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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...

Art’s Angle: February From Hell

Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 29, 2016 | Featured

Let’s walk way out on the plank and say the Tar Heels beat winless (in the ACC) Boston College Saturday to go 8-0, which would lengthen by a long three-pointer Roy Williams’ best conference start at UNC. In our collective...

Tar Heels Grind Out a Win Over Virginia Tech, Could Move to No. 1

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 24, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

With all the snow and ice covering the East Coast, you can’t blame the No. 2 UNC men’s basketball team for thinking this game against Virginia Tech was some sort of vacation. The Tar Heels came into Cassell Coliseum...

Meeks, No. 5 UNC Use Depth to Defeat Wolfpack

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 16, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

In just his second game back from a bruised knee—and his first time back in the starting lineup—junior forward Kennedy Meeks scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half on Saturday, as the No. 5 UNC men’s basketball team...

Orange Crushed: No. 6 UNC Spoils Boeheim’s Return, Beats Syracuse 84-73

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 9, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

Coming off its first true road win of the season on Monday against Florida State, the No. 6 UNC men’s basketball team did it again Saturday night at the Carrier Dome—defeating the Syracuse Orange 84-73 in the midst of an...

Berry Rallies No. 7 UNC Past Georgia Tech

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 2, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

After trailing for a majority of the game on Saturday, the No. 7 UNC men’s basketball team put together a furious rally in the final minutes to defeat the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 86-78. The comeback was sparked by sophomore...

58-0: The Streak Continues as No. 7 UNC Beats Clemson in ACC Opener

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 30, 2015 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

For the 58th time in 58 tries, the No. 7 UNC men’s basketball team knocked off the Clemson Tigers in Chapel Hill—winning 80-69 on Wednesday night in a game that opened conference play for both teams. ”We didn’t talk about [the...

No. 7 UNC Crushes UNC-Greensboro In Final Tune-Up Before ACC Play Begins

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 28, 2015 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

The No. 7 UNC men’s basketball team closed out its non-conference schedule in resounding fashion on Monday night at the Dean Dome, defeating the UNC-Greensboro Spartans 96-63. The Tar Heels came out of the gates strong as they...

No. 7 UNC Cruises Past Appalachian State, Into Winter Break

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 22, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

Although it spent the majority of the game looking like a group ready to go home for the holidays, the No. 7 UNC men’s basketball team cruised to an easy 94-70 win at the Smith Center on Monday over the Appalachian State...

Johnson, No. 11 Tar Heels Conquer the Green Wave

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 16, 2015 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

UNC senior forward Brice Johnson, along with the rest of the Tar Heel men’s basketball team, had a night to forget in Saturday’s loss to Texas. But on Wednesday at the Dean Dome, Johnson scored a career-high 25 points and...

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