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ACC Names Five UNC Men’s Soccer Players to All-Academic Roster

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 8, 2017 | Soccer

Fresh off a run to the Final Four this past season, the UNC men’s soccer team received more good news this week when they had a league-leading five players named to the ACC’s All-Academic Team. ACC Freshman of the...

Two UNC Football Players Named to ACC All-Academic Team

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 8, 2017 | UNC Sports

The ACC released its 2016 All-Academic Team on Wednesday, with a pair of Tar Heels making the cut. Offensive guard Caleb Peterson and kicker Nick Weiler–each seniors–were part of the 66-man list announced by league...

Recent Years Teach Tar Heels Importance of Closing Out vs. Duke

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 8, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Throughout the history of the UNC-Duke men’s basketball rivalry the only certainty has been that the game—more often than not–is decided in the final minutes. Despite jumping out to early leads in each of their last four...

Roy Williams, Joel Berry Comment on Grayson Allen Situation

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 7, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

With the college basketball season’s first matchup between UNC and Duke taking place this week, Tar Heel head coach Roy Williams was asked Tuesday for his thoughts on the situation surrounding Blue Devil junior guard...

Dean Smith Remembered Two Years After Death

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 7, 2017 | UNC Sports

Tuesday marked two years since the death of legendary UNC men’s basketball coach Dean Smith. Smith coached UNC for 36 years while amassing 879 wins and two national championships. WCHL’s Ron Stutts dedicated a...

Women’s Lax: UNC’s Marie McCool Named ACC Offensive Player of the Week

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 7, 2017 | ACC, UNC Sports

The UNC women’s lacrosse team opened its season on a high note this past Saturday, edging out James Madison 16-14 in a high-scoring affair. Junior midfielder Marie McCool led the way for the Tar Heels, scoring a...

UNC Moves Up to No. 8 in AP Top 25

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

After another wild week of college basketball saw many of the nation’s top teams fall victim to upsets, UNC moved up four spots in the AP Top 25 released on Monday. The Tar Heels defeated Pitt at home on Tuesday in a game...

No. 12 UNC Holds Off Notre Dame, Picks Up Win in Greensboro Coliseum

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

The emergency water shortage in Chapel Hill forced a pair of familiar foes—UNC and Notre Dame—into playing Sunday’s game at the Greensboro Coliseum. Home to the ACC Tournament for many years, the famed building added a...

UNC Moves Game with Notre Dame to Sunday in Greensboro

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 3, 2017 | UNC Sports

A water shortage that led Chapel Hill and Carrboro to declare States of Emergency on Friday has forced the UNC-Notre Dame men’s basketball game scheduled for Chapel Hill on Saturday to be moved. The game will now be played...

UNC Looks to Fill Needs with 2017 Recruiting Class

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 2, 2017 | UNC Sports

North Carolina football is moving into the 2017 season after signing a 20-member class on National Signing Day. Head coach Larry Fedora said on Wednesday that he had a lot of faith that this 2017 recruiting class would continue...

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