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Marcus Paige Wins Second Straight Skip Prosser Award

Posted by Staff | Mar 1, 2016 | UNC Sports

Marcus Paige will receive the 2016 Skip Prosser Award. The award is given to the Atlantic Coast Conference’s top scholar-athlete for men’s basketball. Paige also won the award in 2015. The only other two-time winner of the...

Watch Marcus Paige Deliver An Emotional Senior Night Speech

Posted by Staff | Mar 1, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

Marcus Paige, Brice Johnson, and Joel James all spoke about their time in Chapel Hill. Paige’s speech was particularly emotional. He began the speech by thanking his parents. He told the crowd, “First and foremost,...

UNC Men’s Tennis Coach Gets Win No. 400

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 1, 2016 | UNC Sports

North Carolina men’s tennis coach Sam Paul now has 400 career victories, after the Tar Heels secured a pair of shutouts on Monday. Carolina hosted a pair of in-state opponents for an indoor-outdoor double-header. The Tar Heels...

No. 8 UNC Picks Up Emotional Win Over Syracuse On Senior Night

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 29, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

Monday night at the Dean Smith Center, despite a 75-70 win by the No. 8 Tar Heels over the Syracuse Orange, tears filled the arena—as fans said their goodbyes to a group of young men head coach Roy Williams dubbed his favorite...

Brice Johnson Named Finalist For Oscar Robertson Trophy

Posted by Staff | Feb 29, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC senior forward Brice Johnson has been named one of 11 finalists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, given annually to the nation’s best player. Johnson leads the Tar Heels in a number of categories including points,...

UNC Basketball To Celebrate Senior Night

Posted by Staff | Feb 29, 2016 | UNC Sports

Marcus Paige has been watching more than just game tape of upcoming opponent Syracuse to get ready for his last home game in a Carolina uniform. “It’s wild how fast it goes,” Paige said. “Part of me feels...

Different Results for UNC Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse in Top 10 Matchups

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 29, 2016 | UNC Sports

The UNC men’s and women’s lacrosse teams split a pair of top-10 matchups over the weekend. The No. 10 men’s team went on a 5-0 scoring run over the last 8:16 of the game against eighth-ranked Johns Hopkins to pull off a 15-11...

No. 6 UNC Women’s Tennis Beats Florida State

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 29, 2016 | UNC Sports

The sixth-ranked UNC women’s tennis team knocked off a pesky Florida State team on Sunday for a 5-2 victory. The Tar Heels moved to 12-2 on the season and 2-0 in Atlantic Coast Conference play with the win of the No. 43 Florida...

UNC Basketball Slides to No. 8

Posted by Staff | Feb 29, 2016 | UNC Sports

The UNC basketball dropped one spot to No. 8 in the AP Poll. The new poll released on Monday afternoon. Kansas is on top of the poll, followed by Michigan State, Villanova, Virginia, and Xavier. The Virginia Cavaliers defeated...

UNC Baseball Up to No. 6

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 29, 2016 | UNC Sports

The UNC baseball team continues to vault up the early-season rankings, checking in at No. 6 in the latest D1Baseball rankings. Carolina is riding high after a weekend that included three, yes three, walk-off wins over the...

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