College basketball begins its new season the way the last one ended — under a cloud of uncertainty. The COVID-19 outbreak went quickly to DEFCON-1 during conference tournaments last season, going from full arenas to […]
GREENSBORO — Roy Williams was making reference to Wednesday’s 81-53 loss to Syracuse, North Carolina’s most lopsided defeat ever in an ACC tournament. But he might as well have been summing up the entire 2019-20 […]
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 […]
Tre Jones came back for his sophomore season at Duke to try and duplicate his brother Tyus’ achievement of winning a national championship with the Blue Devils. While it’s still to be determined how he […]
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 […]
DURHAM — Vernon Carey Jr., Tre Jones and No. 12 Duke didn’t need any wild escape to beat rival North Carolina this time. The Blue Devils took care of the Tar Heels with a strong […]
DURHAM — This might be the strangest UNC-Duke game in recent memory. Normally when the two rivals meet, college basketball takes notice. The Tar Heels and Blue Devils tend to be atop the polls, battling […]
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 […]
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 […]
CHAPEL HILL — At numerous points this season, Garrison Brooks has struggled to make free throws for North Carolina. Tuesday night, shooting free throws was like second nature for Brooks, who scored 30 points to […]
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