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Berry Fuels No. 14 UNC’s Thrilling OT Road Win at Clemson

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 3, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

After struggling through each of UNC’s two games last week with an illness—including the shocking loss to Georgia Tech—junior point guard Joel Berry recovered just in time on Tuesday to lead the 14th-ranked Tar Heels to a...

Georgia Tech Stuns Lifeless Tar Heels in ACC Opener

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 31, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Everything looks better when the ball goes in the basket. That’s one of Roy Williams’ favorite sayings any time his UNC squad has a particularly good game. Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, the head coach discovered what the...

No. 9 UNC Rides Jackson’s Hot Hand to Victory Over Monmouth

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 28, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

By now, the rest of the ACC should be on high-alert. UNC wing forward Justin Jackson has turned himself into arguably the Tar Heels’ most dangerous weapon. The junior poured in 28 points and six three-pointers on Wednesday in...

No. 8 UNC Pounds Northern Iowa Inside, Avenges Last Year’s Upset Loss

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 21, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Seeking a bit of revenge against Northern Iowa after being shocked by the Panthers in Cedar Falls last season, the eighth-ranked UNC men’s basketball team did what it does best on Wednesday night at the Dean Dome. Despite a slow...

No. 6 Kentucky Outlasts No. 7 UNC in Classic Thriller Behind Monk’s 47 Points

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 17, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

Just months removed from one of the greatest college basketball games ever played, the seventh-ranked UNC men’s basketball team experienced a bit of déjà vu on Saturday during an adrenaline-fueled 103-100 loss to No. 6 Kentucky...

No. 7 UNC Survives Upset Scare Against Tennessee

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 11, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

Following his team’s lackluster 73-71 victory in the Smith Center over the Tennessee Volunteers on Sunday, UNC head men’s basketball coach Roy Williams wasted no time expressing his continued frustrations with how the Tar Heels...

UNC Takes Home Maui Title With 71-56 Victory Over No. 16 Wisconsin

Posted by Avery Trendel | Nov 24, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

If the past means anything, then the fourth-ranked UNC men’s basketball team should have a bright future ahead after knocking off the No. 16 Wisconsin Badgers 71-56 in Wednesday night’s Maui Invitational Final. The...

Tar Heels Maul Oklahoma State, Earn Spot in Maui Championship

Posted by Avery Trendel | Nov 23, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

In perhaps its most impressive performance of this young season, the No. 4 UNC men’s basketball team toyed with the Oklahoma State Cowboys Tuesday night on the way to a 107-75 blowout victory—earning a berth in the Maui...

No. 5 UNC Overcomes Slow Start, Tops Hawaii on the Road

Posted by Avery Trendel | Nov 19, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

Early on during the UNC men’s basketball game against Hawaii, the No. 5 Tar Heels looked every bit like a team that had just flown all the way across the country. At halftime, UNC led the Rainbow Warriors by just eight...

Berry Continues to Star, as No. 5 UNC Throttles Long Beach State 93-67

Posted by Avery Trendel | Nov 16, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

As the No. 5 UNC men’s basketball team rolled to a 93-67 win over the Long Beach State 49ers at the Dean Dome on Tuesday, junior point guard Joel Berry proved yet again how he’ll be the straw that stirs the Tar Heels’ drink this...

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