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CHAPEL HILL — Zayden High has been through a lot of lows in his three years at UNC, including a controversy that forced him to miss last season. An off-court matter led Carolina to suspend him from school, forcing him to leave the basketball program for a year.
CHAPEL HILL — Without their best two players, the Tar Heels found a fast solution to meet the challenge. Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar, the focal point of the offense all season, were instead active cheerleaders on the bench as No. 11 North Carolina used effective small-ball and a constant pace to fight past a struggling Pittsburgh team, 79–65, on Saturday at the Smith Center.
CHAPEL HILL — Boston Flannery has worn a couple of numbers in his baseball life, but none have ever meant quite as much as No. 42. On Friday at Boshamer Stadium, the junior right-hander finally wore it again, not as a high school kid paying tribute to Jackie Robinson, but as a veteran Tar Heel who has waited for his moment to come back around.
CHAPEL HILL — Many faces have changed, but three familiar, dependable returnees led No. 11 North Carolina early, while newcomers made it a blowout. Right-handed pitchers Jason DeCaro and Walker McDuffie were on top of their games, as was junior captain Gavin Gallaher, in the Tar Heels’ 9–2 victory over Indiana on a chilly Friday at Boshamer Stadium.
North Carolina has confirmed that Caleb Wilson fractured his left hand during the first half of Tuesday’s loss at Miami, but further specifics about the injury or the recovery timeline aren’t known. One possibility, according to Dr. Peter Dalldorf, an orthopedic surgeon with EmergeOrtho Greensboro, is a scaphoid fracture, a tricky wrist injury that can sometimes be difficult to detect immediately.
Here’s a look at No. 11 UNC’s Saturday afternoon game against Pittsburgh.
CHAPEL HILL — Few wins came more easily than No. 400 for Coach Courtney Banghart. With the 3-pointers raining in against SMU, one of the ACC’s worst teams, it was easy for her to become the 48th active coach to reach that mark.
The tradition of the Carolina women’s basketball home games in a classic and beloved venue will end. Whichever arena option UNC chooses, whether it be building a new arena or renovating the Smith Center, the women’s program will play there, and the men’s and women’s teams will have separate practice facilities.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — No. 11 North Carolina threw away much of what it gained in the NET rankings by beating No. 4 Duke with its 75–66 loss at Miami on Tuesday night.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — One game after eventually getting over the hump against Duke, it never happened for No. 11 North Carolina at Miami. Coach Hubert Davis tried many lineup combinations, but the same poor defense and rebounding continued in a 75–66 loss to Miami at the Watsco Center.
Here’s a look at No. 11 UNC’s Tuesday night game at Miami.
Carolina moved up to a season-high No. 11 in the AP Top 25 men’s poll after the Tar Heels’ big 71–68 home victory Saturday over Duke.
While Elliot Cadeau continues to pile up assists and No. 3 Michigan keeps stacking wins, and Ven-Allen Lubin is putting up consistent games for streaking N.C. State, other former North Carolina players had unproductive, up-and-down or frustrating weeks.
WINSTON-SALEM — For weeks, Nyla Brooks kept shooting. The good shots were there. The confidence wasn’t gone. The shots were falling in practice, and her work never stopped there. But the results — the 3-pointers that once came easily in nonconference play— hadn’t been falling. The stat lines looked quieter than expected for one of the ACC’s most heralded freshmen. On Sunday afternoon, that drought finally ended in a big way.
CHAPEL HILL — With his first Carolina-Duke game slipping away from the Tar Heels in the first half, Caleb Wilson wasn’t about to let the Blue Devils coast to victory. He scored 13 points during a key first-half run, including 11 in less than 3½ minutes, that steadied the game. That put No. 14 UNC on a path toward finally beating No. 4 Duke 71–68 on Seth Trimble’s last-second 3-pointer Saturday night at the Smith Center.
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