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'Accepting Those Extra Butterflies': UNC Baseball Previews Challenging NCAA Regional
Members of the Diamond Heels met with the media Thursday at Boshamer Stadium to preview the Chapel Hill Regional of the NCAA Tournament, which begins Friday. UNC is the No. 5 overall seed in the tournament field and is hosting VCU, East Carolina and Tennessee this weekend. Carolina will face VCU Friday at 5 p.m., […]

ACC Opponents Set for 2026-27 UNC Men's Basketball Season
The UNC men’s basketball program revealed its ACC opponents for the 2026-27 season. It will be the second since the league shifted from a 20-game schedule to an 18-game schedule. Like in 2025-26, the Tar Heels will play two opponents twice, 14 opponents once and not play one other league school at all during the […]

Breaking Down UNC Baseball's 2026 NCAA Regional Opponents
The Diamond Heels are hosting an NCAA Tournament regional at Boshamer Stadium for the third consecutive season. UNC has reached at least the Super Regional round in each of the last two years, but that will be a difficult task in what projects to be a challenging weekend of baseball in Chapel Hill. Here’s a […]

UNC Baseball in the 2026 NCAA Regionals: How to Watch, Cord-Cutting Options and Start Times
The Diamond Heels will host a regional at Boshamer Stadium for the third consecutive year this weekend. UNC is the No. 5 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and is looking to return to the Men’s College World Series in Omaha for the second time in three years. If you aren’t attending this weekend’s games […]

Matt Able Withdraws From NBA Draft, Will Play for UNC Men's Basketball Next Season
Matt Able, who committed to UNC out of the transfer portal in April after playing his freshman season at NC State but also went through the NBA Draft Combine process, withdrew his name from the draft Monday. Able has already signed with the Tar Heels, meaning he is locked in to playing for the program […]

Chansky's Notebook: Dunia the Great
Of all the athletes who competed at Carolina over the years, there is no one in the same ballpark as Dunia Sibomana-Rodriguez. His life-changing moment occurred when he was six years old and survived an attack from vicious chimpanzees in his native Democratic Republic of the Congo. The 18-year-old UNC prodigy who is on a […]

UNC Baseball Falls to Georgia Tech in ACC Championship Game
No. 1 seed Georgia Tech scored five runs in the bottom of the third inning to take a lead it wouldn’t relinquish in the ACC Championship Game Sunday in Charlotte, beating the Diamond Heels 13-6. Carolina scored first and held a 1-0 lead entering the second inning thanks to an Owen Hull RBI single, but […]

UNC Women's Lacrosse Loses Late Lead, Falls to No. 1 Northwestern in National Championship
No. 1 Northwestern scored five unanswered goals in the fourth quarter to overcome an 11-9 UNC lead and beat the Tar Heels 14-11 in the national championship game in Illinois Sunday. The Wildcats, playing on their home campus, jumped out to a 3-0 lead inside the game’s first four minutes, but UNC had rallied to […]

Here's the Complete Bracket for the 2026 ACC Baseball Tournament
The 2026 ACC Baseball Tournament will take place this week at Truist Field in Charlotte. UNC is the defending champion in the tournament and will compete as the No. 2 seed in the field. The 2026 season is the second consecutive year the ACC will be using a basic single-elimination format for the tournament, as […]

UNC Baseball Throttles Pitt to Advance to ACC Tournament Championship
The Diamond Heels banged out 22 total hits and hit a season-high six home runs in a 13-5 win against Pitt in the ACC Tournament semifinals in Charlotte Saturday afternoon. UNC, the No. 2 seed in the field, will face No. 1 seed Georgia Tech in the championship game Sunday. 𝗛𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮 𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝 💥 […]
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