North Carolina basketball

ACC basketball season finally underway

January 9, 2019 Cory Lavalette

It didn’t take long after college football crowned its new national champion Monday for college basketball to move in and take center stage. Only 24 hours after Clemson’s stunningly lopsided victory against Alabama on the […]

Elon unveils Schar Center, its new arena

November 14, 2018 Shawn Krest

ELON — The last time North Carolina traveled to Elon, Dean Smith was a freshman at the University of Kansas. UNC’s basketball team was known as the White Phantoms, and the team hadn’t won a […]

Tar Heels need to balance youth, veterans

November 7, 2018 Brett Friedlander

The North Carolina basketball team, with the addition of top recruits Nassir Little, Coby White and Leaky Black, has more than enough talent to make another serious run at a championship this season. But talent, […]

Scoreless Kenny Williams leads Tar Heels to 78-67 win in opener

November 6, 2018 Shawn Krest

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Roy Williams frequently criticizes one of his player’s inability to get a rebound by comparing him to his wife, Wanda. As in, “Brice Johnson needs to do a better job going to […]

‘No question’ UNC’s freshmen are special

October 24, 2018 Brett Friedlander

Duke freshmen R.J. Barrett, Zion Williamson, Cam Reddish, Tre Jones and Joey Baker have received a lot of attention heading into the rapidly approaching college basketball season. And for good reason, since they’re the consensus […]

Chansky brings Duke-UNC rivalry current with ‘Blue Blood II’

August 29, 2018 Shawn Krest

In 2005, longtime UNC writer Art Chansky wrote the definitive history of the UNC-Duke basketball rivalry, “Blue Blood.” Chansky, whose then-three decades of experience with the rivalry, dating back to his days with the Daily […]

UNC’s Williams focused on turnovers after exhibitions

August 29, 2018 Brett Friedlander

The North Carolina basketball team put up some impressive offensive numbers during its recent exhibition trip to the Bahamas. Those point totals, however, weren’t the statistics that caught coach Roy Williams’ eye. The Hall of […]

Five-star center Bacot picks Carolina over Duke

August 16, 2018 Cory Lavalette

Five-star center Armando Bacot revealed Thursday in a video announcement that he has selected North Carolina as the destination for his college career. Bacot chose the Tar Heels over Tobacco Road rival Duke. He is rated as […]

Berry, Pinson era ends with early NCAA exit

March 21, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — Joel Berry and Theo Pinson walked slowly and quietly down a hallway from their locker room to a postgame press conference at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center on Sunday. It was a symbolic journey. Four […]

‘Not the same’ Wolfpack grits out overtime win at UNC

January 27, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — Determining the amount of improvement a team has made from one year to the next is usually a subjective thing. Not so in the case of the NC State basketball team. When […]