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.
Tag: ACC
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.
Two-sport UNC star Julius Peppers first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer
One of the best two-sport athletes in the history of Carolina athletics is getting the ultimate honor in the sport he dominated as a pro. Julius Peppers will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 3, joining Chris Hanburger (2011) and Lawrence Taylor (1999) as Tar Heels to be enshrined. The 2024 Hall of Fame Class was announced Thursday.
UNC’s QB legacy helped lure 6–5 ‘football savant’ Max Johnson
CHAPEL HILL — The quarterback legacy Sam Howell and Drake Maye created goes well beyond their on-the-field accomplishments at North Carolina, and is a big reason the program attracted 6–5 Max Johnson.
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.