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Upset Loss to Georgia Tech Drops UNC to No. 14 in AP Top 25

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 2, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

During Roy Williams’ 14 years as UNC head men’s basketball coach, his Tar Heels have never lost to a team ranked lower in analyst Ken Pomeroy’s rankings than the Georgia Tech team that stunned UNC Saturday in...

Start Time Announced for Saturday’s UNC-NC State Men’s Basketball Showdown

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 2, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

As UNC fans eagerly await this Saturday’s rivalry showdown with NC State at the Dean Dome, the university announced late on New Year’s Day that the game will tip-off at 8 p.m. It had been previously listed as...

UNC D-Line Coach Tray Scott to Take Same Position at Ole Miss

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 2, 2017 | UNC Sports

The UNC football team received a major shake-up within its coaching staff over the weekend, as defensive line coach Tray Scott agreed to leave and take the same job at Ole Miss–where he was a graduate assistant back in...

Georgia Tech Stuns Lifeless Tar Heels in ACC Opener

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 31, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Everything looks better when the ball goes in the basket. That’s one of Roy Williams’ favorite sayings any time his UNC squad has a particularly good game. Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, the head coach discovered what the...

UNC Cornerback MJ Stewart Will Return for Senior Season

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 31, 2016 | UNC Sports

During the lead-up to UNC’s 25-23 loss to Stanford in the Sun Bowl, talk of the NFL Draft–and which players from each team were on their way–dominated the discussion. Stanford tailback Christian McCaffrey sat...

Stanford Stifles Trubisky and the Tar Heels, Holds On to Win Sun Bowl

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 30, 2016 | UNC Sports

With Friday’s Sun Bowl in El Paso seemingly viewed as an NFL Draft audition for UNC junior quarterback Mitch Trubisky, Stanford defensive end Solomon Thomas and safety Dallas Lloyd decided they might as well steal some of the...

Sun Bowl Presents UNC Football A Chance to Change Recent Postseason History

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 29, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

In each of the last two years, the UNC football team has allowed late-season losses to bleed over into postseason play—leading to back-to-back embarrassing failures in bowl competition. After November losses to Duke and NC State...

No. 9 UNC Rides Jackson’s Hot Hand to Victory Over Monmouth

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 28, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

By now, the rest of the ACC should be on high-alert. UNC wing forward Justin Jackson has turned himself into arguably the Tar Heels’ most dangerous weapon. The junior poured in 28 points and six three-pointers on Wednesday in...

Draft Decision Looms Over UNC QB Mitch Trubisky at Sun Bowl

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 27, 2016 | UNC Sports

As the UNC football team prepares itself in El Paso ahead of its Sun Bowl matchup against No. 18 Stanford, junior quarterback Mitch Trubisky faces one of the most important decisions of his young life. Should he stay or should...

UNC Drops to No. 9 in AP Men’s Basketball Top 25

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 26, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Despite winning its only game this past week–a blowout of Northern Iowa at the Smith Center–the UNC men’s basketball team fell one spot in the latest AP Top 25. In the new poll released on Monday the Tar Heels...

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