All five members of Duke’s starting five from last season are among the players invited to the NBA’s predraft scouting combine. Senior Grayson Allen will be joined by one-and-done former teammates Marvin Bagley III, Wendell […]
North Carolina has had good luck with players “testing the waters” of the NBA Draft since the rules for underclassmen were relaxed three years ago. Justin Jackson went through the process in 2016, returned to […]
North Carolina forward Cameron Johnson underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his hip Monday and will return to the team in 2018-19, UNC has announced. The procedure was performed by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Chris Larson in […]
CHARLOTTE — The North Carolina basketball team had just played perhaps its worst 11 minutes of the season and was headed to the halftime locker room trailing Texas A&M by 14 Sunday when a whistle […]
CHARLOTTE — The North Carolina basketball team has played and beaten some big teams this season. Including Duke, twice. But the second-seeded Tar Heels have yet to face a task as tall as the one […]
CHARLOTTE — Even defending national champions get a case of the butterflies at the start of the NCAA Tournament. It happened to North Carolina on Friday during the first 16½ minutes of its opening round […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — North Carolina didn’t run out of gas Saturday. It simply ran into the nation’s best college basketball team playing at the top of its game. Top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Virginia did to […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — North Carolina found something it could do well against Duke and stuck with it for as long as it could Friday. Then it hung on for dear life. Unlike a week ago […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Theo Pinson knew that he and his fellow starters would eventually get around to putting the ball in the basket Thursday. But after more than seven minutes and 13 straight missed shots […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — It’s still too early to know if the North Carolina basketball team has its mojo back after stumbling to a pair of losses to end the regular season. But Tuesday’s ACC Tournament […]
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