Tar Heel born, bred, and working on that third thing
Last season, UNC’s football program under the guidance of Bill Belichick and Mike Lombardi stumbled to a 4-8 record against a remarkably bad collection of opponents. ESPN’s FPI ranked it the 80th easiest schedule in the country, then rated the performance against said schedule as 104th out of FBS’s 136 teams. Fremeau’s Football Efficiency Index […]
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Last night, former Tar Heel and current Chicago Bulls guard Coby White caught fire against the Los Angeles Lakers to the tune of 23 points, five rebounds and six assists. While this is more common than not for the Goldsboro native, the significance of this is the fact that he made five of his 10 […]
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After some struggles in previous weeks, the last one was a pretty solid one for UNC basketball. After a couple brutal defensive performances in a row, the Tar Heel men came back with a much better week, including a road victory over an also ranked Virginia squad. Meanwhile, the women are up to four wins […]
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With the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks facing off in this year’s Super Bowl, at least one former Tar Heel is guaranteed to get a ring. There are a total of four players who came out of UNC between the two rosters, with the Patriots’ Drake Maye–who should need no introduction–being the headliner. He’s […]
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To say it’s been an up-and-down year for Jarin Stevenson is putting it lightly. During the course of the season he’s been all over the lineup, starting at some points and coming off the bench the last few games. In fact, he hasn’t just come off the bench — he’s been the second big off […]
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The North Carolina Tar Heels went into Charlottesville, Virginia and did something they hadn’t done yet in 2026 — win a game on the road. It was just the second road win on the season for the Tar Heels, their first in conference play, and it came against a ranked Virginia team that was on […]
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UNC picked up a big 85-80 road win against 14th ranked Virginia on Saturday with a big second half rally after a slow first half. Carolina actually started the game much better than Virginia before the tables turned and UVA got hot. The Tar Heels trailed by 16 points with less than two minutes to […]
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We are just moments away from one of UNC’s most important games of the season that just happens to be against one of their oldest rivals. No. 14 Virginia has been one of the better teams in the ACC this season, and the Heels have to find a way to beat them in Charlottesville in […]
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After a pretty disheartening trip out west, the North Carolina men’s basketball team returned home earlier this week and looked much better. Sure, there were still some things that could’ve used some work, but UNC did about as much as you could ask them to in a 91-69 victory over Notre Dame. The team better […]
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As I sit here at my desk, diligently tapping away at my keyboard, I am acutely aware of several things. One is fairly concrete, confirmed by a quick glance around my office at the twinkling lights that indicate various electronics charging. Power banks and flashlights, tethered to the wall via different-colored wires, blinking out of […]
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The UNC football team’s underwhelming season captured a lot of the headlines this fall. While this isn’t really surprising — having a coach with six Super Bowl wins lead a college program to a 4-8 season kind of writes its own headlines — it did obscure that fact that overall, UNC fall sports had a […]
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College football only has one transfer portal window this season. Players who entered their names by January 16 may transfer at any time afterwards. That applies to the two new players added to the UNC football roster this week. At this point, none of UNC’s players remaining in the portal are expected to return, as […]
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For years, Virginia basketball has been a tough test for North Carolina. The style of basketball they played under Tony Bennett basically directly opposed the style that UNC played under Roy Williams and then Hubert Davis. While the Tar Heels have won their fair share of games against the Cavaliers, the slow pace and stodgy […]
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Although we are decently removed from the Tony Bennett Era, it’s hard to look at a road trip to UVA and not shudder in disgust. There were so many trips up north that the Tar Heels made that involved slow games full of fans cheering for shot clock violations, bad hair, and yes, losses. There’s […]
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Last month, it was revealed that a large group of players were making it well known that the administration of UNC seemed to be moving on in the their plans for the next basketball arena without getting input from a seemingly important group of people—players who played in Smith Center for the last 40 years […]
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Hubert Davis continues to tinker with his lineup, inserting Jaydon Young as a starter while Jarin Stevenson started out on the bench. Davis rotated liberally at the beginning of the game; by the under 12-minute timeout, 10 UNC players had logged minutes. In many ways, the beginning of the game looked like an early season […]
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UNC earned a much-needed victory last night against Notre Dame behind yet another incredible performance from Caleb Wilson. Coming off the West Coast trip, it felt like this team needed to get back to some of the key things that led to them entering conference play with only one loss. The team played with more […]
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UNC bounced back from two consecutive losses with a 91-69 win over Notre Dame on Wednesday. The Tar Heels scored the first ten points of the second half to extend their 42-33 halftime lead. They never trailed in the game. Caleb Wilson was excellent, scoring 22 points and dishing out five assists. Threes were a […]
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The Tar Heels have finally returned home after a long road trip out West. Things didn’t go as planned to say the least, but tonight will hopefully be a decent bounce back game against Notre Dame. Or at least that is how everything looks on paper, but as far as what will actually happen, stay […]
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The longer conference season goes on, the more important it becomes to hold one’s home court. It is very hard to win on the road in the ACC, which is made even more true by the home records of some of the top teams — seven teams have no more than one loss at home, […]
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It’s hard to know what to think of this Carolina team right now. The Tar Heels have fallen into a tailspin since the calendar flipped to 2026, losing three of their last four games while allowing an average of 90 points. It became evident that this is not just a slump but a full-on spiral […]
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First thing: This has nothing to do with what direction UNC should or should not take with its basketball program or Hubert Davis. That conversation doesn’t interest me right now. Second thing: This has nothing to do with what Davis should or should not have done with respect to staffing, recruiting, defensive tactics, offensive scheme, […]
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Having lost both games on their road trip out to California, the North Carolina Tar Heel men’s basketball team comes into this week fully licking their wounds. Both games, and the couple before that too, have highlighted some bad habits for the team, especially on the defensive end. While many — quite possibly a majority […]
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We’re into the back half of January, and (regular season) conference title races are beginning to take shape across college basketball. This week saw plenty of movement in the AP Top 25 polls, resulting from multiple upsets and ranked matchups on both the men’s and women’s side. Let’s take a look at where things stand […]
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After a horrible, no good, very bad week out west, the Tar Heels return to the friendly(?) confines of the Smith Center on Wednesday Night. They host a Notre Dame squad that has not gotten off to a great start in the conference. Unlike Carolina’s 2-3 start where they were in every game, only one […]
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