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ACC play begins in earnest for the Carolina women with a trip to Boston College tomorrow, one day before the men play their first conference game at home against Florida State. This is not the ACC opener for the women—that was on Dec. 14, when they hosted Louisville. Unlike the men’s teams, all ACC women’s […]
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With a new year just around the corner, that means it’s time for some Top 10 lists. Bill Belichick had a miserable 2025. A complete listing of missteps, screw ups, and embarrassments would exceed the five act limit of a Shakespearean tragedy. How bad was Belichick’s 2025? Let’s review the Top 10 moments. If this […]
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The Tar Heels officially begin ACC play Tuesday night against Florida State. It’s a golden opportunity to start conference play 1-0 because the Seminoles have been a really bad team against quality opponents this season. So far they have lost to every Power 4 opponent that they have faced, and on top of that they […]
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Last year’s Tar Heel men’s basketball team was small. How small? My son’s 2A high school started a larger line-up at every position. No, they weren’t nearly as skilled — although the big man does play professionally over in Europe now in one of the lower-level leagues. Reportedly, UNC’s NIL budget for this team grew […]
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I never met Stuart Scott. I really wish I had. I’m sure a lot of folks that got to enjoy him on ESPN wish they had. He hit ESPN at just the right time for me. I had just started high school when ESPN2 launched and he took a spot on their airwaves, but it […]
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It’s the day after Christmas, which in some regions is known as Boxing Day, though here in America it is known as the day we return the stuff we didn’t really want for Christmas. Though maybe we should not be so quick to return everything (even if it is for cash) and enjoy the gift […]
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A good story that has woven throughout 2025 is the fact that the Smith Center is aging and that officials are in the process of replacing it. Throughout the year, and undercurrent sweeping through that story was that while they were officially considering keeping the original building and renovating, the momentum seemed to be building […]
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all you Tar Heel Blog readers. It is Christmas afternoon here at the THB, and hopefully you all got what you wanted this morning, whether it be in presents or just a relaxing start to the day. Since it is Christmas Day, I thought it would be fun to […]
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I know there are different perspectives on how much we should care about players who have left the program, so maybe this article doesn’t interest everybody. Me personally? I think that one of the best ways to fight against college sports feeling so mercenary is to really believe that every stop on someone’s journey is […]
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One of my favorite bits of comedy from the last 10 or so years is not from a high budget movie or a well-crafted sitcom, it’s a random five second long video. It’s fairly simple, and at least one participant in it found no part of what was happening to be funny. In the video, […]
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It’s Christmas week in the college basketball season, which is usually a fairly quiet period. Most ACC teams are only playing once this week, as they mostly relax ahead of the beginning of conference play. With this being a fairly natural opening in the season, let’s use it to do our weekly check in. With […]
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We’ve reached Christmas week for 2025, which usually means the college basketball world is a little bit quiet. For instance, by the time you’re reading this the UNC men will have played their sole game of the week against East Carolina on Monday evening, and the women won’t take the court this week. That being […]
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It can be hard to pick a Player of the Game when almost the entire team shows up like UNC did in their 99-51 win over East Carolina on Monday night. The Heels had four players finish with double-digit point totals, shot 54% as a team from the field, and outrebounded the Pirates. UNC also […]
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Carolina wrapped up nonconference play with an impressive win over East Carolina on Monday night, setting new season-bests in points scored (99) and points allowed (51) as all 16 players saw action. The Pirates were never really in the game. They scored the first two points, but UNC scored the next 12, and the rout […]
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In their last non-conference matchup of the season, UNC beat East Carolina 99-51 on Monday. The team improved to 12-1 this season as they continue to have one of the best starts to the season they’ve had in quite some time. Hubert Davis pulled his starters with over six minutes left in the game, but […]
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We have finally arrived at the end of the non-conference schedule for the Tar Heels, and more importantly, we have made it with the team only losing one game. It is a feat that they haven’t pulled off in over a decade, which is impressive to say the very least. We can have a debate […]
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In a move that really should come as a surprise to no one, quarterback Bryce Baker is entering the transfer portal. Baker didn’t appear in a single game for the Tar Heels in 2025 despite the fact that Gio Lopez was not very good and also ended up injured at one point. Quarterbacks Max Johnson […]
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UNC dismissed offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens after the conclusion of the 2025 season which featured an absolutely putrid offense that was one of the worst in the country. David posted last week that names were starting to surface as potential replacements for Kitchens, such as Chip Kelly, Tommy Rees, Andy Kotelnicki, and Bobby Petrino. It […]
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Wait a second, didn’t Carolina just play over this weekend? Why yes they did, and in fact the result was a good one. It feels like whenever the Tar Heels play in the CBS Sports Classic this close to Christmas, they typically call it a holiday and head their separate ways. This time, though, coach […]
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Seth Trimble returned to action on Saturday afternoon after a six-week absence due to a weight room accident that broke his left forearm. Trimble had only played two games before the mishap, yet returned looking like he was in midseason form. Trimble played a team-high 38 minutes in UNC’s 71-70 win, scoring 17 points on […]
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Hopefully you’ve fully recovered from Carolina’s rollercoaster of a win over Ohio State on Saturday, because the Tar Heels are right back in action tomorrow against ECU. It will only be the fourth men’s basketball game between these in-state schools. Carolina faced ECU in the first round of the 1993 NCAA Tournament, and hosted the […]
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Anytime a team like North Carolina plays in a competitive game like it did against Ohio State in the annual CBS Sports Classic, there are going to be several players who greatly contributed to help the team secure the one point win. It takes a full team effort to get a win like that, and […]
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In order for teams to win college basketball games, they usually need a few key things in order to do so: skill, timing, and luck. Skill is self-explanatory. Timing can mean getting players healthy at the right time, players getting hot at the right time, etc. And then of course there’s luck, which involves having […]
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UNC led for all but just over eight minutes of their CBS Sports Classic game against Ohio State, but the Tar Heels trailed by four points with under a minute after a four-point play for the Buckeyes. They got two huge baskets from Seth Trimble and Henri Veesaar to go up one with seven seconds […]
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We are just moments away from UNC squaring off against Ohio State in the CBS Sports Classic. More importantly, we are just moments away from the return of senior guard Seth Trimble, who has not seen the basketball court in a meaningful way since the Heels’ huge win over Kansas. With Trimble’s return, Hubert Davis […]
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