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Is getting the fourth seed in the ACC Tournament the best outcome for UNC?
Carolina is in an interesting situation this week thanks to the results over the past weekend. A few weeks ago even sniffing the chance at having a top four seed and finishing with the double bye seemed impossible, and now if Carolina were to beat Clemson Tuesday night it may not be locked but it’ll […]
Three Things to Watch on UNC’s Senior Night vs Clemson
It’s hard to believe we’re already in the last week of the ACC regular season, but as the calendar flips to March, that’s where we are. The Tar Heels play their last home game of the 2025-2026 season on Tuesday night, hosting the Clemson Tigers as both teams vie for a top-4 finish to conference […]
Henri Veesaar earns Player of the Game in career night against Virginia Tech
We all know that this UNC team isn’t going to go far in the NCAA Tournament unless Caleb Wilson is out on the floor. As the engine for the team, he opens so much else about what Carolina wants to do on offense that you hope all of the chatter about him being back at […]
Three Takeaways from UNC’s win over Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech came to Chapel Hill badly needing a win against the Heels to bolster their resume for a possible NCAA tournament bid. UNC had been perfect at home so far this season and needed a win to continue to move up the ranks in ACC tournament seeding. Caleb Wilson had his cast removed earlier […]
Henri Veesaar leads UNC to win over Virginia Tech
UNC remained undefeated in Chapel Hill this season with an 89-82 win over Virginia Tech Saturday night. The Hokies kept things close before Carolina was able to put them away late for the Tar Heels’ third straight win. The game was tied 44-44 at halftime with both teams shooting better than 50% from the field […]
UNC Basketball vs. Virginia Tech: Live Discussion
The North Carolina Tar Heels are getting set to face off against Virginia Tech in the second to last home game of the season. The Heels are looking to win their third game in a row and to maintain their positioning for the ACC Tournament. Earlier today, NC State lost to Notre Dame in overtime, […]
The UNC women’s basketball team set a program record against Virginia
The UNC women’s basketball team blitzed Virginia on Thursday night, setting a program record for most three-pointers made in a game enroute to an 82-70 win. The Heels made 16 threes, easily besting the old record of 14 that had been achieved multiple times under coach Courtney Banghart. The Heels spread the wealth, with six […]
How to Watch: UNC Basketball vs. Virginia Tech
With just three regular-season games left before the ACC Tournament, the North Carolina Tar Heels look to extend their perfect home record and build momentum heading into March. This is the first 16-0 start in the Smith Center, and a win tonight will tie the 17-win record from the 2011-12 season. On the opposing bench, […]
Why are you a UNC fan?
There are two versions of what I’d call the traditional path to becoming a fan of a college team: you got a degree from the school, or one or both of your parents did. My mom got her bachelor’s at Meredith (the women’s college in Raleigh) and her master’s at Carolina, and those two years […]
UNC will face a desperate Virginia Tech team on Saturday in Chapel Hill
When it was announced that Caleb Wilson would be out indefinitely with a hand injury, the rest of the season looked bleak for UNC basketball. The news got even worse when it was announced that Henri Veesaar would also miss time with a lower body injury. It seemed at least possible the Heels would finish […]
What’s the most frustrating trait a team can have?
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 […]
UNC Baseball gets one last weekend series before conference play begins
After an up-and-down series against ECU, UNC Baseball again played two midweek games ahead of a nonconference series this weekend. As the weather got cold again after a week of false spring in the mid-South, the 8th-ranked Diamond Heels took care of North Carolina A&T and VCU with relative ease, though it wasn’t always pretty. […]
Checking in on UNC’s NCAA Tournament projections
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 […]
Three things to watch in UNC’s matchup against Virginia Tech
The North Carolina Tar Heels are coming down the stretch in the regular season. A big win on Monday gave the Heels a much-needed boost, and now they must take care of business against a Virginia Tech jockeying for position in the middle of the ACC standings. Here are a few key factors for the […]
What UNC-related argument are you tired of hearing?
There is nothing like a good discussion amongst people when things are civil and both can present coherent and thoughtful views while also being willing to hear what the other has to say, even if you don’t agree with them. However more often than not these discussions delve into arguments usually with either side digging […]
The Sad State of UNC Athletics Leadership
Dread it. Run from it. Change arrives all the same. College sports changed forever with Ed O’Bannon vs the NCAA in 2015, which broke the dam on NCAA ownership of player NIL rights. That started a line of dominoes through NCAA vs Alston (2021), which eliminated all barriers on NIL, to House vs the NCAA […]
ACC Men’s Basketball Power Rankings: Week 9
The ACC continues its season of improvement a year after getting an all time low four bids into the NCAA tournament. Better conference teams mean more opportunities for quality wins (just ask the SEC last year, who got a record 14 teams in including a subpar Oklahoma team). So as teams continue to jockey for […]
Would you trade the last five years of Carolina Basketball for Duke’s?
Way back when, Dean Smith seemed to have plateaued as a coach, while an ascendent Mike Kryzewski took Duke to five straight Final Fours, three title games, and two national titles. “Dean must go!“ talk dominated UNC fan discussions, with the occasional flying object in support of arguments totally based in sound logic. In other […]
UNC Baseball: Tar Heels split ECU series after rain washes out finale
This past weekend, the UNC baseball team played their annual barnstorming series against East Carolina across the state. In recent years, the two teams have played a series split across the two team’s homes, each hosting a game, with a recent addition of a neutral site game. This year and last, it’s been at the […]
Seth Trimble earns Player of the Game in UNC’s win over Louisville
Once Caleb Wilson went out of the UNC lineup, fans had been waiting for someone to take the reins of the team and actually lead. There was some hesitation against Pitt, we don’t need to talk about State, and the game against Syracuse was steady. For a win against KenPom’s fifteenth-ranked Louisville, though, the Tar […]
Three takeaways from UNC’s big win over Louisville
Let’s go back to when Caleb Wilson got hurt for a moment. In that moment, when we all looked into the future knowing that he was going to miss significant time, very few of us likely had beating Louisville on our bingo cards. Their high-powered offense was destined to cause issues, especially when it came […]
Should UNC renovate the Dean Smith Center or relocate?
By now everyone has heard the conversations regarding whether or not the University of North Carolina will renovate the Dean Smith Center, or if they will develop and build a new arena in the new portion of campus that they are trying to build called Carolina North. For Carolina fans that have never been to […]
UNC survives late push from Louisville with career night from Seth Trimble
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 […]
UNC Basketball vs. Louisville: Live Discussion
We are just moments away from the Tar Heels squaring off against Louisville in what will begin a three-game home stretch. UNC will not have to hop on a plane again until the ACC Tournament, and they will not have to leave the state of North Carolina again until potentially the NCAA Tournament. There’s a […]
Who should coach UNC in 2027?
For today’s question of the day, let’s travel forward in time a little bit. It’s February 23rd, 2027. You are gearing up for the last few regular season games of basketball season before the ACC Tournament. Dylan Mingo is trying to put a bow on his National Player of the Year case (this is my […]
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