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CHAPEL HILL — There wasn’t much joy for Carolina’s players after a tougher-than-expected victory over Navy. The Caleb Wilson Show was electrifying, as always, but Navy’s late 17–3 run had the team looking within after the 71–63 victory Tuesday at the Smith Center.
It’s clear that North Carolina freshman Caleb Wilson is one of the best players in the country. The analytics confirm it.
CHARLOTTE — Here is the complete transcript and the video from North Carolina’s men’s basketball press conference Tuesday afternoon at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown, with Coach Hubert Davis, center Henri Veesaar and guard Seth Trimble.
Here are some images from the first public appearance of the season’s North Carolina men’s basketball game at the Blue-White scrimmage Saturday afternoon at the Smith Center.
Two days later, North Carolina’s defensive effort in its 102-96 victory Saturday over Boston College still befuddles Coach Hubert Davis. That frustration translated into some frank discussions with his team.
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina couldn’t find that extra gear and the level of defensive intensity that carried the Tar Heels during their four-game win streak, and they didn’t do the little things needed to extend it. The result — a 72–71 loss to Stanford on Saturday after a step-back jumper from former Duke reserve Jaylen Blakes with 1.5 seconds left — gave UNC a damaging Quad 3 loss and led to much reflection about what went wrong.
CHAPEL HILL — Quad 2 victories are never going to give a team’s NCAA tournament resume a huge boost, but they are still helpful. That was the case with Carolina’s 82–67 Quad 2 home victory Tuesday over SMU, which bumped up the Tar Heels (10–6, 3–1 ACC) three spots to 39th in the NET, which is five higher than they were the day after Saturday’s 74–73 Quad 2 victory at Notre Dame (7–7, 1–2; 100 in NET).
North Carolina dropped 16 spots in the NET rankings to 42, and Monday fell out of the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll after splitting two games last week.
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