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Theo Pinson Leads Tar Heels In Personality

Posted by Staff | Mar 22, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

Theo Pinson has been a jack of all trades, giving UNC a mixture of scoring, rebounding, passing and defense. But perhaps his most valuable asset is his mouth, something Justin Jackson said he might use a little too much...

UNC Football Pro Day on Tuesday

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 22, 2016 | UNC Sports

More than a dozen former UNC football players will participate in the annual Pro Day on Tuesday, which allows for the former Tar Heels to show the professional scouts what they can do. Several members from the 2015 Tar Heels...

UNC’s Tyler Ramirez Shares ACC Player of the Week Honors

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 21, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC outfielder Tyler Ramirez has been named Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Co-Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday. Ramirez shares the honor with Clemson’s Seth Beer. Ramirez hit two homers and drove in 12 runs...

UNC Baseball Moves Up to No. 4

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 21, 2016 | UNC Sports

The North Carolina Tar Heel baseball team moved up to No. 4 in the latest D1Baseball rankings released Monday. The Tar Heels moved up from the sixth-ranked team in the country after going 5-0 last week with mid-week victories...

UNC Men’s Tennis Wins Pair of ACC Matches

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 21, 2016 | UNC Sports

The UNC men’s tennis team won the first two matches of its Atlantic Coast Conference season over the weekend. Everything started with the No. 2 Tar Heels sweeping Louisville 7-0 in the home opener on Friday in a dominating...

UNC Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse Get Top-25 Wins

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 21, 2016 | UNC Sports

The North Carolina men’s and women’s lacrosse teams continued the strong start to the teams’ respective seasons with a pair of top-25 wins over the weekend. The No. 17 men’s team defeated 19th-ranked Richmond 15-6 on Saturday...

UNC-Indiana Gets Latest Available Start Time on Friday

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 21, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

The Tar Heels will take on Indiana with a tip time set for approximately 10 o’clock Friday night. UNC is the No. 1 seed in the East Region and advanced to the Sweet 16 with a victory over Providence on Saturday night. No. 5...

Diamond Heels Complete Dominating Sweep of Duke

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 20, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

No folks, it’s not illegal what the No. 6 UNC baseball team did to the Duke Blue Devils in Durham this weekend. It just wasn’t very nice. After beating Duke 11-2 on Friday and 12-2 on Saturday, the Tar Heels took...

Carolina-Providence Notes

Posted by Staff | Mar 20, 2016 | UNC Sports

(Courtesy of UNC Sports Information) • Carolina is now 30-6 overall this season and 114-44 all-time in NCAA Tournament play. • The Tar Heels are 52-10 as a No. 1 seed, 33-1 in NCAA Tournament games in the state of North Carolina...

On to the Sweet 16: Tar Heels Blast Providence, 85-66

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 20, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Late in the first half of Saturday night’s NCAA Tournament second round matchup in Raleigh between top-seeded UNC and No. 9 seed Providence, Tar Heel forward Brice Johnson flexed and roared after swatting an opponent’s shot into...

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