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One down, four to go for Tar Heels

March 10, 2020 Shawn Krest

GREENSBORO — The Tar Heels live to fight another day. The end of the UNC season was postponed by at least 24 hours after a 78-56 win over Virginia Tech in the opening round of […]

Frustrating regular season comes to frustrating conclusion for UNC

March 8, 2020 Brett Friedlander

DURHAM — North Carolina’s 2019-20 basketball season can be summed up in one last first half sequence in Saturday’s rivalry showdown with Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium. With the Tar Heels trailing by five, but […]

Anthony, Brooks lead UNC past Wake Forest

March 4, 2020 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina is feeling like it did at the beginning of the season. More importantly, the Tar Heels are winning that way. Cole Anthony scored 19 of his 28 points in the […]

UNC gets hot from long range, beats Syracuse

February 29, 2020 John Kekis, The Associated Press

SYRACUSE — Cole Anthony says it’s simple to excel from long range — “just choose the right spots.” Anthony and his North Carolina teammates did just that on Saturday, hitting 11 of 26 tries from […]

UNC’s woes continue, lose at Louisville

February 23, 2020 Steve Bittenbender, The Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jordan Nwora holds himself to a high standard, and a recent rough patch was hard to endure. The junior wing ended his struggles Saturday, scoring 18 points to lead No. 11 Louisville […]

Wake gets first win over UNC since 2014

February 12, 2020 Aaron Beard, The Associated Press

WINSTON-SALEM — Both Wake Forest and North Carolina entered Tuesday night’s game trying to fix problems that had led to a growing list of losses, including one each on last-second baskets over the weekend. Only […]

Seminoles stay hot at home, beat Tar Heels

February 4, 2020 Bob Ferrante, The Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Patrick Williams had 14 points and nine rebounds, Trent Forrest also scored 14 and No. 8 Florida State beat North Carolina 65-59 on Monday. RaiQuan Gray had 10 second-half points as the […]

Anthony returns, but Heels fall to BC

February 2, 2020 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — Jared Hamilton grew up in North Carolina rooting for the Tar Heels. In his first game at the Smith Center, the home team could have used him. Hamilton scored 18 points and […]

Tar Heels win second straight, beat rival Wolfpack

January 27, 2020 Aaron Beard, The Associated Press

RALEIGH — The injuries have piled up at North Carolina. So too have the losses in the roughest season of Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams’ tenure with his alma mater. And yet, the Tar […]

Williams breaks Smith’s record, Tar Heels end 5-game skid

January 25, 2020 Aaron Beard, The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina’s Hall of Fame coach and his players had spent the month of January grinding through a frustrating and confidence-jarring set of losses, brought on amid a series of injuries as […]