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UNC Basketball: Best Bench Player
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 […]
Key matchups in UNC’s Sweet Sixteen game against UConn
Today is the day: the North Carolina Tar Heels will face off against the UConn Huskies in the Sweet Sixteen. For Carolina fans, this is a huge game that could have huge implications on the program if they were to win, but fans are well aware that the chances of pulling this off are really […]
Which would you rather have: a major arena investment or a massive basketball investment?
The easy answer is both. However, let’s review where UNC sits financially at the moment. We ran a $15 million deficit last cycle. Chancellor Lee Roberts insists it was a one-time thing, but it still indicates that we don’t have a reserve fund to handle new and unexpected expenses. We just dropped $46+ million on […]
Sweet Sixteen: UNC Coach Audition Live Discussion
UNC’s coaching search at this time focuses heavily on coaches still coaching. While these coaches remain focused on winning at their current schools, UNC fans can watch some these games with extra interest as an audition of sorts. Who handles the pressure situations the best? Who comes up with the right adjustments at halftime? Whose […]
What would it take for the UNC women to beat undefeated UConn
They did it: UNC made it to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament after beating Maryland 74-66. Their reward for making it out of the first weekend? Facing UConn in the Sweet Sixteen. Not exactly the kind of award that anybody would want, right? As is the truth most seasons, the Huskies are playing […]
The #13 Diamond Heels have a big road series this weekend against #23 Notre Dame
It’s probably not actually the case, but it certainly feels like last weekend’s home series against Louisville was an inflection point for this season of UNC Baseball — a loss would have meant the Heels had lost their first two home series in ACC play, as well as their first two matchups against real contenders […]
Caleb Wilson was UNC’s Freshman of the Year in 2025-26
Today as we continue on with our North Carolina men’s basketball season recap series, we’ve come to the post awarding our Freshman of the Year for this year’s team. Folks, to be honest, it did not take much deep diving or numbers crunching to figure out who won this particular honor. Considering that he was […]
Ranking the best UNC Basketball coaching candidates
The Carolina Basketball head coach search continues, and there is a lot of information flying around about who the Heels could potentially come to an agreement with. There’s plenty of names that have come up more than once, and most of them would be really good candidates. There is definitely a tier list when it […]
What are your favorite Sweet 16 and Elite 8 memories?
Tonight, the men’s NCAA Tournament returns, as Sweet 16 will begin, and we’ll be down to the Final Four by the time the weekend is over. Obviously, we here at Tar Heel Blog have been a little preoccupied by UNC’s season ending, and now the coaching search that has begun partly because of that. However […]
Appreciating Coach Davis
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou Davis polarized Tar Heel fans from the outset. Passionate fans hate to lose and love to win, but few of us do so in equal measure. That […]
Derek Dixon is UNC’s Most Improved Player
Usually, when you name a Most Improved Player, you give it to someone who made a big jump from last year to this year. This is a bit problematic for the ‘25-‘26 Tar Heels, as only two players from last year’s team played any significant minutes. Zayden High played sparingly until Caleb Wilson’s injury forced […]
UNC Basketball: Buyout information for possible coaching candidates
Now that the Tar Heels are in the market for a head coach, many outlets have started tossing around potential candidates for the school to hire. The tricky thing, though, is that hiring a current college basketball coach comes with a cost, and UNC has to be willing to pay it. On one hand, it’s […]
Brad Stevens will not be the next UNC Basketball coach
Hours after it was announced that Hubert Davis would not return as basketball coach next season, we already have our first name removed from the list. Matt Norlander of CBS Sports reports that President of Basketball Operations for the Celtics, Brad Stevens, has removed his name from consideration for the job. Bringing Stevens back to […]
Who do you want to be the next UNC Basketball coach?
Now that it is official, and Hubert Davis is no longer the head coach of the North Carolina Men’s Basketball team, it is time to move our attention to who should succeed him. Real quick, I do want to take a minute and thank Hubert for what he means to the university. He has two […]
Hubert Davis will not return as UNC Basketball coach
The Hubert Davis era in Chapel Hill is over after days of speculation about his future. The decision to part ways comes after the Tar Heels blew a 19-point lead against VCU to get bounced from the NCAA Tournament in the Round of 64. Rumors that Davis would not be head coach for the upcoming […]
There is still no answer to the Hubert Davis question at UNC
All indications are that UNC Basketball is on the verge of a new era. The rumors coming out of Chapel Hill have been consistent that Hubert Davis will not return as head coach next season. The how and the when remain up in the air, but it feels like we are too far down the […]
UNC Baseball: Tar Heels rally to take series over Louisville
Most of the college sports fandom was focused on the basketball court this past weekend, with the first two rounds of the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments taking place. In North Carolina circles, that attention was then even further taken by the still ongoing saga of Hubert Davis and what’s going on with the men’s […]
Caleb Wilson was UNC Basketball’s 2025-26 MVP
Not to beat a dead horse, but things could’ve went a lot better for the Tar Heels this season. There were some high points that were notable — beating Kansas and Duke in the Dean Dome, and beating Kentucky at Rupp Arena — the lows were pretty frustrating. But even with some of the adversity […]
How would you rather a season end?
The two biggest sports on UNC’s campus this academic year have already shown us undoubtedly the two worst ways a sports season can end — a walloping by a rival to cap off an absolutely anemic year in football, and a historic-level collapse to an inferior opponent in men’s basketball. Obviously, the way everybody wants […]
Where do you currently stand on UNC Basketball?
Every so often, when I haven’t heard from someone or I know someone has been going through something, I will sit down and shoot them a text (I would prefer to call, but I understand the world we live in) saying “Hey, just checking in, how are things?” Well, that’s what I am doing today […]
Lanie Grant earns Player of the Game as UNC women advance to Sweet 16
The Carolina women are heading back to the Sweet 16 after a thrilling win over Maryland, marking the first time the Tar Heels have reached the second weekend in consecutive seasons since doing so in 2014 and 2015. It was an extremely tight race for player of the game, but I have to give it […]
UNC Women’s Basketball vs. Maryland: How to Watch
After cruising to an easy win on Friday against Western Illinois, Courtney Banghart and the UNC Tar Heels women’s basketball team face a huge mountain today when they open up the women’s NCAA Tournament action today against fifth seed Maryland. While the Terrapins have been out of the ACC for a while, they still have […]
Hubert Davis’ future at UNC in doubt after NCAA Tournament loss
There is increasing speculation in the last 24 hours that UNC’s loss to VCU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in which the Tar Heels blew a 19 point lead in the second half may spell the end of Hubert Davis as head coach. While nothing official has come out of UNC, Matt […]
Sad State of UNC Athletics Leadership, Pt. 2: UNC hits the crisis point with Coach Davis
College sports is littered with examples of “do something!” hires that took things from bad to worse. And that’s exactly what the Belichick hire was. “Mack fatigue” combined with an unstable support community to yield a joke of a hiring process in which competing visions of the future turned things sour. “It can’t get worse!” Yes, […]
Nyla Harris earns Player of the Game in UNC women’s first round win
Fourth-seeded Carolina blew past 13th-seeded Western Illinois 82-51 in the first round of the Women’s NCAA Tournament on Friday, and while it may have been a game to forget for most viewers, it was a game to remember for one Tar Heel. Senior Nyla Harris led the team with 17 points (on 6-of-9 shooting) and […]
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