One day after his former UNC teammate RJ Davis was named the ACC Player of the Year, Arizona guard Caleb Love was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year. They both were honored Tuesday by The Sporting News.
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It’s a UNC Davis sweep of ACC player, coach of year honors
For the first time in 26 years and the fifth time in school history, the ACC’s player and coach of the year are Tar Heels. RJ Davis is the ACC Player of the Year and Hubert Davis is the ACC Coach of the Year, with the league announcing postseason awards on Monday. Armando Bacot made All-ACC second team and Harrison Ingram earned third-team honors.
UNC rises in AP poll to earn most top-5 rankings in eight years
North Carolina moved up three spots to No. 4 in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll after the Tar Heels finished a season sweep of Duke for their sixth consecutive victory.
Projections of UNC as No. 1 seed shoot up dramatically
North Carolina’s victory over Duke vastly improved the Tar Heels’ NCAA resume ahead of Selection Sunday this weekend. The proof is the dramatic rise in the number of bracket projections from Sunday to Monday that have UNC as a No. 1 seed.
UNC’s transfer depth continues to produce as Heels sweep Pitt on Donofrio’s game-ending double
CHAPEL HILL — No. 16 North Carolina is finding many ways to win during its nine-game win streak, and the Tar Heels did it in the final inning for the second time this week. One of the many players the Tar Heels snagged in the transfer portal, versatile graduate right fielder Anthony Donofrio, came through with the game-ending hit in the 10th inning.
UNC highest in NET since January after seventh Quad 1 win
One week away from Selection Sunday, No. 7 North Carolina has helped its NCAA tournament resume with six consecutive wins, including the Tar Heels’ seventh Quad 1 victory on Saturday.
Arizona upset on rough night for Love; Garcia scores 30 in loss; McKoy hits 23 on senior night
Caleb Love suffered the second-worst scoring and shooting night of his career as No. 6 Arizona got upset, while Dawson Garcia had a huge night in a Minnesota loss and Justin McKoy finished the regular season by leading Hawaii to a big senior night win.
Ryan shoots UNC to outright ACC title, sweep of Duke
DURHAM — No. 7 North Carolina was not in the mood to share, and graduate guard Cormac Ryan repeatedly shot down that possibility. Ryan scored a career-high 31 points, hitting four big free throws in the final 16.7 seconds, as the Tar Heels clinched the ACC regular-season title outright with an 84–79 victory Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Love, Arizona clinch Pac-12 title; Adams finishes season with history-making effort
The sensational seasons for two former UNC backcourt teammates continue as Caleb Love keeps matching or topping RJ Davis and vice versa. Meanwhile, Destiny Adams finished her first season at Rutgers with a record-breaking effort.
Miami ousts UNC women after chaotic final minutes
GREENSBORO — A long field-goal drought. A blown lead. Poor late-game execution. Starters playing a lot of minutes because of a lack of depth. Head-scratching officiating. The common issues in many games this season made North Carolina’s stay in the ACC women’s basketball tournament a short one.
Depleted UNC women begin daunting ACC tournament challenge
Under normal conditions, the challenge of winning four games in as many days to capture the ACC women’s title is daunting. The fact that UNC guards used as many crutches during North Carolina’s 63–59 senior day victory over Duke as there were healthy guards — four — illustrates the challenges that the Tar Heels face this week in Greensboro.
UNC, which didn’t change in NET after blowout win, could still win a tiebreaker for No. 1 ACC tournament seed
The pattern of blowout wins helping teams in the NET rankings didn’t hold for No. 7 North Carolina on Tuesday night as the Tar Heels set their sights on trying to win the ACC regular-season title outright.
Bacot shows perimeter strength, plenty of emotion on senior night
CHAPEL HILL — At 8:46 p.m. on an emotional senior night, the Smith Center crowd roared one last time after Armando Linwood Bacot sank a 3-pointer for his last bucket in the arena. It came 1,581 days after he scored his first bucket on a short jumper 134 seconds into his career, also in a win against Notre Dame, and one day before he turns 24.
Kelly, Ustby earn All-ACC honors
Carolina senior co-captains Deja Kelly and Alyssa Ustby have earned All-ACC honors that the league announced Tuesday. Kelly is on the 10-player first team for a third consecutive season, while Ustby is on the second team for the second time in three seasons after making the first team last season.
What are the latest NCAA projections and the ACC No. 1 seed scenarios?
There is more agreement in bracket projections that No. 7 North Carolina will be the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Regional, but there are plenty of opportunities for the Tar Heels to change that in the next two weeks.
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