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UNC loses first game in ACC Tournament in OT

Posted by Staff | Mar 2, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

The University of North Carolina women’s basketball team usually performs well in the ACC Tournament. This year they encountered disappointment, losing their first game in Greensboro Coliseum with an 82-72 overtime loss to...

No. 8 UNC Picks Up Emotional Win Over Syracuse On Senior Night

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 29, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

Monday night at the Dean Smith Center, despite a 75-70 win by the No. 8 Tar Heels over the Syracuse Orange, tears filled the arena—as fans said their goodbyes to a group of young men head coach Roy Williams dubbed his favorite...

UNC loses final regular season game to Duke

Posted by Staff | Feb 28, 2016 | Basketball

On Sunday afternoon head coach Sylvia Hatchell did not get the birthday present she had hoped for, but instead her team was served a 93-57 blowout loss to Duke University in Carmichael Arena. Freshman Stephanie Watts led North...

Missed Opportunities Doom No. 7 UNC in Loss at No. 3 Virginia

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 27, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

For all the talk hyping the No. 7 UNC men’s basketball team as championship contenders, the results against the ACC’s top teams have not quite backed it up to this point. A blowout home win against Miami the only outlier, the...

Destinee Walker leads UNC in 72-68 loss

Posted by Staff | Feb 25, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

The University of North Carolina Tar Heels picked up their fourth loss in a row on Thursday night in the John Paul Jones Arena at the University of Virginia. The Cavaliers bested the Tar Heels in a close 72-68 game. A rounded...

Jackson, No. 7 Tar Heels Shake Off Slow Start: Beat NC State 80-68

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 25, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

Much of the criticism surrounding the No. 7 UNC men’s basketball team recently has centered on who would be able to help ACC player of the year candidate Brice Johnson when times get tough. Wednesday night in Raleigh, sophomore...

UNC loses 80-66 in game remembering NC State’s Kay Yow

Posted by Staff | Feb 21, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Carmichael Arena was a sea of pink on Sunday afternoon for the annual “Play4Kay” game in honor of late North Carolina State University women’s basketball coach Kay Yow. With North Carolina chancellor, Carol Folt, and former...

Back On Top: No. 5 UNC Dismantles No. 11 Miami in ACC Showdown

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 20, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

Wednesday night’s shocking loss to Duke left a poor taste in the mouths of UNC basketball fans, players, and coaches alike. All that can be said now is that game is old news. Clearly playing with a chip on their shoulder...

UNC’s Slow Start Costs Them a Win Against Pitt

Posted by Staff | Feb 18, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

It was a tale of two teams on Thursday night. The first North Carolina women’s basketball team to step onto the court in Carmichael Arena at seven o’clock was slow and uninspired. For the first two periods of the game that team...

No. 20 Duke Stuns No. 5 UNC 74-73, Williams Apologizes

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 18, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

Roy Williams, like most of Chapel Hill, was at a loss for words at the Dean Smith Center on Wednesday night after watching his No. 5 Tar Heels drop yet another heartbreaker to the hated Duke Blue Devils, this one by a score of...

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