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Chansky’s Notebook: A Hollow No. 1?

Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 3, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

Is Carolina the most overrated preseason No. 1 in college basketball history? We’re all excited about the basketball season, which begins officially next weekend. But that excitement has to be tempered by this question: how...

UNC Men’s Basketball Slated No. 1 by Associated Press

Posted by Blake Hodge | Nov 2, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

Carolina men’s basketball will enter the 2015-2016 season ranked first in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. The preseason poll was released Monday. This is the ninth time that UNC has been named the top team in the country...

UNC Football Ranked 21st

Posted by Blake Hodge | Nov 2, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

The North Carolina Tar Heel football team has cracked the Top 25. UNC is ranked 21st in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 college football poll. This is the first time Carolina has been ranked among the top 25 since being...

Train Keeps Rolling: UNC Beats Pitt, Wins Seventh Straight

Posted by Avery Trendel | Oct 29, 2015 | Featured, Sports, UNC Sports

With the lights of Heinz Field shining bright and the ESPN TV cameras watching closely, senior quarterback Marquise Williams and the rest of the UNC football squad made a loud statement against Pitt on Thursday night. The...

Tar Heels Aim to Silence Doubters Against No. 23 Pittsburgh

Posted by Avery Trendel | Oct 29, 2015 | UNC Sports

Midway through the 2015 college football season, the ACC Coastal division is still up for grabs. On Thursday night the Tar Heels travel to take on the No. 23 Pittsburgh Panthers for an important game between two of the...

Tar Heels on top of 2015-16 ACC Preseason Poll

Posted by Staff | Oct 28, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

The North Carolina Tar Heels landed on top of the 2015-16 ACC preseason poll. Media members made their selections at ACC Media Day on Wednesday. The Carolina basketball team received 60 out of the possible 89 first-place votes....

3 Years Ago: Giovani Bernard Returns Game Winning Touchdown

Posted by Staff | Oct 27, 2015 | UNC Sports

“No he’s not! Yes he is!” Jones Angell exclaimed those words three years ago when Giovani Bernard returned a Wolfpack punt for a game-winning touchdown. The game, on October 27, 2012, was tied at 35 with 30...

Tar Heels Overcome Mistakes, Shut Down Virginia 26-13

Posted by Staff | Oct 25, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

CHAPEL HILL – Two years ago, the Tar Heels came to the mid point of their season at 1-5. This year, the boys-in-blue-and-argyle came to the mid point with the reverse record. Sitting at 5-1 going into Saturday’s...

“Late Night With Roy” Gets Basketball Season Underway

Posted by Avery Trendel | Oct 24, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

Basketball season officially began in Chapel Hill on Friday night, as UNC hosted its annual “Late Night With Roy” event. Hosted by TNT’s Kenny Smith, a Tar Heel and a two-time NBA champion, the event showcased...

UNC Refuses to Look Past Virginia As Pitt Showdown Looms

Posted by Avery Trendel | Oct 23, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

With some fans eyeing next week’s Thursday night showdown Pittsburgh–one of two teams tied with UNC atop the ACC Coastal Division–it’s worth noting that the Tar Heels still have to face the Virginia Cavaliers this...

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