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Head coach Mark Campbell and the TCU Horned Frogs added a sharpshooter to the backcourt on Thursday, gaining a commitment from North Carolina sophomore guard Lanie Grant. The 5-foot-9 guard from Midlothian, Virginia played in 71 games and made 31 starts over her two years with the Tar Heels. Grant averaged 10.8 points, 2.3 assists […]
North Carolina is slated to hire former Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone as its next men’s basketball head coach, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported. Malone will replace Hubert Davis, who North Carolina fired almost two weeks ago following a NCAA Tournament first-round loss. Malone, 54, is the winningest coach in Nuggets franchise history. He accumulated […]
Normally, there is a lot of dissection and analysis at the end of a UNC basketball season. This season ended a little differently; Hubert Davis’s abrupt firing has put most of the focus on the coaching search for the next Carolina head coach. And rightly so; as a fan, I’d rather look forward than relive […]
INDIANAPOLIS—Relax, Wildcat Nation. He’s not going anywhere. Arizona has announced a contract extension for men’s basketball coach Tommy Lloyd, locking him in through the 2030-31 season and putting an end to a 2-week saga where he was considered a top candidate for the opening at North Carolina. “I’m happy to announce I’m staying at Arizona,” […]
With Duke’s loss to UConn in the Elite Eight, every team in the ACC is now in off-season mode, other than Boston College, which is waiting for Huskies assistant Luke Murray to move to Beantown, which he can’t do until UConn’s season ends. Over the last few years, we’ve argued that the issue with the […]
Well, Tommy Lloyd and Dusty May both had pretty good weekends. Lloyd’s team blew out Arkansas and then figured out Purdue at halftime to run away with that game. May’s team figured out Alabama at halftime to run away with their Sweet 16 matchup and then blew out Tennessee in the Elite Eight. Three dominant […]
It’s been impossible to be on any sports social media algorithm this week without seeing Brenda Frese’s impassioned speech to guard Oluchi Okananwa during the third quarter of Maryland women’s basketball’s NCAA Tournament loss to North Carolina. Frese took an out-of-sorts Okananwa out of the game to implore her to “lock in” and affirm her […]
What constitutes a bench player? Obviously, it isn’t someone who started all season, so that quickly eliminates Caleb Wilson, Henri Veesaar, and Seth Trimble. What about guys like Jarin Stevenson and Luka Bogavac? They did start most of the season, but they also came off the bench at varying points as well. Do they count […]
It’s been an interesting few days in the Triangle. First, UNC made a huge break with tradition and fired Hubert Davis, a member of Dean Smith’s family system, and Will Wade bailed on NC State after just a year on the job. Let’s start with State, where fans are livid. Well, with all due respect: […]
When a college basketball fan thinks of the sport, it’s hard not to start with the Blue Bloods. Kentucky. North Carolina. Duke. Kansas. UCLA. All of these programs together — with possibly the recent surge from UConn — write most (if not all) of the history of college basketball. St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino […]
This year’s Sweet 16, which is now underway, is unlike any other in the last 72 years of college basketball. This is the first Sweet 16 since 1954 that does not include Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, or UCLA. It was a rough year for those four blue-blood college basketball programs, with a lot of ups […]
Update – Matt Norlander is reporting that support for Hubert Davis has evaporated, and the donors will no longer back him. However, they are willing to break with the UNC family, and will pay big money for an established, successful coach. If you poke around a bit online after UNC’s loss to VCU, you’ll find […]
Tonight’s schedule: VCU vs North Carolina, 5:50pm Howard vs Michigan, 6:10pm Texas vs BYU, 6:25pm Texas A&M vs St Mary’s, 6:35pm Penn vs Illinois, 8:25pm St Louis vs Georgia, 8:45pm Kennesaw State vs Gonzaga, 9:00pm Idaho vs Houston, 9:10pm
Happy Selection Sunday, college hoops fans! This month marks 25 years since arguably the greatest win in Penn State basketball history, when the No. 7 seed Nittany Lions, led by the Crispin Brothers, Titus Ivory, and Gyasi Cline-Heard, went on to upset the No. 2 seed North Carolina Tar Heels, led by future NBA champion […]
We have finally reached Selection Sunday. By the end of the night, we’ll know the fields of 68 for both the men’s and women’s NCAA Basketball Tournaments for 2026. We’ll also know North Carolina’s place within them. We already know the women have made it, as they were selected as one of the hosts for […]
The ACC Tournament has lost a bit of luster after North Carolina’s freshman phenom Caleb Wilson broke his thumb, ending his campaign. However, this league will still be entertaining from Tuesday all the way through the end of the season. The spotlight will be immense on Cam Boozer at Duke, but this league has far […]
After receiving devastating news last week, UNC’s freshman forward Caleb Wilson earned first team All-ACC honors, and also made the ACC All-Rookie team. This news is coming off the heels of Wilson suffering a season-ending injury after breaking his right thumb. Wilson averaged 19.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.4 blocks per […]
We also take a guess at where the NCAA tournament cutline should be. Stats come from https://www.warrennolan.com/ 18. Georgia Tech (11-19, 2-15) NET 172, RPI 235 Last Week : 18 The nightmare season will be over Saturday, maybe with it Damon Stoudamire’s job. 17. Notre Dame (13-17, 4-13) NET 92, RPI 119 Last week: 17 Notre … Continue reading »
“Yeah it’s Senior Night and the game is right. / Oh yeah, it’s Senior Night, oh, what a night.” Those may not be the actual lyrics, but it’s Senior Night, so close enough. I have always admired the way that North Carolina treats Senior Night — starting with Dean Smith and continuing with Roy Williams […]
Earlier this week, the North Carolina men’s basketball team picked up a big win over Louisville, knocking off a pretty good team even without Caleb Wilson. The journey to the end of the game wasn’t exactly pretty, though. Despite leading by as many as 14, the Tar Heels ended up hanging on for just a […]
This weekend, the calendar will flip to March, and we will officially be in the month of “madness.” In just a couple weeks, we’ll be watching North Carolina play in the ACC Tournaments and then watch as the bracket is unveiled on Selection Sunday. As we’re about to enter the home stretch, let’s take a […]
Thursday, #22 North Carolina came to Blacksburg expecting to blow out the Lady Hokies, and more of a brawl erupted instead of a basketball game. Tech loses in OT (63-66). Then Georgia Tech took to the Carilion Court at Cassell. Virginia Tech wins the season’s battle of the Techs in what became a defensive match-up […]
Too little. Too late. That’s the cliché, right? Applies here. Louisville 74, North Carolina 77. Just thinkin’ out loud. You gotta play with energy and passion and a hint of fire The Whole Game, not just the last little bit to make it look closer than it really was. At the 16:27 mark of the […]
Louisville’s struggles with the biggest games on its schedule continued Monday night in a 77-74 loss at No. 18 North Carolina. The 24th-ranked Cardinals led by 10 points early in the first half, but trailed for the entirety of the second on their way to an 11th consecutive road loss against a top 25 opponent. […]
UNC remained undefeated at home with a 77-74 win over Louisville Monday night. Carolina got a career night from Seth Trimble with 30 points and held on late despite coming uncomfortably close to blowing a 16-point second half lead. The Cardinals built a lead early with three-pointers before they cooled off and UNC got their […]