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UNC may have gotten their coaching situation figured out earlier today but their next task begins now with the transfer portal opening tomorrow. Freshman point guard Derek Dixon will be entering his name into the portal when it opens. The freshman took control of the point guard position as the season went on after the […]
North Carolina appears to have found its next head coach and, surprise, it is someone no one was really talking about. Despite connections to the university due to his daughter playing volleyball at Carolina, former Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone was not a name you heard a lot of in relation to the Tar […]
All eyes are on the North Carolina Tar Heels as they attempt to find their new head coach for the men’s basketball program. All eyes are also on the Chicago Bulls, who have had way more of an eventful 2026 than they likely bargained for. In the middle of all of this is Billy Donovan, […]
UNC’s search to find its next head coach grinds on. Tommy Lloyd signed an extension to stay at Arizona after getting the Wildcats to their first Final Four in 25 years. On Sunday, Dusty May announced he’s not pursuing any other college basketball head coaching jobs, basically removing him from consideration for Carolina’s opening. These […]
This evening it was reported that Michigan head coach will not pursue the job opening at UNC. This was announced by ESPN’s Pete Thamel via X: UNC’s coaching search has had three names mentioned the most: Tommy Lloyd, Dusty May, and Billy Donovan. Lloyd announced a couple of days ago that he accepted an extension […]
Being in an unprecedented situation means that it’s tough to know how to handle every twist and turn. Friday’s news about Tommy Lloyd staying at Arizona is admittedly a 90 degree curve. So, let’s all take a breath and state some actual truths about the current situation for Carolina so we can reset where things […]
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 […]
With Friday’s news that Tommy Lloyd signed a contract extension that would keep him at Arizona for the next five seasons, Carolina’s reported top choice for its next head coach is now off the table. So who should UNC target next? For me, the answer is none other than the guy whose team just put […]
1, 1, 3, 2. While a few Final Fours have been chalkier than that, March Madness increasingly relies more on wild finishes than improbable Final Four (or even Sweet 16) participants to justify its name. Iowa and UConn delivered wild finishes to deny one seeds Duke and Florida a trip to Indianapolis. UConn stole Duke’s […]
We have been grading all four classes of the 2025-26 Carolina Basketball team this week, and now it is time to grade the entire team. For UNC fans, it probably feels a bit like kicking us while we’re down after finding out yesterday that Tommy Lloyd is signing an extension with Arizona. But the quicker […]
While we as North Carolina fans have been quite preoccupied by the coaching search that now envelops the men’s basketball program, there were still games going on over the weekend, and there will be into this weekend as well. Last night was the national semifinals at the women’s Final Four and tonight will be the […]
That sound you hear is the door slamming on the Tommy Lloyd to UNC rumors. After weeks of playing coy, Lloyd made it official today saying he is staying at Arizona for less money (North Carolina apparently offered a top-two coaching contract) while also gaining more control. One of the sticking points for Lloyd appeared […]
We are a few days away from the NCAA Transfer Portal opening in basketball, and while all the attention has been on the men’s basketball team because of the vacancy in the head coaching position, the women’s basketball team will also have its own portal moves to deal with. Over the last couple of days, […]
Events in North Carolina basketball world have obviously taken a turn over the last week or so, with the school letting go of Hubert Davis and beginning the search for a new basketball coach. However while a lot of the thoughts surrounding the men’s program are looking forward to what’s ahead, we still have some […]
Two weeks ago, Duke and NC State fans were getting a lot of enjoyment out of Carolina’s collapse against VCU. Now it’s our turn for schadenfreude. In a span of four days last week, we got to see NC State lose a head coach and Duke lose a tournament game, both in a much messier […]
There isn’t really an off weekend in ACC Baseball. Take the upcoming series, for example — you’d think that after pulling off the series sweep over then-#23 Notre Dame last weekend, the Tar Heels might be able to take a breath with Boston College coming to town this weekend. Then you look at the standings, […]
Our class grades continue with the junior class. The junior class was the biggest group for the Tar Heels at six — one more than the sophomore class, and one more than the freshman and senior class combined. On the whole, it was a bit of a mixed bag and consisted almost entirely of transfer […]
UNC supports 28 varsity sports. In this decade, women’s soccer, field hockey, women’s lacrosse, and both men’s and women’s tennis have added to the University of National Champions’ accomplished list of title winners. Dean Smith, when asked about UNC being a basketball school, once famously said that UNC was in fact a women’s soccer school. […]
Part One discusses the crucial differences between the NBA and the college game. One’s built on a foundation of assets and tactics. The other’s built on a foundation of relationships. All those matter in both, but not in the same proportions. In college, checking the off-court boxes matters more than being an elite tactician. Let’s […]
As we continue our look through the classes, today we bring up the sophomore class. Now, unlike the freshmen yesterday, the sophomore class was pretty disappointing considering that it was mostly transfers. Jonathan Powell Powell easily had the best season amongst the sophomore class. Often finding himself in Coach Davis’s top seven, Powell was often […]
Much of our collective focus as North Carolina fans in recent days has been around men’s basketball, as they officially moved on from Hubert Davis and have begun the search for a new head coach. However, there have been plenty of other things happening if you wanted to take your focus off that. One of […]
With the season now at an end, it is time for that all-time fun job of grading the classes. First up is the freshman class. Caleb Wilson When it comes to freshmen, sometimes you get nothing, sometimes you get something, and sometimes you get Caleb Wilson. Wilson was a once in a lifetime player for […]
We are in a quiet period of the head catching search for Carolina Basketball. A lot of that silence has to do with two of the top candidates still being in the NCAA Tournament, and another part of that has to do with one of the candidates still finishing out the NBA season. The name […]
We all grew up thinking of college athletes as amateurs, with the best programs landing the amateurs most likely to go pro. It’s been a rough and rapid change to this new world of paying players. Today, many basketball players will make far, far more money playing college ball than they ever will make playing […]
Let’s start with this: Billy Donovan is a very good basketball coach. He’s currently a head coach in the NBA, and only 30 of those spots exist. Donovan’s been seated at that exclusive table for over a decade. Prior to that, he won back-back-titles at Florida, in addition to reaching four Final Fours and three […]