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It was a huge night in the NBA for Harrison Barnes, Coby White and Leaky Black. Barnes and the Sacramento Kings shook off recent struggles, White came an assist shy of a triple-double in his best game of the season and Black made huge plays in the final seconds of Charlotte’s victory.
RALEIGH — In starting ACC play 4–0, No. 7 North Carolina has shown it is one of the best teams in the country with the productive combination of relentless play on defense and under the boards.
Carolina basketball great Eric Montross died Sunday after being diagnosed with cancer in March, surrounded by his family — wife Laura, daughters Sarah and Megan and son Andrew — at his home in Chapel Hill.
After recruiting an outstanding transfer and freshman class, Coach Scott Forbes’ fourth North Carolina team will face a challenging schedule. The schedule, announced Thursday, includes 44 games against teams that finished in the top 65 of the RPI last season and 25 teams that made the NCAA tournament.
The Orlando Magic and Cole Anthony continue to be on a roll. Late in the game, the fourth-year pro took a pass and threw down a memorable alley-oop dunk.
Justin McKoy’s long wait for his debut in paradise was worth it, scoring a career-high 15 points — nearly as many points as he scored last season at Carolina — Tuesday night, when Puff Johnson finally made his Penn State debut.
ATLANTA — Watch the video of UNC coach Mack Brown’s press conference after the Tar Heels’ game with Georgia Tech.
Watch UNC players Drake Maye and Kaimon Rucker in the postgame press conference after the Tar Heels lost to Virginia.
CHAPEL HILL — With a more veteran team and many options on his overhauled North Carolina roster, will Coach Hubert Davis play a bigger rotation? That answer may come later, but he didn’t offer one at men’s basketball media day, reiterating that he doesn’t have any philosophy on the rotation size he prefers.
NBA camps opened this week with Harrison Barnes returning to Sacramento — where there are heightened expectations — Danny Green back at Philadelphia, Cameron Johnson injured, Cole Anthony talking about Orlando’s “path to greatness,” and Nassir Little and Reggie Bullock settling in with new teams.
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