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Jackson, No. 7 Tar Heels Shake Off Slow Start: Beat NC State 80-68

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 25, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

Much of the criticism surrounding the No. 7 UNC men’s basketball team recently has centered on who would be able to help ACC player of the year candidate Brice Johnson when times get tough. Wednesday night in Raleigh, sophomore...

Brice Johnson Named National Player of the Week

Posted by Staff | Feb 24, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC forward Brice Johnson has been named the Naismith Trophy National Player of the Week for his performances against Duke and Miami last week for the Tar Heels. The organization announced the award on Tuesday. Johnson...

Roy Williams And The Importance Of Practice

Posted by Staff | Feb 23, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

Roy Williams is no Allen Iverson — he wants to talk about practice. UNC’s starting lineup has been a revolving door of different players in the past few weeks, but he said the decision about who starts and who sits isn’t really...

‘Blue Dawn’ Marks Start of 2016 UNC Football Season

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 23, 2016 | UNC Sports

While we are in the heart of the UNC basketball season, the short-lived offseason for Carolina football came to a close on Monday. The 2016 version of the Tar Heel football team took the field at Kenan Stadium at six o’clock...

Zac Gallen Named ACC Pitcher Of The Week

Posted by Staff | Feb 22, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC starter Zac Gallen has been named the ACC Pitcher of the Week. It is the first time the award has been given this season. Gallen got UNC off to a strong start against No. 11 UCLA over the weekend. He threw 7.2 innings of...

Stephanie Watts Takes ACC Rookie Of The Week Yet Again

Posted by Staff | Feb 22, 2016 | UNC Sports

It what is starting to become almost a weekly occurrence, UNC women’s basketball player Stephanie Watts has been named the ACC Rookie of the Week. It is the fourth time, and second consecutive week, that Watts has been...

UNC Men’s And Women’s Tennis In Action Over The Weekend

Posted by Staff | Feb 22, 2016 | UNC Sports

Both UNC tennis teams played this weekend, but did not see the same results. The No. 2 ranked women’s team was upset Saturday in Ann Arbor by No. 8 Michigan by a score of 5-2. For the first time all season the Tar Heels...

UNC Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse Each Suffer First Loss

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

It was a rough weekend at Fetzer Field for UNC lacrosse as both the highly-ranked men’s and women’s squads were handed the first losses of the season. Hofstra led nearly the entire game against the fifth-ranked UNC men’s...

UNC Baseball Moves up to No. 10 in D1Baseball.com Poll

Posted by Staff | Feb 22, 2016 | UNC Sports

The UNC baseball team got off to a good start with a 2-1 series win over UCLA in Los Angeles. That performance has launched the UNC baseball team into the top ten of the D1Baseball.com poll. The Tar Heels made the biggest jump...

UNC Baseball: New-Look Tar Heels Take Series Clincher From No. 11 UCLA, 14-5

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 21, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

When UNC baseball head coach Mike Fox overhauled his roster in the offseason after missing the NCAA Tournament last season for the first time since 2001, he did it with the hope that 2016 would be the year the Tar Heels put...

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