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Tar Heels in pros: Jackson leads Legends to first G League playoff win; White, Barnes, Johnson score in double figures

Justin Jackson scored 24 points Tuesday night to lead the Texas Legends to a 115–110 victory over the Birmingham Squadron in the first round of the G League playoffs for the first postseason win in franchise history. The Legends, the No. 5-seed in the Western Conference, were the only road team to win a first-round game. They knocked off the No. 4-seed Squadron, the affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans.

UNC crashes K’s party with big second half to upset Duke

DURHAM — Many nights, the question is when or if Caleb Love will flip the offensive switch and whether it will be enough. It came late Monday and pushed Carolina to an overtime win over Syracuse. Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium, that switch flipped on Love’s jumper with 12:33 left after hitting only 1 of his first 12 shots. He scored nine points in the next three minutes to help Carolina take control before going on to a 94–81 upset Saturday of No. 4 Duke

What you need to know about ‘GameDay’ at Smith Center

ESPN’s “College GameDay” comes to the Smith Center for the ninth time ahead of Carolina’s 6 p.m. Saturday home game against No. 9 Duke. It’s the 14th time that the show has come to the Triangle for a UNC-Duke game, the most of any matchup, and the 21st time that Carolina has been involved in the show.

UNC pulls out crazy overtime win at Louisville

The validation that Coach Hubert Davis has talked about of following up one big win with another one has been difficult this season, and road wins have been even harder. The Tar Heels took care of both by sharing the ball, shooting well, and getting the productive combination of the inside punch from Armando Bacot and perimeter shooting from Brady Manek.

UNC frickin’ blows out State on Roy Williams Day with best performance of season

CHAPEL HILL — As much as the Hall of Fame coach loves beating N.C. State, there was no way that Carolina wasn’t going to take it to the Wolfpack on Roy Williams Day. But leading by a frickin’ margin of 35 points in the second half? The Tar Heels (15–6, 7–3 ACC) made it a rout with their best first half of the season and coasted to 100–80 victory Saturday at the Smith Center on an afternoon when they put it all together with a season-high 15 3-pointers and won the third consecutive game.

UNC takes the ugly route to second consecutive victory

CHAPEL HILL — After absorbing a pair of blowout losses, Carolina is more interested in wins than style points. That’s good because, for the second time in three days, the Tar Heels won an ugly-looking game but gained valuable momentum in the process. The Tar Heels (14–6, 6–3 ACC) have gone three consecutive halves with scoring droughts of more than five minutes but managed to score enough Wednesday to knock off Boston College 58–47 since the Eagles went scoreless for the last 7:13. UNC again had to battle through rough stretches, just as they did against Virginia Tech on Monday.

Bacot ‘desperate’ to figure out how to turn UNC’s season around

As North Carolina prepares for a crucial and difficult road game against Wake Forest, there was a lot of talk about what the Tar Heels have lacked and what they’ll need Saturday night and the rest of the season. A lot of that conversation was about leadership and how to deal with adversity, but also new challenges now that guard Anthony Harris will miss the rest of the season. UNC didn’t specify why he’ll be unavailable but said that he still will participate in practices and team activities.