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Since the iconic Luke Maye jumper shot down Kentucky in the 2017 NCAA Southeast Regional final, the Carolina-Kentucky matchups haven’t lived up to the high standard this rivalry has set. But there are plenty of battles between the college basketball blue bloods that fans will never forget in a rivalry that goes back to when both were in the Southern Conference.
DeMar DeRozan and Coby White did everything they could to extend the Chicago Bulls’ win streak to five but came up short in overtime at Milwaukee on Monday night. White, continuing to make a case for his first All-Star Game appearance, stayed hot with a season-high 33 points, making 6 of 10 3-point attempts to extend his franchise record of consecutive games with at least three 3-pointers to 11 games.
With quarterback Drake Maye and linebacker Cedric Gray announcing Monday that they are joining wide receiver Tez Walker in entering the NFL draft and skipping the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, how many other Tar Heels won’t play against West Virginia?
North Carolina held the No. 9 spot in the latest AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll after the Tar Heels (7–2) gave No. 5 UConn a good game on Tuesday in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden before losing 87–76.
North Carolina fell in the AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll, checking in at No. 25 in the new poll released on Monday. The Tar Heels (6–4) played even for one half with UConn on Sunday at the Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase in Uncasville, Conn., before losing to the Huskies 76–64.
Javonte Williams collected 91 total yards and a touchdown as Denver rolled to a 24–7 road victory over the Los Angeles Chargers, the Broncos’ sixth win in the last seven games.
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — North Carolina continues to show that it can play with any team in the country, even perennial national powers, but getting that signature victory remains elusive for the No. 24 Tar Heels, as is a healthy roster.
Coby White stayed hot from the perimeter and kept the Chicago Bulls’ streak going, showing they are fine without Zach LaVine. White and Cole Anthony both had big games in victories to extend their opponents’ long losing streaks, and a confident Day’Ron Sharpe had his best game of the season.
North Carolina’s loaded non-conference women’s basketball schedule includes another perennial national power this weekend, with other challenging layers added. No. 17 UConn (5–3) will give UNC (6–3) another measuring-stick game, but this one will be in front of a partisan Huskies crowd at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.
Mitchell Trubisky put up decent numbers in his first start in nearly a year but was left frustrated after he couldn’t rally Pittsburgh from an 18-point first-half deficit against a bad New England team.
A season with plenty of Tez Walker highlight-reel catches that began with the wide reciver ineligible for four games will be his only one at Carolina. That was confirmed late Thursday night when the Senior Bowl announced that he had accepted an invitation to the game.
After recruiting an outstanding transfer and freshman class, Coach Scott Forbes’ fourth North Carolina team will face a challenging schedule. The schedule, announced Thursday, includes 44 games against teams that finished in the top 65 of the RPI last season and 25 teams that made the NCAA tournament.
Coby White is shooting into Chicago’s record books and has the Bulls on a roll after they had struggled through most of November.
After playing only 55 minutes in Texas Tech’s first six games, Kerwin Walton played 28 on Wednesday night and took full advantage with the best shooting night of his career.
CHAPEL HILL — No matter who you’re playing, you must keep your foot on the accelerator, a lesson UNCG delivered to No. 24 North Carolina on Wednesday night. The Spartans went from 16 down in the first quarter to trailing short-handed UNC by two at halftime, and they chopped a 15-point third-quarter deficit to five.
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