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After receiving devastating news last week, UNC’s freshman forward Caleb Wilson earned first team All-ACC honors, and also made the ACC All-Rookie team. This news is coming off the heels of Wilson suffering a season-ending injury after breaking his right thumb. Wilson averaged 19.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.4 blocks per […]
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In recent years, there’s been a uniting force amongst fans that root for the three Tobacco Road schools in the Triangle—the Carolina Hurricanes. While they play in NC State’s home arena, their consistent success since the 2018-19 season has caused their popularity to explode in the area. There’s no bigger sign of that than the […]
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Last weekend was not a particularly kind one for UNC athletics. Both the UNC women and men’s basketball took painful (if not surprising) losses, and the baseball team dropped two of three games against an unranked Virgina team. All of this took place while UNC fans were dealing with the news that we probably have […]
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While most Carolina fans are (unstandably) still focused on basketball, spring sports have been underway for about a month, and both lacrosse teams are off to excellent starts. The top-ranked UNC women, who went 22-0 and won the national championship last year, moved to 7-0 with a 19-3 lashing of #21 Pitt on Saturday. The […]
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There it was 19:16 to go in the game and North Carolina had just hit a 3 to pull within one of the Mighty Duke Blue Devils. Hopes were high and it seemed like just maybe the Tar Heels could pull the upset. Instead, Duke went on a 26-6 run over the next 11 plus […]
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Going into last night’s game, Carolina fans understandably weren’t optimistic. Caleb Wilson, who was the best player on the floor in the first game against Duke, had to wait painfully from the bench as his team got ripped apart in the second half of round two. UNC held up pretty well against the Blue Devils […]
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I don’t know about you, but I was ready to leave Saturday’s game in the rearview mirror about midway through the second half. So let’s turn our attention to the postseason. When the news came out after the Miami game that Caleb Wilson would be out indefinitely with a broken hand, I wrote that it […]
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UNC came into Saturday night’s game against Duke as big underdogs with the news that Caleb Wilson would miss the rest of the season with a broken thumb. The Tar Heels gave fans a glimmer of hope that they’d find a way to stay competitive before a 24-2 run absolutely buried them on their way […]
2 days ago | 1 read
Well, this is going to suck. It isn’t going to suck because of what could or happen during today’s game. This isn’t going to suck because UNC is playing in Cameron Indoor Stadium, where the Cameron Crazies are just as blue and loud as ever. No, this is going to suck because we will not […]
2 days ago | 1 read
Third-seeded UNC met the sixth seed Virginia Tech in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals yesterday evening. The prior matchup of these two teams was a defensive struggle that went to OT, with UNC prevailing 66-63 and blocking two late three-point attempts to preserve the victory. Would the rematch follow suit? In the first quarter, UNC struggled […]
3 days ago | 3 reads
The regular season concludes with the North Carolina Tar Heels traveling just up the road to Durham to face the top-ranked Duke Blue Devils. UNC is seeking a regular season sweep of the ACC regular season champions. In their first meeting on February 7 in the Smith Center, Carolina edged out Duke 71-68 in an […]
3 days ago | 1 read
Carolina vs Duke in basketball is usually the biggest story of UNC sports. Yet today, we have something of a (very unfortunate) rarity: a bigger story than the rematch of the best rivalry in college basketball. I suspect that for most UNC fans, the news that Caleb Wilson has broken his thumb and will miss […]
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UNC plays Virginia Tech tonight in the ACC tournament quarterfinals. More on that below. UNC women’s basketball team finished the season on a 13-1 tear. The one loss was at Duke, a game that the Blue Devils shot 21 free throws to the Tar Heels’ zero in a game that ended with a four point […]
3 days ago | 1 read
March has sprung, the Mid-Atlantic is getting absolutely gorgeous weather, and conference play in baseball is upon us. Last year, the Diamond Heels were rudely awakened in their conference-opening series against Stanford, with Jason DeCaro getting shellacked and the to-that-point-undefeated Heels ultimately losing a series against a team that ended up being pretty bad. They’ll […]
3 days ago | 5 reads
UNC’s star freshman, Caleb Wilson, looked like he might be on the verge of a return as the team closed out the regular season and headed into tournament play. Unfortunately, fate had other ideas. Wilson returned to individual workouts and broke his right thumb in practice on Thursday and will need surgery. He will miss […]
3 days ago | 5 reads
This Saturday, UNC will wrap up their regular season with a run of the mill game, as they prepare for the postseason. Just kidding, obviously the season finale means it’s time for the Tar Heels second meeting of the season against Duke. This year, it’s the Blue Devils’ turn to host the season-ending clash, as […]
4 days ago | 1 read
At the time of writing this article, we still do not know if we will see Caleb Wilson this weekend against Duke. Hubert Davis said that Wilson would be doing a little more during practice yesterday, but he didn’t really specify how much. He seems to be optimistic that his star is close to returning, […]
4 days ago | 3 reads
As we enter the final week of ACC play, a lot of things have solidified. Seeding is coming into picture, as well as who is and isn’t making the ACC Tournament. Team’s placements on the bubble or safely in the tournament are similarly becoming clearer, at least for most — for some it is just […]
5 days ago | 2 reads
The North Carolina Tar Heels made history on Tuesday, finishing a perfect 18-0 at home this season. Those 18 home wins are the most in 116 seasons of Carolina basketball — but the job is far from over. The last game of the ACC schedule is UNC’s annual trip to Durham. Duke is looking to […]
5 days ago | 2 reads
This weekend, the UNC men’s basketball team will make the famously short trip down to the road to Durham for round two of the annual rivalry clash against Duke. A couple weeks ago in Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels came away with a memorable victory, as a big comeback was capped off by Seth Trimble’s […]
5 days ago | 1 read
The North Carolina Tar Heels have officially locked up a double-bye in the ACC Tournament thanks to Miami’s win over SMU tonight. The talking heads were quite busy after the Heels beat Clemson last night in the Dean Dome, but the Hurricanes made sure to keep the math situation nice and simple by taking down […]
5 days ago | 2 reads
The Diamond Heels seem to have found a formula for their non-conference series scheduling. This season and last, they have opened the season against a decent Power Four-level team, played their annual series against ECU, and then hosted a mid-major from the northeastern part of the country. Last year, that mid-major was Stony Brook of […]
6 days ago | 1 read
The Tar Heels did something no other team has ever done at North Carolina, go 18-0 at home. The 18 home wins are the most ever and this team becomes the first since the National Champion 2016-17 team to go undefeated at home, joining a long history of teams behind them. So who deserves Player […]
6 days ago | 1 read
Things were a little uncomfortable in the Dean Smith Center last night. Clemson fought hard against UNC and had the lead for almost 12 minutes, but in the end the Heels proved to be the tougher team and won 67-63. With last night’s win, the Heels improved to 12-5 in ACC play and are still […]
6 days ago | 2 reads
It’s a “good eats” edition this morning. No, not the TV show, although yes, I was a big fan. We’ve been mining our memories and opinions on Tar Heel teams, coaches, and players. Time to switch it up a little bit? I used to travel a lot on business. The realities of customer budget cycles […]
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