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‘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 […]

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 […]

Cold shooting Tar Heels fall hard in second round drubbing by Texas A&M

March 18, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — The North Carolina basketball team had just played perhaps its worst 11 minutes of the season and was headed to the halftime locker room trailing Texas A&M by 14 Sunday when a whistle […]

Tar Heels facing ‘tall’ task in second round against Texas A&M

March 17, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — The North Carolina basketball team has played and beaten some big teams this season. Including Duke, twice. But the second-seeded Tar Heels have yet to face a task as tall as the one […]

UNC shakes off early butterflies to stampede Bisons in NCAA opener

March 16, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — Even defending national champions get a case of the butterflies at the start of the NCAA Tournament. It happened to North Carolina on Friday during the first 16½ minutes of its opening round […]

Tar Heels bedevil Duke to advance to ACC tournament final

March 10, 2018 Brett Friedlander

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — North Carolina found something it could do well against Duke and stuck with it for as long as it could Friday. Then it hung on for dear life. Unlike a week ago […]

Reserves come to the rescue as Pinson, Tar Heels get revenge on Miami

March 9, 2018 Brett Friedlander

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Theo Pinson knew that he and his fellow starters would eventually get around to putting the ball in the basket Thursday. But after more than seven minutes and 13 straight missed shots […]

Pinson leads surging No. 10 UNC past Syracuse

February 22, 2018 Cory Lavalette

Theo Pinson scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed a key rebound late in the game as No. 10 North Carolina continued its late-season surge with a narrow 78-74 victory over Syracuse on Wednesday night. The game […]

Tar Heels face tall task against bigger Blue Devils

February 7, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — In each of its last four games — against Virginia Tech, NC State, Clemson and Pittsburgh — North Carolina’s opponents have attempted 30 3-point shots. That’s undoubtedly the product of a 3-point […]

Tar Heels break losing streak while keeping Pitt winless in ACC

February 4, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — Two things went through Theo Pinson’s mind as he watched rival Duke lose to St. John’s, a team that has not won a game in its conference this season. The first involved […]