Tar Heel born, bred, and working on that third thing
Tonight’s game is important, for multiple reasons. We’ve talked about that in the preview and in the three things to watch, but truly there are some things that transcend just playing a basketball game. Things above seeding in the ACC Tournament and how things may fall in the NCAA Tournament. In this case that is […]
“Yeah it’s Senior Night and the game is right. / Oh yeah, it’s Senior Night, oh, what a night.” Those may not be the actual lyrics, but it’s Senior Night, so close enough. I have always admired the way that North Carolina treats Senior Night — starting with Dean Smith and continuing with Roy Williams […]
On February 15th, then-#21 UNC went to Durham and outplayed then-#11 Duke, to that point undefeated in ACC play, for about 37 out of 40 game minutes, but those 3 minutes, a 13-0 Duke run to end the first half, proved to be too much to overcome in a game where the Heels didn’t shoot […]
After the disastrous trip out west for this UNC Basketball team, if you had said with one week to go the Tar Heels had a realistic shot at getting a top four seed in the ACC Tournament, it’s very likely no one would have believed you. Yet, thanks to how the Tar Heels have rallied […]
Carolina is in an interesting situation this week thanks to the results over the past weekend. A few weeks ago even sniffing the chance at having a top four seed and finishing with the double bye seemed impossible, and now if Carolina were to beat Clemson Tuesday night it may not be locked but it’ll […]
It’s hard to believe we’re already in the last week of the ACC regular season, but as the calendar flips to March, that’s where we are. The Tar Heels play their last home game of the 2025-2026 season on Tuesday night, hosting the Clemson Tigers as both teams vie for a top-4 finish to conference […]
We all know that this UNC team isn’t going to go far in the NCAA Tournament unless Caleb Wilson is out on the floor. As the engine for the team, he opens so much else about what Carolina wants to do on offense that you hope all of the chatter about him being back at […]
Virginia Tech came to Chapel Hill badly needing a win against the Heels to bolster their resume for a possible NCAA tournament bid. UNC had been perfect at home so far this season and needed a win to continue to move up the ranks in ACC tournament seeding. Caleb Wilson had his cast removed earlier […]
UNC remained undefeated in Chapel Hill this season with an 89-82 win over Virginia Tech Saturday night. The Hokies kept things close before Carolina was able to put them away late for the Tar Heels’ third straight win. The game was tied 44-44 at halftime with both teams shooting better than 50% from the field […]
The North Carolina Tar Heels are getting set to face off against Virginia Tech in the second to last home game of the season. The Heels are looking to win their third game in a row and to maintain their positioning for the ACC Tournament. Earlier today, NC State lost to Notre Dame in overtime, […]
The UNC women’s basketball team blitzed Virginia on Thursday night, setting a program record for most three-pointers made in a game enroute to an 82-70 win. The Heels made 16 threes, easily besting the old record of 14 that had been achieved multiple times under coach Courtney Banghart. The Heels spread the wealth, with six […]
With just three regular-season games left before the ACC Tournament, the North Carolina Tar Heels look to extend their perfect home record and build momentum heading into March. This is the first 16-0 start in the Smith Center, and a win tonight will tie the 17-win record from the 2011-12 season. On the opposing bench, […]
There are two versions of what I’d call the traditional path to becoming a fan of a college team: you got a degree from the school, or one or both of your parents did. My mom got her bachelor’s at Meredith (the women’s college in Raleigh) and her master’s at Carolina, and those two years […]
When it was announced that Caleb Wilson would be out indefinitely with a hand injury, the rest of the season looked bleak for UNC basketball. The news got even worse when it was announced that Henri Veesaar would also miss time with a lower body injury. It seemed at least possible the Heels would finish […]
Earlier this week, the North Carolina men’s basketball team picked up a big win over Louisville, knocking off a pretty good team even without Caleb Wilson. The journey to the end of the game wasn’t exactly pretty, though. Despite leading by as many as 14, the Tar Heels ended up hanging on for just a […]
After an up-and-down series against ECU, UNC Baseball again played two midweek games ahead of a nonconference series this weekend. As the weather got cold again after a week of false spring in the mid-South, the 8th-ranked Diamond Heels took care of North Carolina A&T and VCU with relative ease, though it wasn’t always pretty. […]
This weekend, the calendar will flip to March, and we will officially be in the month of “madness.” In just a couple weeks, we’ll be watching North Carolina play in the ACC Tournaments and then watch as the bracket is unveiled on Selection Sunday. As we’re about to enter the home stretch, let’s take a […]
The North Carolina Tar Heels are coming down the stretch in the regular season. A big win on Monday gave the Heels a much-needed boost, and now they must take care of business against a Virginia Tech jockeying for position in the middle of the ACC standings. Here are a few key factors for the […]
There is nothing like a good discussion amongst people when things are civil and both can present coherent and thoughtful views while also being willing to hear what the other has to say, even if you don’t agree with them. However more often than not these discussions delve into arguments usually with either side digging […]
Dread it. Run from it. Change arrives all the same. College sports changed forever with Ed O’Bannon vs the NCAA in 2015, which broke the dam on NCAA ownership of player NIL rights. That started a line of dominoes through NCAA vs Alston (2021), which eliminated all barriers on NIL, to House vs the NCAA […]
The ACC continues its season of improvement a year after getting an all time low four bids into the NCAA tournament. Better conference teams mean more opportunities for quality wins (just ask the SEC last year, who got a record 14 teams in including a subpar Oklahoma team). So as teams continue to jockey for […]
Way back when, Dean Smith seemed to have plateaued as a coach, while an ascendent Mike Kryzewski took Duke to five straight Final Fours, three title games, and two national titles. “Dean must go!“ talk dominated UNC fan discussions, with the occasional flying object in support of arguments totally based in sound logic. In other […]
This past weekend, the UNC baseball team played their annual barnstorming series against East Carolina across the state. In recent years, the two teams have played a series split across the two team’s homes, each hosting a game, with a recent addition of a neutral site game. This year and last, it’s been at the […]
Once Caleb Wilson went out of the UNC lineup, fans had been waiting for someone to take the reins of the team and actually lead. There was some hesitation against Pitt, we don’t need to talk about State, and the game against Syracuse was steady. For a win against KenPom’s fifteenth-ranked Louisville, though, the Tar […]
Let’s go back to when Caleb Wilson got hurt for a moment. In that moment, when we all looked into the future knowing that he was going to miss significant time, very few of us likely had beating Louisville on our bingo cards. Their high-powered offense was destined to cause issues, especially when it came […]