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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).
LOUISVILLE — It’s a new year, but North Carolina issues that made the season a rough ride in 2024 created a familiar bumpy finish to the first game of 2025. Much like the loss to Florida in Charlotte, a disjointed half-court offense, rebounding woes and poor decisions led UNC to let a game get away late.
Without any teams ahead of North Carolina in last week’s AP Top 25 women’s poll losing, the Tar Heels didn’t move up in the latest poll despite an impressive road victory.
University of North Carolina head football coach Bill Belichick. It is still somewhat surreal to know this is something that exists. It is beyond amazing that the search to replace the most successful coach in Carolina football history ended with arguably the most successful coach in NFL history. In one of the most chaotic years in college football in recent memory, a six-time Super Bowl-winning coach taking his first college job at 72 years old absolutely tracks.
If you got sticker shock when you saw the ticket prices in April for the Chelsea FC-Wrexham AFC friendly at Kenan Stadium, you might find tickets more in your price range on secondary markets. Even with prices before fees ranging from $60 to $650 in late April, tickets for next week’s match, at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 19, sold out in four days.
Coach Larry Fedora’s New Orleans Breakers and tight end Bug Howard’s Philadelphia Stars earned berths in the four-team United States Football League playoffs but both teams lost last weekend to finish their regular seasons 6–4. Former UNC wide receiver Anthony Ratliff-Williams had two catches for 19 yards Sunday for Houston as the Gamblers knocked off New Orleans 20–3. Philadelphia dropped a 26–23 game Saturday to the New Jersey Generals despite Howard (top photo) collecting five catches off of six targets for 101 yards.
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By R.L. Bynum Mack Brown sees the mistakes and the flaws that led to frustrating road losses to Florida State … More
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