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Six Tar Heels Make ESPN’s All Time NBA List

Posted by Staff | Feb 12, 2016 | UNC Sports

Six North Carolina Tar Heels made a list of the all-time top NBA players. That includes the No. 1 all-time NBA player. The Top 100 list was compiled by ESPN. The decision was made by a panel of ESPN’s experts. Voting was...

UNC Holds Out for 71-67 Win

Posted by Staff | Feb 12, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

The North Carolina women’s basketball team picked up its second consecutive win with a suspenseful 71-67 victory over Virginia Tech on Thursday night in Carmichael Arena. UNC now stands at 14-12 on the season with a 4-7 ACC...

Marcus Paige Named to Academic All-District Team

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 11, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC senior guard Marcus Paige has been named to the 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-District team. The College Sports Information Directors of America announced the team on Thursday. Members of the district teams are up for...

Brice Johnson Among 20 Finalists for Wooden Award

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 11, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

UNC senior forward Brice Johnson has been named to the John R. Wooden Award Top 20 list. The Los Angeles Athletic Club announced the list this week. The award is given annually to the national player of the year. Johnson leads...

Two Tar Heels Named Academic All-ACC

Posted by Staff | Feb 10, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

UNC running back Elijah Hood and place kicker Nick Weiler have been named to the Academic All-ACC team Wednesday afternoon.. Hood was one of seven players to be named to both the Academic All-ACC team and first-team All-ACC. The...

UNC Tennis Claims Men’s And Women’s Player of the Week Honors

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 10, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC tennis players were honored with the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week awards for the men’s and women’s sides this week. The conference announced the awards late Tuesday. Jack Murray took home the men’s honors,...

Tar Heels Rally to Beat BC After Williams’ Vertigo Scare

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 10, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

For close to 37 minutes on Tuesday night, all hope looked lost for the struggling No. 9 UNC men’s basketball team. Vertigo sent head coach Roy Williams to the locker room in the second half, and the Tar Heels trailed Boston...

Four Tar Heels Named to Women’s Soccer Academic All-ACC Team

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 9, 2016 | UNC Sports

Four players from the UNC women’s soccer tam have been named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Team, which was announced Tuesday. Junior midfielder Joanna Boyles was named to the Academic All-Conference team for the...

UNC Soccer Star Named ACC Men’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 9, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC senior defender Jonathan Campbell has been named the 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the conference announced Tuesday. Campbell started all 20 games for the Tar Heels in 2015 and...

UNC Field Hockey Places 5 on Academic All-ACC Team

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 9, 2016 | UNC Sports

Five UNC field hockey student-athletes have been named to the 2015 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic team, which was announced Monday. Seniors Casey Di Nardo, Nina Notman and Emily Wold were joined by sophomore Sam Night...

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