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LOS ANGELES — Another NCAA tournament game, another prolific scorer to stop. Against Michigan State, Tyson Walker’s point output was limited by Carolina guards Seth Trimble and RJ Davis over large stretches. The target for Thursday night’s 9:39 regional semifinal (CBS) in Crypto.com Arena will be 6–1 Alabama senior guard Mark Sears.
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LOS ANGELES — Everything is going well for Caleb Love at Arizona, where he has the No. 9-ranked Wildcats in the Sweet 16 and riding high. That came after some tough times last season for Carolina when the Tar Heels didn’t make the NCAA tournament and he dealt with a torrent of criticism.
There figured to be offseason player movement for the Carolina women’s basketball team, and that started two days after the season ended with sophomore guard Paulina Paris entering the transfer portal on Tuesday in a move that came as no surprise.
Caleb Love is the last former Carolina player still playing in the postseason after Kennedy Todd-Williams and Ole Miss lost on Monday. Love is one win away from possibly facing the Tar Heels in the West Regional final.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tough defense drove success for North Carolina this season, but the Tar Heels had no answers for No. 1 South Carolina’s relentless attack. After the Gamecocks only beat UNC by seven in the first meeting in Chapel Hill, they dominated a Tar Heels team with a much more depleted backcourt.
CHARLOTTE — Assistant Coach Pat Sullivan has always been the one to stay on Harrison Ingram and demand maximum effort from the Stanford transfer. The first few minutes of No. 5 North Carolina’s 85–69 win Saturday at the Spectrum Center over Michigan State had not gone well. While Coach Hubert Davis later lit into the Tar Heels during the time out with eight minutes left in the first half, Sullivan was all over Ingram as he walked to the huddle before the first timeout with UNC trailing 8–5.
CHARLOTTE — The return of Harrison Ingram’s sweet jumper has No. 5 North Carolina returning to the Sweet 16. Ingram scored 17 points and five 3-pointers as the No. 1 seed Tar Heels pulled away to win 85–69 in the second round of the NCAA tournament against No. 9 seed Michigan State in the Spectrum Center.
Never mind trying to make a 3-point attempt with a defender’s hand in your face. RJ Davis and girlfriend Deja Kelly, both senior North Carolina guards who have led their teams to the NCAA tournament, had a bigger challenge a couple of weeks ago in the kitchen of Davis’ apartment.
Cormac Ryan, Harrison Ingram and Coach Hubert Davis met with the media ahead of UNC’s second-round game Saturday against Michigan State.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — You want to be playing your best basketball in March, and No. 8 seed North Carolina arguably produced that for one half of Friday’s game. The Tar Heels’ season-long trend of blowing big leads nearly bit them again.
But UNC delivered the early punches and lockdown defense throughout to take down No. 9 seed Michigan State 59–56 in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament at Colonial Life Arena.
The aftermath of North Carolina’s loss to Miami in the ACC tournament led to plenty of reflection for the Tar Heels as they refocused for the two-week break before the start of the NCAA tournament.
CHARLOTTE — UNC freshman Elliot Cadeau and the Carolina band spent hours in production for seven seconds at the end of a 30-second Marriott Bonvoy commercial that debuted this week.
CHARLOTTE — No. 4 North Carolina watched Wagner’s First Four victory Tuesday night together, first on the team bus and then at the team hotel.
One day after AP awarded Carolina’s RJ Davis with one first-team All-American honor, he got two more from the United States Basketball Writers Association and the National Association of Basketball Coaches, announcing their teams on Wednesday.
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