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It’s impressive for a program to be between UConn and South Carolina in any women’s basketball rankings. That’s exactly where North Carolina lands in ESPN’s ranking of the Class of 2025. The Tar Heels come in at No. 5, just ahead of the No. 6 Huskies, the reigning national champions, and just behind the No. 4 Gamecocks, who lost to UConn in the national championship game.
His Airness will be on the air next season. NBC announced Monday morning that Michael Jordan will be a special contributor to its coverage of the NBA as the network’s contract begins next season.
Five teams are within 1½ games of first place entering the final week of the ACC baseball season, meaning North Carolina still has work to do to earn one of four double-byes in the ACC tournament. The Tar Heels (37–11, 16–10 ACC), who stayed at No. 4 in the D1 Baseball poll Monday for the third consecutive poll, split a pair of games with N.C. State, which moved up three spots to No. 13, before the scheduled third game on Sunday was rained out.
In their first game against each other, former North Carolina teammates RJ Davis and Caleb Love each scored 13 points in their second and final games Sunday at the G League Elite Camp in Chicago.
Top seed and No. 1-ranked North Carolina started the NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament the way most of the season has been — with domination.
RJ Davis scored 14 points Saturday in the first of his two games at G League Elite Camp in Chicago. Davis was 5 of 9 from the floor and missed both 3-point attempts with two rebounds, two assists and a turnover as his Team One beat Team Two 89–85 at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago.
CHAPEL HILL — No. 4 North Carolina rallied from a four-run deficit to tie in the eighth inning, only for the Tar Heels’ bullpen to let them down. Against four relievers, No. 16 N.C. State scored three runs in the ninth inning to take an 8–5 win Friday at Boshamer Stadium, with the series-deciding game at 1 p.m. Sunday.
The UNC Athletics department said Friday that Pablo Torre’s report that Jordon Hudson, the girlfriend of Carolina football coach Bill Belichick, is banned from the school’s football facility isn’t accurate.
CHAPEL HILL — With senior right-hander Jake Knapp and the Carolina offense locked in, the Tar Heels dominated No. 16 N.C. State in Thursday’s series opener. UNC played to the level of its No. 4 ranking, coasting to a 7–1 victory Thursday night at Boshamer Stadium, with the speed of center fielder Kane Kepley igniting the offensive show.
The ACC has approved reducing the men’s basketball conference schedule from 20 to 18 games, but the schedule will work differently from the 18-game format used last season in women’s basketball.
It’s challenging to make a WNBA roster as an undrafted rookie. But if there’s a path, Deja Kelly may be laying it out. The former North Carolina and Oregon point guard received the Las Vegas Aces’ final training camp invitation, and she is making the most of her chance.
CHAPEL HILL — This wasn’t the typical mid-week nonconference game for No. 4 North Carolina, but the result was typical.
Heading into a big final two weeks of the regular season after finishing the exam break, North Carolina held at No. 4 in the D1 Baseball Top 25 poll.
North Carolina’s expected matchup with Ohio State in a CBS Sports Classic with an altered field was officially announced on Thursday.
Taissa Queiroz could only watch from the sidelines as North Carolina’s women’s basketball team made a run to the Sweet 16, but the incoming four-star freshman forward will be part of a couple of high-profile WNBA exhibition games this weekend. In addition, three former UNC players will make their WNBA preseason debuts in the coming days.
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