By R.L. Bynum Coach Courtney Banghart’s UNC women’s teams have always been resilient and unrelenting no matter the odds, but … More
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UNC women resume rich tradition of top-10 matchups with potentially two in 5 days
By R.L. Bynum It doesn’t get much bigger in November than a top-10 women’s basketball matchup, and North Carolina is … More
Nance, Love shoot UNC past pesky Pilots
Top-ranked North Carolina likely will eventually get burned playing to the level of its opponent but it didn’t happen Thursday against Portland, thanks to Pete Nance and Caleb Love. Nance matched his career-high with 28 points (with a career-high five 3-pointers) and Love added 23 as the Tar Heels finally held off hot-shooting Portland for an 89–81 victory in the first round of the Phil Knight Invitational at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore.