with a three-game losing streak.

Hubert Davis says Bacot, RJ Davis adjusting to how they’re being defended

CHAPEL HILL — Since No. 3 Carolina’s 10-game win streak ended, opponents have altered how they defend graduate center Armando Bacot and senior guard RJ Davis, and that’s led to a period of adjustment.

Love’s first career double-double helps Arizona survive in 3 OTs; Styles hits 20; Penn State wins again with Dunn starting; Adams scores 22

Caleb Love experienced a second wild multi-overtime game in as many seasons, but this time his team prevailed. Meanwhile, Dontrez Styles had a big game for Georgetown, Penn State keeps winning with D’Marco Dunn in the starting lineup and Destiny Adams continues to produce big scoring games for Rutgers.

ACC men’s basketball tournament will be in N.C. for five straight years; women’s event headed to Charlotte in 2027

The ACC men’s basketball tournament will be in North Carolina for five consecutive seasons starting in 2025, the longest run since the event was held in the state from 1990 to 2000, with the women’s tournament going to Charlotte in 2027.

White leads wild comeback in Bulls’ OT win with 33 points, seven 3s

Coby White may not have earned a spot in the NBA All-Star Game, but he continues to produce all-star quality performances. White scored 33 points with seven assists and five rebounds Tuesday as he led host Chicago Bulls in a rally from a 23-point deficit to earn a 129–123 overtime win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

UNC comes out flat, can’t recover against hot-shooting Tigers

CHAPEL HILL — It took a half for No. 3 Carolina to shake off a Duke hangover.
It started with bad practices since that big win and continued until the Tar Heels finally found their stride. But the best they could do was tie it when Harrison Ingram shook off cramps with a game-tying 3-pointer with 4:17 left.

UNC matches longest streak as top 5 team in AP poll since 2019

North Carolina held its spot at No. 3 in the latest AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll after rebounding from its first ACC loss with an impressive 93–84 Saturday win over Duke.

Penn State wins twice with Dunn starting; Love, Adams, Garcia have big games

Caleb Love, Destiny Adams and Dawson Garcia all had big games last week, while Penn State won back-to-back games for the first time since December with D’Marco Dunn in the starting lineup.

UNC fights to take Hokies into OT, but Tech pulls away from there

CHAPEL HILL — A hard-fought game isn’t always rewarded in the gauntlet that is ACC women’s basketball. That was the case for No. 24 North Carolina, which battled No. 17 Virginia Tech into overtime. But the Hokies took control in the extra period on their way to a 70–61 victory Sunday before 5,618 fans at Carmichael Arena for the Tar Heels’ third consecutive loss.