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UNC Ranked No. 6 in Final AP Men’s Basketball Top 25

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

The AP released its final men’s college basketball top 25 of the season on Monday, the day after NCAA Tournament brackets and seedings were released. UNC finished the season at No. 6 in the poll, despite earning one of...

Tar Heels Jump Two Spots to No. 11 in D1Baseball.com Top 25

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 13, 2017 | UNC Sports

The UNC baseball team successfully opened up its ACC season this past weekend by taking two out of three games at home against then No. 10 Virginia. After recording their first series victory over the Cavaliers since...

UNC Earns No. 1 Seed in NCAA Tournament South Region

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

After two days spent waiting to learn their NCAA Tournament fate, the ACC regular season champion Tar Heels found out Sunday they will be the No. 1 seed in the South region. UNC (27-7, 15-5 ACC) is scheduled to take on...

Tar Heel Women’s Lacrosse Crushes Virginia in ACC Opener

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 11, 2017 | UNC Sports

The second-ranked UNC women’s lacrosse team came out Saturday afternoon for its ACC opener against Virginia with a “take-no-prisoners” mentality–evidenced by the Tar Heels’ 21-11 beatdown of the...

UNC Splits Baseball Doubleheader vs. Virginia, Tar Heels Win Series

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 11, 2017 | UNC Sports

Hosting a top-25 baseball series at Boshamer Stadium this weekend against No. 10 Virginia, there was plenty of pressure on the 13th-ranked Tar Heels to open ACC play with a bang. After JB Bukauskas helped pitch UNC to a 9-4...

Hofstra Upsets No. 4 UNC Men’s Lacrosse in Chapel Hill

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 11, 2017 | UNC Sports

Coming off an upset of then No. 1 Denver in Colorado last weekend, the fourth-ranked UNC men’s lacrosse entered its home game against unranked Hofstra riding a bit of a high, so to speak. Whatever it was came to a...

Duke Erases 13-Point Second Half Deficit, Stuns UNC in ACC Tournament Semifinals

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 10, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

For the first 25 minutes of Friday’s UNC-Duke showdown in Brooklyn as part of the ACC Tournament Semifinals, it appeared the top-seeded Tar Heels would pound the Blue Devils into the ground with their inside play. Then point...

UNC Baseball Takes ACC Opener Vs. No. 10 Virginia

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 10, 2017 | UNC Sports

Prior to the start of this year’s college baseball season, UNC head coach Mike Fox reflected on his team’s failure to qualify for the last two NCAA Tournaments by saying there’s truly only 30 games that matter...

Wintry Weather Forecast Alters UNC Baseball Series vs. Virginia

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

With the No. 13 UNC baseball team set to begin ACC play this weekend at home against No. 10 Virginia, wintry weather forecasts have already thrown the conference season’s first curveball. Predicted temperatures below...

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...

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