CHARLOTTE — North Carolina’s spotty early-season NCAA men’s tournament resume is starting to look eerily like two seasons ago when it wasn’t good enough to get the Tar Heels into the field.
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Frustration, disbelief from Tar Heels after rallying to lead but not finishing off Gators
CHARLOTTE — His face was etched with frustration. Several long pauses, as North Carolina coach Hubert Davis tried to explain his team’s latest failure to finish, spoke volumes.
Furious UNC rally falls short against unbeaten Jackets
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina’s defense has been one of the toughest in the country all season but met its match against undefeated Georgia Tech. The No. 20 Jackets scored the most points against No. 14 UNC this season and had control all afternoon after falling behind 7–0, holding on for an 82–76 victory in an ACC opener Sunday.
UNC’s NET ranking rises ahead of two huge Quad 1 games this week
North Carolina’s men’s basketball team will get two huge neutral-site tests this week with a golden chance to enhance the Tar Heels’ early NCAA tournament resume. The Tar Heels’ NET ranking moved up five spots to 36th after their 93–67 home victory Saturday over La Salle.
Emphasis on getting ball inside, Tyson’s big game propel UNC to easy victory
CHAPEL HILL — A North Carolina team that headed into the exams stressed out with shaky confidence got a much-needed boost from a feel-good victory. UNC combined good defense, better inside play, strong efforts off the bench and Belmont transfer Cade Tyson’s best game of the season in an easy 93–67 victory Saturday over La Salle in the Smith Center.
Doc Kennedy: How I learned to stop worrying and love Bill Belichick
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.
Confident Belichick eager to get going, has potential to awake the ‘sleeping giant’
CHAPEL HILL — Carolina football has been called a sleeping giant for years. With this financial commitment and the hiring of Bill Belichick, it’s about to wake up to be a factor nationally. Belichick didn’t make any lofty pronouncements, just assuring that he’d make the program as good as possible.
As ‘die-hard’ Patriots fan, Banghart excited Belichick will coach UNC
CHAPEL HILL — Cheering for Bill Belichick will be nothing new for Carolina women’s basketball coach Courtney Banghart. As a native New Englander who lived in New Hampshire for 29 years, Banghart is a huge Boston sports fan who reveled in all six Super Bowl titles Belichick led.
UNC turns up defensive pressure for 7th straight win, best start in 3 seasons
CHAPEL HILL — All season, opposing coaches will have nightmares trying to figure out how to solve North Carolina’s tenacious defense. Count UNCG as the latest opponent to suffer a convincing loss against the No. 14 Tar Heels still wondering how to deal with their defense for 40 minutes.
Queens of college soccer again: Thomas kicks in 23rd UNC national championship
CARY — Olivia Thomas kicked in a sensational finish to North Carolina’s dream season, restoring the Tar Heels’ place as the queens of college soccer.
Thomas’ goal in the 62nd minute ended a 12-year drought to earn the 23rd national championship in program history as the No. 8-ranked Tar Heels earned a 1–0 victory over No. 3 Wake Forest in the championship game of the Women’s College Cup at WakeMed Soccer Park on Monday night.
UNC men fall out of poll, plummet in NET, but have two Quad 1 games this month
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.
UNC women rain in season-high 12 3s in another blowout win
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina is shooting down the game plans for beating the Tar Heels that some teams leaned on last season.You can no longer stop Carolina’s perimeter shooting by shutting down Lexi Donarski or sag off Alyssa Ustby on the perimeter so that you can pack the post players around center Maria Gakdeng.
A look at how UNC’s women stifled No. 14 Kentucky, Amoore on defense
No. 16 North Carolina pulled off a resounding 72–53 upset win over No. 14 Kentucky on Thursday night, and we examine the ball-screen coverages that UNC used against Georgia Amoore.
‘Wounded’ and stressed Tar Heels cling to positives after difficult win over Jackets
CHAPEL HILL — Coach Hubert Davis said that No. 20 North Carolina’s three-game skid had left his team “wounded,” and a down-to-the-wire win as an 18-point favorite wasn’t exactly the best treatment for that.
UNC rolls to signature win, giving No. 14 Kentucky its first loss
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina showed the women’s basketball world on Thursday that the Tar Heels are one of the country’s best teams. With balanced scoring and UNC’s relentless defense, the No. 16 Tar Heels earned an early-season signature victory by handing No. 14 Kentucky its first loss, 72–53, in the ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge.
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