A week after the NBA Draft, the league’s veterans step into the spotlight. The NBA’s silly season continues with the official opening of the free agent period. As usual, players with ties to North Carolina […]
There was no barbeque or beach music in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, but the NBA Draft had a North Carolina feel last week. Six players with connections to the Old North State were taken in the […]
Summer is barely a week old and the season doesn’t tip off for another 4½ months. But whatever you do, don’t use the “o word.” “Lose the word offseason,” said NC State coach Kevin Keatts. […]
Come on in! The water’s fine. That seems to be the message that underclassmen from college basketball teams across North Carolina received after considering early entry into the NBA Draft. The NBA allows players to […]
Armando Bacot did something that’s never been done before last season. Then, in the offseason, he did something that’s become nearly as rare. Bacot set school and league records for double-doubles as he posted one […]
North Carolina will get back one of the top players in the ACC after Armando Bacot announced that he will be returning to UNC for a fourth season with the Tar Heels, passing up an […]
NEW ORLEANS — It was desperation time for the Blue Devils, but Hubert Davis was the one with a decision to make. With 10 seconds left and UNC leading by two, Caleb Love grabbed a […]
NEW ORLEANS — It turned out North Carolina had a little left in the tank after all. After beating Duke on Saturday in a knock-down, drag-out national semifinal, the Tar Heels couldn’t possibly have had […]
NEW ORLEANS — For a quarter century, whenever Hubert Davis needed a good cry, he knew what to watch. “Prior to us winning the national championship in 2017, from 1991 to 2017, I had to […]
NEW ORLEANS — Haymaker after haymaker. Dagger after dagger. Back and forth they went. It seemed like it might never end, and no one watching would have complained. After 83 years, Carolina and Duke finally […]
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