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We looked back at the season in part 1 Thursday. Today, in advance of Selection Sunday, we look ahead to the NCAA Tournament. Note: these answers were all provided after the regular season finish against Duke, but prior to the game against Clemson in the ACC tournament. What do you think this team’s ceiling is […]
It has been more than a week since the Women Tar Heels last played, and much like the men there isn’t really anything else on their minds except where they fit into the tournament. So with Selection Sunday on the horizon, here is a quick recap of what the Tar Heels have done in the […]
Selection Sunday is here, and later this evening we will find out where the North Carolina Tar Heels will land on the bracket. There was some optimism that making a deep run in the ACC Tournament would boost their chances at landing a higher seed, but after getting ran out of the building by Clemson, […]
It’s the best time of the year. Even with Carolina’s early exit from the men’s ACC Tournament on Thursday and the week plus wait since the women lost in their tournament, there’s a sense of anticipation as anything still seems possible depending on the roadmap that both committees lay out for the teams. Neither squad […]
We have finally reached Selection Sunday. By the end of the night, we’ll know the fields of 68 for both the men’s and women’s NCAA Basketball Tournaments for 2026. We’ll also know North Carolina’s place within them. We already know the women have made it, as they were selected as one of the hosts for […]
With the Tar Heels losing their opening game of the ACC Tournament to Clemson on Thursday, there isn’t much left to discuss other than the NCAA tournament and where North Carolina fits into it this season. So with Selection Sunday on the horizon, here is a quick recap of what the Tar Heels have done […]
This question can go a lot of different directions, all valid. I’m going with Jarin Stevenson. Why? I grew up in Alabama with Tar Heel parents, and two generations later, I remain the lone member of that extended family who landed in Chapel Hill for undergrad rather than Tuscaloosa. I watched a lot of Stevenson […]
Well, that was interesting. After getting down by as many as 18 points, the North Carolina Tar Heels made a crazy run over the last three and half minutes to lose by one as Jarin Stevenson’s half court heave came up way short at the buzzer. There are multiple ways to look at this game. […]
The easy thing to do here is to take the negative. It’s a loss, and a loss in this tournament always hurts because the next loss will be their last. There are plenty of negatives to look at, starting with an 18 point deficit in the second half that was just too much to overcome. […]
UNC turned in a sleepy effort for most of their first and only game of the ACC Tournament. The Tar Heels never recovered from a lackluster end of the first half that put them down eight points at halftime. Carolina woke up and attempted to rally in the closing minutes of the game, but the […]
The North Carolina Tar Heels are getting set to face off against Clemson for the second time this season. As many may recall, the Heels were able to beat the Tigers by four points in the final home game of the season. The difference in this game, though, is that the Tigers will be without […]
With the ACC tournament starting tonight, the staff at Tar Heel Blog did some reflecting on this season. Feel free to chime in with your own thoughts in the comments below. Part 2, a look ahead to the NCAA tournament, will post Sunday prior to the Selection Show. What one thing about this team impressed […]
The North Carolina Tar Heels take the court in the ACC Tournament for the first time tonight at 9:30 PM. Carolina takes on fellow charter ACC member Clemson in the quarterfinals. Last night, Clemson earned the 71-62 victory over Wake Forest. UNC defeated Clemson just nine days ago. As each team finished with the same […]
Throughout this week and into the weekend, it’ll be “Championship Week” in the college basketball season. Across the country, all of the conference have crowned or are still crowning their champions and the team that will represent them in the upcoming men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments. While the first weekend of the NCAA Tournaments get […]
The ACC Tournament is finally here, and everyone involved in the event is playing for different things. For teams like SMU, Pitt, and Wake Forest, they are battling to find their way into the NCAA Tournament. For Duke, they’re looking to assert their dominance on the ACC and win the conference title yet again. Then […]
With only one loss on the season to that point, it’s been fairly smooth sailing for North Carolina baseball so far in 2026. Well over the weekend, they ran into their first real speed bump of the season, losing twice and coming a walk-off away from getting swept. However, they did come away with that […]
March Madness is officially here, and the North Carolina Tar Heels are officially on the hunt for their seventh NCAA title. The field is pretty tough this year, particularly when looking at the projected one seeds. Michigan, Arizona, Duke, and Florida are all teams that very well could win the whole dang thing, but could […]
Today marks the beginning of the ACC Tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC would’ve liked to have entered the tournament under better circumstances, but regardless, they will do everything they can to win the event for the first time in ten years. The odds are against them, quite literally, but anything can happen, right? Per […]
Sometimes one player catching fire is all it takes to help carry a team deep in the postseason. One of the best examples of this is Kemba Walker’s brilliance during UConn’s 2011 postseason run. To be fair, Walker was already a household name and the best player on the roster for much of the Huskies […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]