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Hicks, UNC Surge Past Miami in Second Half, Move On to ACC Semifinals

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 9, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Criticized throughout his four-year career as a Tar Heel for an inability to stay out of foul trouble, UNC senior forward Isaiah Hicks stepped up in a big way Thursday in Brooklyn during the team’s 78-53 win over Miami in the...

UNC Falls One Spot to No. 6 in AP Top 25

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 6, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

With the program’s 31st ACC regular season championship now in hand–along with a huge revenge victory over Duke on Saturday night–it’s easy to forget UNC is just one week removed from the worst offensive...

Sporting News Selects Justin Jackson as First Team All-American

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 6, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

As the men’s college basketball awards begin to pour in ahead of the postseason, UNC junior wing Justin Jackson continues to have his name called. Not long after becoming the 14th Tar Heel to win ACC Player of the Year,...

ACC Names Justin Jackson Player of the Year, Joel Berry Makes Second Team All-Conference

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 5, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Following the conclusion of the ACC men’s basketball regular season on Saturday, the league released its postseason awards selections on Sunday. UNC junior wing Justin Jackson was selected as the conference Player of the...

Berry, Hicks Combine to Carry No. 5 UNC Past No. 17 Duke on Senior Night

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 5, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

With Michael Jordan back in town to announce a partnership between his Jordan Brand and the UNC football team, the greatest basketball player of all time told fans gathered at the Dean Dome that, “The ceiling is the...

No. 23 Virginia Upsets No. 5 UNC, Holds Tar Heels to Lowest Point Total in Roy Williams Era

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 27, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

With a chance to clinch an outright ACC regular season title Monday night in Charlottesville against No. 23 Virginia, the fifth-ranked Tar Heels put together an atrocious offensive performance in a 53-43 loss to the Cavaliers....

Justin Jackson Named ACC Player of the Week

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 27, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Throughout UNC’s path to the top of the ACC standings this season, junior wing Justin Jackson has firmly established himself as the Tar Heels’ most dangerous threat on the offensive end. The rangy, 6-foot-8 native of...

UNC Jumps Three Spots to No. 5 in AP Men’s Basketball Top 25

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 27, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Convincing wins over then No. 7 Louisville at home and over Pittsburgh on the road this past week were enough to launch the UNC men’s basketball team back into the top five. The most recent AP Top 25–which was...

ESPN’s College Gameday Will Return to Dean Dome for UNC-Duke

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 26, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Prior to UNC’s big win at the Smith Center over then No. 14 Virginia in mid-February, the crowd had been getting ready all day long–thanks in large part to the presence of ESPN’s hit show College Gameday. Well,...

UNC Whacks Pitt, Inches Closer to Outright ACC Regular Season Title

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 25, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

The eighth-ranked UNC men’s basketball team came one step closer to repeating as ACC regular season champions on Saturday, going on the road and defeating the Pitt Panthers 85-67. Holding a two-game lead in the conference...

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