The sensational seasons for two former UNC backcourt teammates continue as Caleb Love keeps matching or topping RJ Davis and vice versa. Meanwhile, Destiny Adams finished her first season at Rutgers with a record-breaking effort.
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Miami ousts UNC women after chaotic final minutes
GREENSBORO — A long field-goal drought. A blown lead. Poor late-game execution. Starters playing a lot of minutes because of a lack of depth. Head-scratching officiating. The common issues in many games this season made North Carolina’s stay in the ACC women’s basketball tournament a short one.
Depleted UNC women begin daunting ACC tournament challenge
Under normal conditions, the challenge of winning four games in as many days to capture the ACC women’s title is daunting. The fact that UNC guards used as many crutches during North Carolina’s 63–59 senior day victory over Duke as there were healthy guards — four — illustrates the challenges that the Tar Heels face this week in Greensboro.
UNC, which didn’t change in NET after blowout win, could still win a tiebreaker for No. 1 ACC tournament seed
The pattern of blowout wins helping teams in the NET rankings didn’t hold for No. 7 North Carolina on Tuesday night as the Tar Heels set their sights on trying to win the ACC regular-season title outright.
Bacot shows perimeter strength, plenty of emotion on senior night
CHAPEL HILL — At 8:46 p.m. on an emotional senior night, the Smith Center crowd roared one last time after Armando Linwood Bacot sank a 3-pointer for his last bucket in the arena. It came 1,581 days after he scored his first bucket on a short jumper 134 seconds into his career, also in a win against Notre Dame, and one day before he turns 24.
Kelly, Ustby earn All-ACC honors
Carolina senior co-captains Deja Kelly and Alyssa Ustby have earned All-ACC honors that the league announced Tuesday. Kelly is on the 10-player first team for a third consecutive season, while Ustby is on the second team for the second time in three seasons after making the first team last season.
What are the latest NCAA projections and the ACC No. 1 seed scenarios?
There is more agreement in bracket projections that No. 7 North Carolina will be the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Regional, but there are plenty of opportunities for the Tar Heels to change that in the next two weeks.
UNC moves up in AP Top 25 men’s poll, another top-10 matchup with Duke ahead
Carolina moved up two spots to No. 7 in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll after a pair of victories last week, with another top-10 clash with Duke ahead on Saturday.
Like at most programs, senior days different at UNC with fifth-year options
CHAPEL HILL — Senior days don’t always have the same finality in the post-COVID era, when seniors can return for a fifth season. On Sunday, North Carolina honored four members of a senior class that has been a big part of the resurgence of the women’s program — guard Deja Kelly, wing Alyssa Ustby, and post players Anya Poole and Ali Zelaya — after the Tar Heels’ 63–59 win over Duke.
Love scores 22, dishes out 7 assists in senior day win; Puff Johnson starts, has career day
Caleb Love had a memorable senior night at Arizona as the Wildcats won their final Pac-12 home game, and Puff Johnson scored a career-high 19 points in his first start in 11 games in a Penn State loss.
UNC falls in NET after win with mostly bad news two weeks before Selection Sunday
There wasn’t much good NET rankings news for No. 9 North Carolina two weeks away from Selection Sunday after Saturday’s Quad 3 home victory over N.C. State.
Tar Heels flip defensive switch at halftime, rally to beat State
CHAPEL HILL — It was like No. 9 North Carolina flipped a defensive switch early in the second half. The Tar Heels gave up seven 3-pointers and 1.4 points per possession to N.C. State in the first half but forced the Wolfpack to come unglued offensively after halftime.
No. 17 UNC hammers Princeton with 11-run 1st inning, rolls behind Boaz’s nine strikeouts
CHAPEL HILL — No. 17 North Carolina took morning batting practice on Friday, but it all counted. In a game that started at 11 a.m. to get ahead of the rain, the Tar Heels banged out 10 hits in an 11-run first inning when 16 UNC players batted. The rout quickly was on as Carolina rolled to a 12–2 victory over Princeton in the opener of a three-game series.
Garcia pours in 29 points; Love and Styles each score 16
Dawson Garcia poured in 29 points in a high-scoring Minnesota loss, while Caleb Love and Dontrez Styles both scored 16 in mid-week games.
How can UNC earn No. 1 seed at ACC tournament without winning at Duke?
The ACC regular-season title could still come down to No. 9 UNC’s visit to No. 10 Duke on March 9, but some scenarios would allow the Tar Heels to clinch the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament without winning that game. But that got more challenging after Wake Forest (18–10, 10–7) lost 70–65 at Notre Dame (11–17, 6–11) on Tuesday.
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