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 — After 20 games of extreme ups and downs, the North Carolina basketball team may finally have found its identity. It’s a discovery that has come about only because its most talented young […]
After suffering the worst home loss in 16 years, the Tar Heels bounced back with a win over Notre Dame, 75-69, on Tuesday night. Following a 21-point loss to Louisville on Saturday, coach Roy Williams […]
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 […]
North Carolina coach Roy Williams often says that he doesn’t check the scoreboard during games. In UNC’s 90-82 win at NC State on Tuesday, he broke his normal routine. “It was crazy because I almost […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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