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Antawn Jamison Named ACC Legend

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

This March, the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament will find itself with new surroundings–this being the first year the event takes place in Brooklyn, New York. Many Tar Heel fans may stroll down memory lane to...

No. 9 Tar Heels Withstand Bowman’s Big Day, Knock Off Boston College on the Road

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 21, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

For a majority of UNC’s 90-82 road victory over Boston College on Saturday, it appeared the Eagles had the perfect recipe for an upset. First of all, it was a noon start-time. The ninth-ranked Tar Heels also struggled to put the...

UNC Women’s Hoops Commit Janelle Bailey Named a McDonald’s All-American

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 18, 2017 | Basketball, High School, UNC Sports

Each year the best high school basketball players in the country–both on the men’s and women’s side–are brought together during the spring for the prestigious McDonald’s All-American game....

Roy Williams Notches 800th Career Win as No. 9 UNC Pounds Syracuse 85-68

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 16, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Two days after he deployed a never-before-seen small lineup to beat Florida State, UNC head coach Roy Williams saw his team return to the style he’s become known for on Monday against Syracuse. The ninth-ranked Tar Heels pounded...

ACC Tabs Joel Berry as Player of the Week for Fourth Time in 2016-17

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 16, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Death, taxes and Joel Berry winning the ACC’s Player of the Week Award. It was announced Monday afternoon that UNC’s star point guard earned the honor for the fourth time this season, following yet another stellar...

UNC Jumps to No. 9 in AP Top 25

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 16, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Despite being billed as one of the top national title contenders in all the land since the beginning of the season, the UNC men’s basketball team slipped out of the top 10 in the rankings for two weeks after losing its ACC...

NBC Names Joel Berry, Justin Jackson as Co-National Players of the Week

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 16, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

After losing its ACC opener to Georgia Tech in a stunning upset, the UNC men’s basketball team has won its last four conference games and has risen to second place in the league standings. While the Tar Heels have...

Small-Ball Strategy Guides No. 11 UNC to Crucial Victory Over No. 9 Florida State

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 14, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

With freshman center Tony Bradley out with a concussion on Saturday, UNC head coach Roy Williams was left short on big men for the 11th-ranked Tar Heels’ big-time matchup with No. 9 Florida State. It ended up making no...

Tony Bradley Out for UNC’s Showdown Against Florida State

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 13, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

When the UNC men’s basketball team–ranked 11th in the country–hosts No. 9 Florida State at the Smith Center on Saturday, it will have to do so without freshman center Tony Bradley. The team took to Twitter...

No. 11 UNC Nearly Blows 19-Point Second Half Lead, Pulls Together to Close Out Wake Forest

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 12, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

As if it hadn’t been preached enough already, Wednesday night provided the latest proof that nothing can be taken for granted in this year’s ACC. On the road against unranked Wake Forest, No. 11 UNC let a 19-point lead slip away...

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