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UNC Ranked No. 9 in D1Baseball.com Preseason Top 25

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 17, 2017 | UNC Sports

With college baseball season now just a month away, D1Baseball.com released its preseason top 25 on Tuesday, with UNC checking in at No. 9 despite not making the NCAA Tournament last season. The Tar Heels return plenty of talent...

UNC Hires Texas A&M’s Terry Joseph as Defensive Backs Coach

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 17, 2017 | UNC Sports

Having already lost two coaches to SEC teams this offseason, UNC finally struck back late Monday night when it made a move to hire Texas A&M’s Terry Joseph as its new defensive backs coach. Joseph replaces Charlton...

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...

UNC Defensive Backs Coach Charlton Warren to Take Same Position at Tennessee

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

Just over two weeks after UNC saw defensive line coach Tray Scott leave to take the same job at Ole Miss, the Tar Heels will lose another member of their defensive staff to the SEC. Defensive backs coach Charlton...

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...

UNC Baseball to Retire Dustin Ackley’s No. 13

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

At halftime of UNC’s home basketball game against Virginia Tech on Jan. 26, former UNC baseball great Dustin Ackley will become just the fourth player in program history to have his number retired. Dave Lemonds, B.J....

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...

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