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Report: Joel Berry to Return for Junior Season

Posted by Staff | Apr 8, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

ACC Tournament MVP Joel Berry will return to UNC for his junior season. Berry’s father, Joel Berry Sr., confirmed the news with Inside Carolina Friday morning. Joel Berry led the Tar Heels in assists, steals, and...

Kenny Williams Undergoes Knee Surgery

Posted by Staff | Apr 7, 2016 | UNC Sports

Kenny Williams, a freshman guard on the UNC men’s basketball team, had knee surgery Thursday. The surgery repaired a torn meniscus in Williams’ right knee, according to the university. Williams suffered the injury...

Struggling UNC Baseball Hosts Weekend Series with Virginia Tech

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 7, 2016 | UNC Sports

The North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team will be looking to get back on the right track this weekend when the Virginia Tech Hokies visit Chapel Hill. After starting the season 18-2, UNC is just 3-6 over its last nine contests,...

Brice Johnson Named Kenpom Player of the Year

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 7, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC senior Brice Johnson has been named the National Player of the Year by the basketball analytics website kenpom.com. The website has become one of the go-to locations for statistical breakdowns of performance in various...

A Far-Too-Early Look at 2017 UNC Basketball

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 7, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

It’s still hard to envision what a UNC basketball team without Marcus Paige and Brice Johnson will look like. But the talent well will not run dry for the Tar Heels when the next rendition of the men’s basketball team takes the...

No. 2 UNC Women’s Tennis Knocks Off No. 37 NC State

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 7, 2016 | UNC Sports

The second-ranked North Carolina women’s tennis team knocked off the visiting No. 37 NC State Wolfpack on Wednesday afternoon 6-1. On the strength of a win from the top-ranked doubles team in the country in Hayley Carter and...

UNC-Asheville Stuns No. 13 UNC Baseball on Wild Final Play

Posted by Avery Trendel | Apr 6, 2016 | UNC Sports

No it wasn’t quite Villanova at the buzzer for the national championship, but the No. 13 UNC baseball team ran into some heartbreak of its own on Wednesday at Boshamer Stadium. Despite having the bases loaded and just one...

UNC Men’s and Women’s Tennis Rewarded for Strong Play

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 6, 2016 | UNC Sports

North Carolina men’s and women’s tennis teams have been honored throughout the week for their play after a strong weekend. The No. 1 Tar Heels men’s team split a weekend in Atlantic Coast Conference play with a 4-3 win over No....

UNC Baseball Returns to Winning Ways, Beats High Point 8-1

Posted by Avery Trendel | Apr 5, 2016 | UNC Sports

Having lost five of its last seven games after starting 2016 with an 18-2 record, the No. 13 UNC baseball team needed a win to get momentum back on its side. With an 8-1 victory at Boshamer Stadium over the tough High Point...

UNC Fans Flood Smith Center To Welcome Tar Heels

Posted by Staff | Apr 5, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

A number of people across the state of North Carolina came down with an illness that caused them to miss work or school. Joyce Valley explained why her grandchildren were taken out of school. “They have Blue Fever,”...

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