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Andrew Platek hit three 3-pointers in the first 4:25 and scored all of his 12 points in the first half, but Siena couldn’t pull its third upset of a major conference opponent. The Saints (5–4), who have beaten Florida State and Seton Hall, had their two-game win streak snapped in the 75–68 Wednesday loss at Georgetown after blowing a six-point lead with 10:46 left.
By R.L. Bynum CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina’s women’s basketball team should come with a warning label for opponents: Don’t … More
While North Carolina’s loss at Indiana was humbling, it hasn’t deterred Coach Courtney Banghart one bit from believing that her Tar Heels can keep rising in the Top 25 and earning a higher national profile. Once she watched the 87–63 loss to the now No. 4 Hoosiers again, there were a lot that she liked.
By R.L. Bynum CARY — Sixteen seconds away from ending a 10-year national championship drought, it was heartbreak for North … More
By R.L. Bynum North Carolina slipped two spots to No. 8 in the latest AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll … More
By R.L. Bynum Since being ranked No. 1 in the AP preseason poll, North Carolina’s men’s basketball team continues to … More
Coach Hubert Davis has been hesitant to go very deep into his bench this season. Injuries forced him to do that in Carolina’s ACC opener, and it didn’t go well until the last 10 minutes. Without Armando Bacot and reserve D’Marco Dunn, Davis substituted more in the first half than he has done in most games trying to find the right lineup combinations. By the time a combination started to click, it was too late as Virginia Tech held on for an 80–72 victory Sunday at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va.
By R.L. Bynum After three consecutive losses, now unranked North Carolina’s 37th bowl game in program history will be the … More
CHARLOTTE — North Carolina can control its bowl destination by beating Clemson in Saturday night’s ACC championship game, which would send the Tar Heels to their second Orange Bowl in three seasons. The consensus is that the Orange Bowl opponent for ACC champion on Dec. 30 will be Tennessee. ESPN’s Mark Schlabach, ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura, The Athletic, 247 Sports, Yahoo! Sports and The Action Network all project that.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — While the outcome of the games left much to be desired for North Carolina, it was interesting to experience gamedays at another school with a rich basketball tradition. Assembly Hall is one of several remaining classic college basketball venues that hasn’t been cast aside in favor of bigger arenas. The facility remains where Bobby Knight turned Indiana into a national power and famously threw a chair in disgust — along with UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion, Kansas’ Allen Fieldhouse and Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium, to name a few.
CARY — Of all the scenarios Anson Dorrance might have anticipated, he probably never thought he would have to sweat out a three-goal lead against Florida State. That’s exactly what the North Carolina coach experienced over the final 15 minutes before his No. 2-seed and No. 2-ranked Tar Heels held on for a 3–2 victory Friday night over the No. 1-seed and No. 5-ranked Seminoles in NCAA women’s soccer semifinals.
By R.L. Bynum BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Playing with fire by giving up a big first-half deficit for the third consecutive … More
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — After three consecutive losses and continued struggles to find the offensive rhythm that carried Carolina to the Final Four last season, senior center Armando Bacot knows something has to change. “We’re back to square one now. I guess our choice now is to fight,” said Bacot after battling through right ankle, right shoulder, collarbone and foul-trouble issues to contribute 12 points and 10 rebounds in No. 18 North Carolina’s 77–65 loss to No. 10 Wednesday night in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge in an electric environment at Assembly Hall.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Without a fully healthy Armando Bacot and continued backcourt shooting struggles, Carolina has played itself into unfamiliar territory. Already with a right-ankle issue, Bacot tweaked his right shoulder and collarbone in the first three minutes, then got in foul trouble. Even with those challenges, Bacot gamely put up another double-double, but it wasn’t enough on a night Indiana outscored Carolina inside by 26 points.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The No. 6 North Carolina women’s team showed in Portland that falling behind early against ranked teams doesn’t faze the Tar Heels. UNC (6–0) played from behind in both games on their way to the Phil Knight Invitational title, trailing in the first half by 12 before beating Oregon 85–79 in the first round and by 17 before knocking off Iowa State 73–64 in the championship game. In the fourth quarter, UNC trailed by eight against the Ducks and six against the Cyclones.
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