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 — 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 […]
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 […]
DURHAM — Members of the North Carolina basketball team were told ahead of time that Barack Obama planned to visit them before Wednesday’s game against Duke. But that did little to prepare the Tar Heels’ […]
CHAPEL HILL — Former Charlotte Hornets guard Rex Chapman has created a niche for himself on social media by posting unrelated gifs that ponder the burning basketball question “Block or charge?” Among the best are […]
DURHAM — The list of things that live up to the hype is short and elite: “Hamilton,” the smartphone, LeBron … and the Duke-North Carolina rivalry. By the time the game tips off Wednesday at […]
CHAPEL HILL — For five frantic minutes midway through the second half Monday, the North Carolina basketball team was off to the races — something that doesn’t happen often against a Virginia team that prefers […]
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