Louisville forward Harris transferring to UNC

Forward Nyla Harris, a four-star recruit out of high school, is transferring from Louisville to North Carolina, making her the Tar Heels’ first addition out of the transfer portal.

UNC beats Duke with excellent pitching, smart baserunning, huge game-ending double play

CHAPEL HILL — Excellent pitching and just enough offense has been a dependable formula in ACC play for No. 19 North Carolina. On Thursday, the Tar Heels mixed in smart base running and an outstanding defensive play to hold on for the win.

UNC-bound Wilson, Brooks show off talent at McDonald’s All-American Games

Two North Carolina-bound five-star players — Caleb Wilson and Nyla Brooks — showed off their talents at the McDonald’s All-American Games on Tuesday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, although the chances to display their offensive skills were limited by the number of touches they got.

Jonathan Powell, sharpshooting 6–6 guard from West Virginia, transferring to UNC

Coach Hubert Davis wanted a taller team and took a good step toward doing that with the first guard he snagged from the transfer portal.

Jonathan Powell, a former West Virginia 6–6, 191-pound guard, picked UNC over Ole Miss and Ohio State, according to multiple reports, including one that Powell retweeted.

Miles entering portal stuns many; could previous relationship with Banghart lure her to UNC?

Olivia Miles sent shockwaves through the women’s basketball world with her decision to enter the transfer portal rather than declare for the WNBA draft, where she was projected to be a top-two pick. This is particularly intriguing for North Carolina fans, considering that Miles thought about playing for Coach Courtney Banghart at Princeton before she left for UNC.

Cadeau transferring to Michigan

Elliot Cadeau will continue his career playing for Coach Dusty May at Michigan. His mother, Michelle Cadeau, confirmed the move Monday night on X (formerly Twitter)

Five-star UNC recruit Brooks on roll with two titles heading to McDonald’s game Tuesday

Nyla Brooks, one of two five-star players in North Carolina’s incoming freshman class, has had quite a month and heads into Tuesday’s McDonald’s All-American game on a roll.

Five-star incoming UNC freshman Wilson says McDonald’s game ‘huge’

Caleb Wilson heads the three-player Class of 2025 class at Carolina, and his talents will be on display on a big stage Tuesday at the McDonald’s All-American Game in Brooklyn.

Heels can’t overcome offensive doldrums to get sweep of Miami

CHAPEL HILL — The choppy start to No. 21 North Carolina’s ACC season continued as the Tar Heels’ offense hit a weekend skid. UNC already had their second consecutive ACC series win secured, thanks to good pitching in the first two games, but couldn’t finish off the sweep. Miami got only its second league win of the season by riding a three-run ninth-inning rally to a 4–2 win Sunday at Boshamer Stadium.

UNC’s season comes to disheartening end after Gakdeng’s injury, long scoring droughts

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Scoring droughts that had been too common all season and the inability to hit the defensive boards down the stretch meant a sudden end to North Carolina’s season and a frustrating, painful finish to senior center Maria Gakdeng’s career.

Complete video, transcript of UNC’s postgame press conference, plus dressing room interviews

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Here is video and a complete transcript from North Carolina’s postgame press conference at Legacy Arena, with Coach Courtney Banghart, Lexi Donarski and Alyssa Ustby, after the Tar Heels’ 47-38 loss to Duke on Friday in the Sweet 16. In addition, there’s a video of intereviews in the dressing room with Maria Gakdeng, Indya Nivar and Reniya Kelly.

Kelly returns home to play in arena where she won four state titles

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Reniya Kelly has a lot of championship memories of playing at Legacy Arena, which is only 20 minutes away from her home in Hoover.

The most emotional was her last high school championship game two years ago when she led Hoover High School to a state Class 7-A championship.

Video, transcript from UNC’s pre-Sweet 16 press conference in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Here is video and a full transcript as No. 3-seed North Carolina met with the media on Thursday ahead of its Friday Sweet 16 clash with No. 2-seed Duke. For the Tar Heels, it was Coach Courtney Banghart, Alyssa Ustby and Reniya Kelly at the press conference. In addition, there’s video of dressing room interviews with Lexi Donarski, Indya Nivar, Maria Gakdeng, Lanie Grant & Grace Townsend.

Hubert Davis talks on radio show about transfer portal, player decisions and death threats

While enthusiastically making the transition from the disappointing end to the season to building the roster for next season, North Carolina coach Hubert Davis lamented how dramatically college basketball has changed in recent years. He made the comments during the final “Hubert Davis Live” radio show of the season on Wednesday night at Top of the Hill restaurant in Chapel Hill, covering a range of topics, from the differences in his postseason meetings with players to the death threats players receive after bad games to how the roster has to get taller.

Love talks little about about 2022 shot, wary of ‘fueling” Duke ahead of his eighth game against Blue Devils

Caleb Love smiled when asked Wednesday what he remembers about the 3-point shot over Mark Williams to give North Carolina a win over Duke in a national semifinal game in 2022. “I made the shot,” said Love, who is 4–3 against the Blue Devils after his Arizona team lost at home to the Blue Devils a 69–55 on Nov. 22.