Caleb Love is performing well ahead of the usual expectations for an undrafted rookie on a two-way contract, and the perimeter shots just keep falling.
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UNC faces another elite ACC scorer in Stanford freshman Okorie
North Carolina’s struggles defending high-level scorers continue to mount as another elite ACC guard awaits. After SMU’s Boopie Miller dropped 27 points on the Tar Heels and Wake Forest’s Juke Harris and Nate Calmese each scored 28, UNC faces one of the league’s most explosive freshmen at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday: Stanford’s Ebuka Okorie.
UNC moves up in AP Top 25 men’s poll
North Carolina moved up three spots in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll to No. 14 after holding on to beat Wake Forest 87–84 on Saturday.
UNC one of eight ACC teams in preseason D1 Baseball Top 25
After falling one win short of a second consecutive College World Series appearance, reigning ACC champion North Carolina is No. 11 in the preseason D1 Baseball poll.
UNC rebuilds quarterback room as Petrino takes control of offense
North Carolina’s offensive reset and quarterback shuffle did not begin with Bobby Petrino’s arrival.The 2025 season under offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens never stabilized. The Tar Heels struggled to find an offensive rhythm, and the quarterback situation remained unsettled. By the end of a 4–8 season, the direction of the unit was no longer defensible. Coach Bill Belichick dismissed Kitchens and the transition began.
Irish embarrass UNC women, who suffer season-lows in points, shooting and season-high in turnovers
North Carolina suffered through its worst game of the season and is left searching for answers after a dismal afternoon in South Bend. The No. 22 Tar Heels’ two leading scorers — Ciera Toomey and India Nivar — combined for only four points as Notre Dame dominated UNC 73–50 on Sunday at Purcell Pavilion.
Cadeau ties career-high but Michigan loses first game; Nickel nation’s 7th-best 3-point shooter for unbeaten Vandy; Big games for Lubin, Tyson
Elliot Cadeau’s best game of the season on Saturday wasn’t enough for No. 2 Michigan to avoid its first loss of the season.
UNC’s NET ranking slips, but two games upgraded to give Heels 10 more Quad 1 chances
North Carolina’s NET ranking held at 22 after its 87–84 home Quad 2 victory Saturday over Wake Forest, but slipped after Sunday’s game to 23. The number of opportunities to polish its resume increased due to other results.
Why did ball not go to Wilson late? ‘I don’t want to even speak to that’
CHAPEL HILL — It was what Caleb Wilson didn’t say after getting only two second-half shots that stood out. Wilson went from making all seven shots, adding more highlight reels and scoring 17 points in the first half, to scoring five points and only one field goal in the second half of the No. 17 Tar Heels’ 87–84 victory Saturday night over Wake Forest at the Smith Center.
Davis drills down on defense as Tar Heels try to bounce back
CHAPEL HILL — Hubert Davis summed up the problems that he must fix after the loss at SMU in one word: defense. That was the starting point for everything the No. 17 Tar Heels focused on last week, as Davis said they “worked on us” for most of the week before preparing for Saturday’s 6 p.m. home game (ACC Network) against Wake Forest.
Wake Forest at No. 17 UNC: TV info, stats, scouting Deacons, keys to game, comparisons and notes
Here’s a look at No. 17 North Carolina’s pursuit of the program’s 500th Smith Center victory, facing Wake Forest.
Davis’s positionless calculus: inside rotation math after Wilson, Veesaar and Trimble
In the four games since Seth Trimble’s return, North Carolina’s rotation has begun to crystallize. Trimble, Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar are obviously the leaders on both ends of the court. They are the only players who have scored at least 20 points this season for the No. 17 Tar Heels and will determine their ceiling.
Davis explains why UNC switching more on defense this season
There’s one big difference between the defensive philosophies of Roy Williams and Hubert Davis. Williams preferred that defenders fight through screens and stick with their assigned man. Davis is more willing to switch, even at the risk of occasional mismatches.
‘It came from every direction’: Davis says UNC’s defensive lapses at SMU need to be ‘one-game thing’
When UNC coach Hubert Davis watched video of the Tar Heels’ 97–83 loss Saturday at SMU, the defensive breakdowns jumped out for him.
Tar Heels in NFL: Trubisky throws 4 TD passes, Huzzie snags INT, Walker scores TD, Maye finishes off big regular season with win
The final week of the regular season meant MVP candidate Drake Maye didn’t play the entire game, and reserves around the league got plenty of playing time. Taking advantage of the latter were Mitch Trubisky, British Brooks and Alijah Huzzie.
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