Only two Tar Heels remain in the NFL playoffs heading into next weekend’s divisional round — Houston offensive lineman Charlie Heck and Detroit wide receiver Antoine Green. Both saw limited action on wild-card weekend.
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ESPN projects UNC men as No. 1 seed, women as No. 6 seed
No. 4 North Carolina continues to rise in men’s bracket projections, while a women’s projection suggests the No. 23 Tar Heels have work to do to host the first two rounds.
Hubert Davis playing bench more this season, with productive results
In Hubert Davis’ 2½ seasons as North Carolina’s head coach, he’s always had a couple of schools of thought about how he uses his bench. One is that every player must be ready because their chance will come; Davis just can’t say when that will happen. Those chances are happening much more often than in his first two seasons.
After two big UNC wins, flurry of other upsets, Heels shoot up AP men’s poll
After two impressive ACC victories and five teams at the top of last week’s men’s basketball poll losing, North Carolina jumped three spots to a season-high No. 4 in the latest AP Top 25 and got one first-place vote.
UNC falls in AP Top 25 women’s poll
After splitting a pair of ACC games last week, North Carolina fell three spots to No. 23 in the AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll.
It was an emotional return to Carmichael for Hatchell
CHAPEL HILL — For the first time in five years, Sylvia Hatchell returned to Carmichael Arena on a special Alumni Day. Instead of intensely coaching the Carolina from the sidelines as she did over her 32-year Hall of Fame career at UNC, she was on the front row behind one of the baselines watching the action — or trying to.
UNC finally fends off pesky Cavs on emotional Alumni Day welcoming Hatchell, ’94 title team
CHAPEL HILL — On a day that Carolina celebrated the 30th anniversary of the 1994 national championship team, the Tar Heels showed they are stacking the talent and moving the program closer to adding another championship banner to the Carmichael Arena rafters soon. But this season’s team couldn’t deliver the knockout punch until a late 8–0 run against a feisty bunch from Virginia.
Love scores 28, misses potential game-tying 3 in loss; Adams scores career-high 33
The good news for Caleb Love is that he scored 28 points and five 3-pointers. The bad news was that he needed 25 shots to get them, missed a potential game-tying 3-point attempt with six seconds left, and his No. 10 Arizona team lost 73–70 at unranked Washington State.
UNC moves to season-high in NET rankings, projected No. 2 seed
It’s always a challenge to predict what a Carolina win will do to the Tar Heels’ NET ranking, and the 103–67 Saturday home victory over Syracuse was no exception. The win knocked the Orange down five spots to 80 in the NET rankings, moving the victory from barely a Quad 2 to a Quad 3.
No. 7 Heels roll by Syracuse with inside scoring punch, defense, depth
CHAPEL HILL — No. 7 North Carolina’s offense shifted into overdrive by turning up the pressure inside against smaller Syracuse and administering a beatdown. With a top-five ranking likely coming, the Tar Heels showed they are one of the country’s best teams and the deepest they’ve been in a few seasons.