COLUMBUS, Ohio — The North Carolina basketball team has higher goals than simply advancing to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16. But as the top-seeded Tar Heels learned so painfully a year ago, you can’t get […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — No one knows better than North Carolina’s Roy Williams that in the NCAA tournament, winning is the only thing that matters. Regardless of how well your team plays. So even though his […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It’s been eight years since North Carolina and Washington last met on the basketball court, coincidentally, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. But that doesn’t mean the Huskies are an […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — For all the senior experience on the North Carolina basketball team, including two starters with national championship rings to their credit, it took a freshman to realize what needed to be done […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It wasn’t one of coach Roy Williams’ more fiery halftime speeches. But then, it didn’t need to be. Down by five to Iona after a lifeless opening 20 minutes, Williams’ players already […]
CHAPEL HILL — The North Carolina basketball team worked hard to earn one of the four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament. But the accomplishment didn’t come without complication. For the Tar Heels, the […]
CHARLOTTE — Roy Williams didn’t have to work hard to find the silver lining to Friday’s ACC Tournament semifinal loss to Duke. Or the motivation for his North Carolina basketball team moving forward into the […]
CHARLOTTE — Roy Williams is fond of using golf analogies when describing situations involving his North Carolina basketball team. There’s one in particular that can be applied to the ACC Tournament. You can’t win the […]
CHAPEL HILL — Duke’s fantastic freshman class has been as good as advertised this season. But for the second time in 2½ weeks, North Carolina’s trio of seniors was even better on Saturday. Sparked by […]
CHAPEL HILL — A strange component to the UNC-Duke rivalry is the difference between the two regular season matchups. The first game is always an event, regardless of site. The best rivalry in sports resumes […]
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