The North Carolina men’s basketball team survived treacherous wintry conditions, serious foul trouble, and some sloppy play to down Georgia Tech 78-65 and improve to 13-7 overall and 3-4 in the ACC with their first road conference win of the season.
No. 6 UNC women’s basketball, 17-3 on the season and 5-1 in ACC play, returns to Carmichael Arena for another edition of Throwback Thursday for a 7 p.m. tipoff against 15-5 Syracuse, 4-3 in conference action.
No.3 Carolina women’s tennis dominated play in the opening week of dual matches, going 4-0. And a lot of their success can be traced to a freshman sensation.
“If the teams and the officials are in town, typically they try to play the game,” said UNC Senior Associate Athletic Director for Communications, Steve Kirschner. “But, obviously safety is everyone’s first concern.”
The Tar Heel swimming and diving team faced ACC rival Virginia last weekend with mixed results and they’re looking to finish out the season on a high note this weekend.
The Tar Heel women’s basketball team slid up a spot to No. 6 in the AP poll released Monday following a light game featuring one win – a comfortable one at Wake Forest.
The North Carolina men’s basketball team ran away from Clemson 80-61 in a determined effort to improve to 12-7 on the season and 2-4 in the ACC while keeping intact the home unbeaten streak against the Tigers Sunday Night in the Smith Center.