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 […]
CHARLOTTE — Today is St. Patrick’s Day. But when Roy Williams took a break from scouting his team’s next opponent to check the score of Virginia’s NCAA tournament opener against UMBC on Friday, he could […]
CHARLOTTE — Joel Berry has had his share of memorable moments during his standout basketball career at North Carolina. He’s been the MVP of both the ACC and NCAA tournaments, his number hangs proudly from […]
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 […]
CHARLOTTE — Lipscomb is making its first NCAA tournament appearance, and at least one member of the Bisons clearly has a lot to learn about how things work this time of year. First and foremost, […]
CHARLOTTE — If North Carolina’s opening round NCAA Tournament game against Lipscomb had been earlier in the week, coach Roy Williams said Tuesday that it’s doubtful Cameron Johnson would have played because of a sore […]
NSJ’s Shawn Krest and Brett Friedlander each took a crack at how they see the 2018 NCAA Tournament unfolding. Each have a Triangle team reaching the Final Four, but both picked a coach who will […]
North Carolina may have lost to top-ranked Virginia in the ACC tournament championship game Saturday, but it still came home from Brooklyn feeling like winners. Not only did the Tar Heels’ three-win run to the […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — North Carolina didn’t run out of gas Saturday. It simply ran into the nation’s best college basketball team playing at the top of its game. Top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Virginia did to […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The North Carolina basketball team played three games in a five-day stretch during mid-February, beating three tough ACC opponents. Including arch-rival Duke. The Tar Heels have done that one better this week […]
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