A snow day blowout, two national championship wins and seven victories against ranked teams highlight North Carolina’s annual takeover day on ACC Network. It’s a good time to load up your DVRs with memorable Tar Heels victories in the last year.
Category: Basketball
Gakdeng signs with Hungary team, to be part of South Sudanese basketball history
Former Carolina center Maria Gakdeng will take her basketball career to international and professional stages this year — and be part of history.
Powell says he never sulked or complained about his low usage rate at Carolina
Drake Powell suggested Tuesday that he was frustrated when the usage rate that he was accustomed to in high school and AAU games dropped significantly during his only season at North Carolina.
NASCAR team executive next UNC AD; Cunningham to transition to another role in 2026
North Carolina is turning to a Chapel Hill native and NASCAR executive to guide its athletic department into a new era, while long-serving athletics director Bubba Cunningham will transition into a new leadership role.
Nets deal Cam Johnson to Nuggets
After playing the last 2½ seasons with the Brooklyn Nets, Cameron Johnson has been traded to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Michael Porter Jr. and an unprotected 2032 first-round pick.
Sharpe reportedly will sign two-year, $12-million deal with Nets
Former North Carolina center Day’Ron Sharpe will sign a two-year, $12-million deal to return to the Brooklyn Nets, according to a Monday afternoon report from ESPN’s Shams Charania. This comes one day after the news that Brooklyn didn’t tender qualifying offers to Sharpe and Ziaire Williams, making both unrestricted free agents.
UNC’s nonconference men’s basketball schedule will feature more home games, less travel
North Carolina announced a nonconference men’s basketball schedule Friday that will include more home games than last season and less travel. The highlights of the nine nonconference games at the Smith Center will be the first Chapel Hill matchup in program history on Nov. 7 against Kansas and the Dec. 7 matchup with Georgetown.
RJ Davis signs with Lakers; Love strikes deal with Blazers
Neither RJ Davis nor Caleb Love heard their names called during the NBA draft after five-year college careers, but both former UNC guards will get a chance to prove they deserve a spot on an NBA roster.
UNC matches best Directors’ Cup finish in 16 years
The University of National Champions has earned another high finish in the all-sports Learfield Directors’ Cup competition. Carolina finished fourth, the Tar Heels’ best finish since 2009, matching their 2020–21 finish, led by NCAA titles in women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse.
ESPN’s Givony says good team will take Powell but ‘he’s not ready to play an NBA game’
A quality team will take Drake Powell this week in the NBA draft based on his potential, not expecting him to make a significant immediate impact. That’s the assessment of ESPN draft analyst Jonathan Givony ahead of the draft at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
UNC’s $20.5 million in revenue sharing will go to athletes in four sports, mostly football and men’s basketball
UNC will share $20.5 million in revenue with athletes, with the majority of it allocated to football and men’s basketball, and some to women’s basketball and baseball. Additionally, the number of scholarships will increase.
Donarski signs to play pro basketball in Hungary
Lexi Donarski will continue her career next season in Hungary. Donarski, who played two seasons at North Carolina after transferring from Iowa State, will play for the TFSE-MTA team in Budapest in the Hungary A-Division. Her agent, Jeanne McNulty-King, announced the signing on Monday morning.
Jawad Williams returns home, joins Cleveland Cavaliers coaching staff
After a playing career that included many stops around the world, Jawad Williams — who won a national championship at Carolina in 2005 — is coming home for his second assistant coaching job in the NBA.
Russian wing commits to UNC women’s basketball
Russian 6–1 wing Elizaveta Astakhova, who turns 19 in December, has committed to North Carolina and will likely join the women’s basketball program next season.
N.C. State’s Wade says UNC was ‘too dumb to play’ Lubin
As if losing a dependable player to a rival school isn’t bad enough for the North Carolina fanbase, first-year N.C. State coach Will Wade is taking shots at how much the Tar Heels played Ven-Allen Lubin.
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