Carolina basketball

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 […]

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

January 25, 2020 Cory Lavalette

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 […]

Tar Heels lose another heartbreaker, drop 2OT game at Virginia Tech

January 23, 2020 The Associated Press

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Tyrece Radford hadn’t made a shot all game, but when the ball came to him with the clock racing toward 0.00, he knew it was time to do something. The redshirt freshman […]

Tobacco slowed: Injuries weaken NC’s ACC teams

January 22, 2020 Brett Friedlander

It was a luxury that lasted only until the next game. On Saturday, in a win against Clemson, redshirt freshman big man Manny Bates was sent into concussion protocol when he took a blow to […]

Tar Heels dip below .500 with loss at Pitt

January 18, 2020 The Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — Xavier Johnson could have chosen a cliche, something about how no one game is more important than any other. Instead, the Pittsburgh point guard went the other way. Two years ago, the Panthers […]

Injured NBA prospects deal with shut-it-down conversations

January 16, 2020 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — When college stars like Cole Anthony are injured, they are faced with the question of whether they should they return or just sit out the season to protect their looming draft prospects. […]

It could be a lonely March for NC teams

January 15, 2020 Shawn Krest

The state of North Carolina could make history in this year’s NCAA Tournament — and not in a good way. For the past 43 years, North Carolina has sent multiple teams to the Big Dance, […]

59-1: Tar Heels finally lose at home to Clemson

January 15, 2020 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — The streak, the one that saw North Carolina win all 59 of the basketball games it had ever played against Clemson in Chapel Hill, had survived just about everything imaginable over the […]

Clemson ends drought in Chapel Hill, beats UNC in OT

January 12, 2020 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — Year after year, every Clemson team that played at North Carolina left the court in the same fashion: by throwing another loss onto what had grown into a bizarrely long streak. No […]

Pitt beats Tar Heels to win first ACC road game in nearly two years

January 9, 2020 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — Pittsburgh’s road skid is over. North Carolina’s problems at home are far from it. Trey McGowens scored 24 points and Pittsburgh ended a 22-game losing streak in conference road games with a […]