Tar Heel born, bred, and working on that third thing
I’m raising my hand — I’m one of those folks. I’m a firm believer in the idea that a person only has so much capacity in terms of what they can enjoy. For me, UNC sports come first and the problem is that includes a passion for UNC basketball with both the men and women’s […]
The Charlotte Hornets swinging a trade-deadline deal with the Chicago Bulls to bring Coby White back to his home state was immediately both an obviously great basketball move and a feel-good story, doubly so for those of us who are UNC fans. White, who of course spent one memorable year at UNC in 2019, added […]
Monday was a really newsy day for Carolina Basketball. Mostly the news was between the incoming and outgoing pieces in the transfer portal, as well as former Hubert Davis recruits who new coach Michael Malone has decided he no longer needs. Lost in all of this was a little nugget about the final member of […]
Later tonight, the NBA Playoffs are set to begin. Well, somewhat. Tonight starts the Play-In Tournament that decides the final teams to make the playoffs, but either way, the march towards the NBA Finals begins over the next couple days. While UNC’s lack of a former player being a leading player on a championship-contending team […]
The WNBA is the hardest league in American sports to even get a proverbial cup of coffee in. It’s not hard to see why; with just 15 teams (and that’s only as of this year) and 180 total roster spots, most of which are already taken by the best players in the world, there isn’t […]
With the NCAA Basketball Tournaments wrapping up last week, we’re now fully into the spring sports season in college. One of the biggest spring sports is baseball, and as that season rolls along, the Tar Heels are in the midst of another very good season on the diamond. That included this past weekend, where they […]
Michael Malone landed his first portal transfer yesterday when Neoklis Avdalas committed to the Tar Heels. The 6’9” sophomore is a big get for UNC. Depending on your ranking site of choice, Avdalas is one of the top 25 players in the transfer portal this season. Generally listed as a guard, he averaged 12.1 points, […]
UNC will be looking for a new point guard for next season. Derek Dixon, who entered his name into the transfer portal last week, has committed to the University of Arizona and Tommy Lloyd. The freshman averaged 6.5 points per game and led the Tar Heels in assists after he wrestled the starting point guard […]
We are just one week into the Michael Malone era, and the new UNC head coach has already started making sizable moves to build his roster. The most recent was just announced — the Tar Heels have reportedly parted ways with five-star verbal commit Dylan Mingo. The announcement arrived via Tar Heel 247 and Inside […]
Another piece of last year’s team has decided to stick around. Jarin Stevenson, a Chapel Hill native, announced that he would be returning to Carolina for his senior season on Monday. Stevenson was a versatile piece of last year’s team, splitting time between the starting lineup and being the first guy off the bench. His […]
Today it was announced via Inside Carolina that Virginia Tech transfer Neoklis Avdalas has committed to UNC. The 6’9” 215 lb rising sophomore began professional play in Greece at age 15. Avdalas earned All-Star honors in 2023 playing the Basket League, and he played for Peristeri, semi-finalist in the Basketball Champions League, in 2024. Now […]
Thanks to a mechanical delay with a 737 that was supposed to take me from Dallas-Fort Worth to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, I once dropped $5 on a book getting a lot of buzz in business journals: Who Moved My Cheese? The short parable illustrated in a simple way the necessity and benefits of adaptation. One […]
The NCAA has spent a lot of years trying to figure out how to properly navigate the college athletics landscape. For many years, the league decided that amateurism meant that players should not receive any kind of compensation for their name, likeness, or image when it came to advertisements, video games, general sponsorship, and more. […]
I have been blessed, for the vast majority of my life, to count the same two guys as my best friends. We met in kindergarten at Ephesus Elementary and graduated together from East Chapel Hill High School. Two of us even roomed together our freshman year at Appalachian State; the other defected briefly to Washington […]
Carolina’s return to the top of the men’s lacrosse rankings will be short-lived, as the Tar Heels were completely shut down in a 10-5 loss at #2 Notre Dame on Saturday. UNC held the Fighting Irish scoreless in the first quarter and took a 2-0 lead on a pair of man-up goals. Notre Dame flipped […]
Later today at Augusta National Golf Club, the 2026 Masters champion will be crowned. In addition to a trophy, money, and the prestige that comes with winning a major golf tournament, Masters’ champions also famously get something else. After the tournament, the winning golfer is given and proudly dons the famous “Green Jacket.” Members of […]
Another Tar Heel has added his name to the transfer portal. Luka Bogavac told Andrew Jones of TarHeel247 that he intended to return to UNC for a second year when the two spoke before Michael Malone’s introductory press conference. Several of Bogavac’s teammates had already entered their names into the portal as it opened on […]
People are not talking about the right thing when they talk about how many people didn’t take the UNC coaching job before Michael Malone decided to hop on board. There’s been some talk from folks outside of UNC Basketball — maybe even some inside the UNC fanbase — that the fact that Carolina couldn’t just […]
When a university dismisses a coach, a lot of the work the prior staff put into building relationships goes with them. UNC’s two star recruits, Dylan Mingo and Maximo Adams, have been question marks as UNC transitions from Coach Davis to Coach Malone. Adams confirmed this morning that he was sticking with his commitment to […]
UNC started spring practice March 24th. “What, spring practice is underway? I had no idea!” That seems to be just the way Belichick wants it. The ritual of spring practice used to be a fan friendly event. Football-mad schools in the SEC would have competitions to see who could fill their stands with the most […]
If he stays he would be trouble (for the opponents). If he goes it might be double (carrying the UNC torch brightly into the NBA). First off: this is not a question about what’s best for Caleb. Everyone has him as a top five pick in the NBA, and I genuinely believe he could rise […]
The NCAA transfer portal is officially open, and schools have begun trying to tackle one of the most insane periods of the calendar year. Everyone is losing players to the portal, and at the same time teams are trying to give head first into it to find important pieces to rebuild their roster. This year’s […]
UNC men’s basketball may have had a down season, but most of the Tar Heel winter sports teams have done quite well. The Heels have maintained their lead in the Learfield Director’s Cup standings at the conclusion of the winter sports season. The Director’s Cup is awarded to the school who has the most overall […]
It’s only been a few days since Michael Malone was announced as UNC’s newest head coach, but the NBA title winner is well into the process of assembling his staff. Chuck Martin, who spent the last two seasons on John Calipari’s staff at Arkansas, will reportedly be associate head coach for the Tar Heels. Martin […]
My grandfather had a favorite saying: “Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.” That was the second thing to cross my mind when UNC announced Michael Malone as its new men’s basketball head coach. Malone’s a unique answer to a complicated problem for UNC, which reached outside “the family” for a head coach for […]