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It’s been 73 seasons since a Carolina player had a solid chance of winning the Heisman Trophy, but week by week, Drake Maye is throwing history for a loop. Not since legendary running back Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice finished second in the Heisman voting in 1948 and 1949 (and probably should have won it) has a Tar Heel earned his way into the Heisman Trophy discussion this far into the season. To do it as a redshirt freshman is even more remarkable.
By R.L. Bynum North Carolina is well on its way to earning the last ACC Coastal Division title, and the … More
CHAPEL HILL — No matter how many mistakes Carolina’s defense makes, redshirt freshman quarterback Drake Maye always seems to find a way. It sure helps to have two dynamic wide receivers in senior Antoine Green and junior Josh Downs. Once again, the No. 21 Tar Heels’ defense made enough big second-half plays to keep the momentum going on what is developing into a season that might be special.
By R.L. Bynum CHAPEL HILL — There aren’t many questions about top-ranked North Carolina, but one is how big Coach … More
The preseason accolades just keep coming for top-ranked North Carolina, with senior center Armando Bacot becoming the fourth Tar Heel this week to make to a 20-player watchlist for a national men’s basketball award. Bacot made to the list for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, which honors the nation’s top center, on Friday.
CHAPEL HILL — All that surprises Coach Hubert Davis about graduate transfer Pete Nance is that he’s not in the NBA already. Now that the versatile 6–11 player is at Carolina and a part of the program for one season, the second-year coach says it feels like the 22-year-old has been in Chapel Hill for four years even though it’s only been about 3½ months.
The Chicago Bears have agreed to trade former Carolina defensive end Robert Quinn, who is having one of his least-productive seasons, to the Philadelphia Eagles for a fourth-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft, pending a physical. After breaking Richard Dent’s Bears single-season sack record last season with 18½, he has only one through seven games and only has six tackles and two assists. Last season, he had 38 tackles and 11 assists.
Leaky Black on Wednesday joined Caleb Love on 20-player watchlists for national awards, with Armando Bacot sure to join them later this week. Black made the watchlist for the Julius Erving Award, which goes to the nation’s top small forward.
Coach Courtney Banghart added the fourth commitment for North Carolina’s Class of 2023 recruiting class from four-star 6–1 forward Laila Hull of Zionsville, Ind. It was a natural landing spot, considering that she says her father loves UNC and Michael Jordan and hates Duke. Hull, who cut her list in August to UNC, Boston College, DePaul, Marquette and Maryland, posted on her Instagram account early Tuesday evening a picture of herself in a Carolina uniform with the words “Committed. #goheels #hk.”
North Carolina, already preseason No. 1 in the AP Top 25, added Tuesday the top ranking in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll. The Tar Heels earned a lower percentage of first-place votes (71.8%) than in the AP poll (79%), 23 of 32 first-place votes, followed by No. 2 Gonzaga with five, No. 4 Kentucky with three and No. 3 Houston with 1. In the AP poll, UNC got 49 of 62 first-place votes, with No. 2 Gonzaga getting 12, No. 4 Kentucky two and No. 3 Houston 1.
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