CHAPEL HILL — It’s a worn out sports cliche. But Saturday, the North Carolina proved that it’s also true. You really do play like you practice. Fresh off two straight workouts coach Roy Williams described […]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — North Carolina forward Cameron Johnson knew the boos were coming. Expected them actually. It’s part of the deal when you leave one school for another. So when the Pittsburgh’s “Oakland Zoo” student […]
Saturday’s ACC opener at Pittsburgh is a road game for the North Carolina basketball team. For forward Cameron Johnson, it’s also a homecoming. A native of Pittsburgh suburb of Moon Township, Pa., who played his […]
CHAPEL HILL — Ready or not, the ACC basketball season is about to begin. To listen to North Carolina’s Roy Williams, his Tar Heels are still a long way from being ready. “Stuff’s over now,” […]
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — North Carolina has been pretty good so far at bouncing back from losses. The 14th-ranked Tar Heels just wish they weren’t doing it so often. Cameron Johnson scored 17 points, Luke […]
CHICAGO (AP) — John Calipari sees No. 19 Kentucky rounding into form. Beating North Carolina sure is a good way to drive home that point. Keldon Johnson scored 23 points and Reid Travis added 20 […]
Results against a common opponent is a popular way of comparing rival teams, even if it isn’t always the most accurate way of doing so. Take Duke and North Carolina, for example. On Nov. 21 […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — North Carolina trailed for most of its game against UCLA, but with a potentially disastrous trip to Las Vegas looming, the seventh-ranked Tar Heels kept being aggressive offensively — and it […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kerwin Roach II blended aggression and good decision making, just how coach Shaka Smart drew it up. Roach scored a career-best 32 points and helped Texas hold off a late charge […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Once seventh-ranked North Carolina started taking care of the basketball, the Tar Heels had no trouble taking care of Saint Francis of Pennsylvania. Cameron Johnson scored 20 points, freshman Nassir […]
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