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Johnson and Paige Honored at End-of-Year Ceremony

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 27, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports | 0 |

UNC seniors Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige were both honored on Tuesday evening during the men’s basketball team end-of-year awards ceremony. Johnson won the Dean Smith Most Valuable Player award after the forward put together one of the best seasons in UNC history. Meanwhile, guard Marcus Paige won the Defensive Player of the Year award; this marked the first time that one player won that award four times over the course of their career. UNC was gathering to celebrate a season that saw the Tar Heels enter the year as the preseason No. 1 team in the country and...

Jenkins’ Shot Stuns UNC at the Buzzer; Wins Title For Villanova

Posted by Avery Trendel | Apr 5, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports | 0 |

Following a miracle sent from the heavens down to Houston–an off-balance, game-tying three-pointer by UNC guard Marcus Paige with four seconds remaining–Villanova forward Kris Jenkins got the ball wide open at the top of the key. Jenkins then calmly swished a three of his own–leading the Wildcats to an unbelievable 77-74 victory over the Tar Heels in Monday night’s NCAA National Championship Game. “All we needed was 4.7 seconds of defense,” an emotional Paige said after the game. “It didn’t work out. “Kris is their best three-point shooter and he got a pretty clean look—for whatever reason,” he continued. “There’s...

Williams: ‘I Was Able To Coach a Magnificent Group of Kids’

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 5, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports | 0 |

There’s very little Joel James, Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige haven’t seen during their time at Carolina. The UNC careers for those three seniors came to a close on Monday night with a loss in the national championship game, leading to an emotional press conference from UNC head coach Roy Williams. “I’ve had some really, really good teams and some really, really good players,” Williams said with a shaky voice. “And I’ve never been as proud of a group as I am this group right now.” Marcus Paige hit a game-tying three with under five seconds remaining in the...

UNC On Brink of a National Title After 83-66 Win Over Syracuse

Posted by Avery Trendel | Apr 3, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports | 0 |

Entering this college basketball season, the 2016 Tar Heels found themselves atop the national rankings carrying massive expectations–despite never having reached the game’s biggest stage. After the top-seeded Tar Heels’ knocked off Syracuse 83-66 in the National Semifinals on Saturday night in Houston, the team head coach Roy Williams said is his favorite of all-time is now one game from fulfilling all of its preseason promise. Ever since the start of March, after the Tar Heels beat Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium to clinch the ACC regular season crown, UNC has been on a death march of sorts. First...

Marcus Paige is Ready

Posted by Jeffrey Clayton | Apr 1, 2016 | UNC Sports | 0 |

Marcus Paige unleashed a pretty awesome dunk at the open practice for the Final Four on Friday. Brooke Pryor of the North State Journal captured the slam and shared the video on Twitter. I don’t think this Marcus Paige dunk is getting topped pic.twitter.com/aupkBaxJR7 — Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) April 1, 2016 Pretty sweet, right? It might remind you of another Tar Heel? So, that is an unfair comparison. But, remember that Vince Carter is six feet six inches tall. Paige is six feet one inch tall. Paige seems to be peaking at just the right time for the Tar...

Tar Heels Excited To See “Second Half Marcus” Again

Posted by Joey DeVito | Mar 30, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports | 0 |

Over his first three years at UNC, Marcus Paige earned the nickname “Second Half Marcus” because of his propensity to score points when the Tar Heels needed it most. But there were times this season, no matter the half, he just couldn’t get it going. “Throughout the middle of the year I kind of let my shot halt the rest of my game,” he said. “I was too worried. Too much thinking about whether I was making field goals or what my percentage was and all that stuff.” In a five game stretch this season, Paige shot 4-30 from three....

Final Four Bound! UNC’s Win Over Notre Dame Provides Much-Needed Relief

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 28, 2016 | UNC Sports | 0 |

After his team’s 88-74 victory in Philadelphia over No. 6 seed Notre Dame in the East Regional Final on Sunday night—it’s safe to say that UNC head coach Roy Williams might finally be able to get some sleep. His top-seeded Tar Heels are headed to the Final Four for the first time since 2009. The last four years have been a long–often draining–journey for Williams and his team, as they’ve dealt with issues both on and off the court. Despite not having won a championship of any kind entering the year, this group of Tar Heels—led by seniors Brice Johnson...

Vintage Paige Lifts UNC Past Indiana, Into Elite Eight

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 26, 2016 | Basketball, UNC, UNC Sports | 0 |

Marcus Paige had a certain, hyper-focused look in his eye on Friday night in the Tar Heels’ Sweet 16 game against Indiana—the look of a senior determined to keep his college career alive. He went on to then score 21 points–with a season-high six three-pointers–while dishing out six assists as top-seeded UNC demolished the fourth-seeded Hoosiers 101-86 in Philadelphia–advancing to face Notre Dame in the Elite Eight on Sunday. The story heading into the night was that Indiana (27-8), which won the Big Ten regular season title while shooting over 40 percent from three-point range as a team, was...

On to the Sweet 16: Tar Heels Blast Providence, 85-66

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 20, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports | 0 |

Late in the first half of Saturday night’s NCAA Tournament second round matchup in Raleigh between top-seeded UNC and No. 9 seed Providence, Tar Heel forward Brice Johnson flexed and roared after swatting an opponent’s shot into orbit. The teams were tied at the time, but UNC used its superior depth to flex and roar to a 85-66 victory the rest of the way—advancing to the Sweet 16. Led by Johnson’s 21 points and 10 rebounds, the Tar Heels had five players score at least 12 points. That proved to be much more than enough to pull away from...

UNC Facing Tough Task in Providence in Round of 32

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 19, 2016 | UNC Sports | 0 |

No. 1 seed UNC will enter Saturday night’s round of 32 matchup against Providence as near double-digit favorites to come away with a win, but the Tar Heel players and coach Roy Williams said on Friday they know how tough of a matchup the Friars will pose. No. 9 Providence, coming off of a 70-69 first round win over No. 8 Southern California, is led by two of the premiere players in the Big East Conference this season, junior guard Kris Dunn and sophomore big man Ben Bentil. Dunn came into the season as the clear leader of the...