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Kennedy Meeks to Return For Senior Season

Posted by Staff | May 4, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

Kennedy Meeks will return to UNC for his senior season, the school announced on Wednesday. In his first three seasons, Meeks has averaged 9.4 points and 6.5 rebounds and shot 55.4 percent from the floor in 104 games. He has...

Chansky’s Notebook: Ellington Chose Action Over Grief

Posted by Art Chansky | May 3, 2016 | Featured, Sports

Carolina’s Wayne Ellington has turned sorrow into meaningful action. Ellington, the Most Outstanding Player at the 2009 Final Four in Detroit, has had to live with more than the normal ups and downs of a pro athlete. In 2014,...

Johnson and Paige Honored at End-of-Year Ceremony

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 27, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

UNC seniors Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige were both honored on Tuesday evening during the men’s basketball team end-of-year awards ceremony. Johnson won the Dean Smith Most Valuable Player award after the forward put together...

The Tar Heels Will Win It All In 2018. Here’s Why.

Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 8, 2016 | Aaron Keck, Featured

Tar Heels, never fear. We’ve seen this story before…and it turned out okay.

UNC Welcome Home Celebration Tuesday Afternoon

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 5, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

UNC fans can come out to the Dean Smith Center on Tuesday afternoon and welcome home the North Carolina Tar Heel basketball team. The Tar Heels lost in the national championship game 77-74 on a buzzer-beating three pointer form...

Brothers Jenkins and Britt Prepare for National Championship Showdown

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 4, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

Kris Jenkins has grown into being one of the best players on a Villanova team that will be playing for the national championship on Monday night. But Jenkins may not be on the Villanova roster right now preparing for a national...

Art’s Angle: Back-To-Back Final Fours

Posted by Art Chansky | Apr 1, 2016 | Featured, Sports Notebook

HOUSTON – Carolina’s appearance here marks the 14th time that one Triangle Area college team has followed another to the Final Four the next year. Fourteen times among UNC, Duke and N.C. State. Pretty amazing. It began when Duke...

Ginyard: The Final Four is Different

Posted by Marcus Ginyard | Mar 31, 2016 | Columns, Featured

NANTES, France – And then, there were Four… First, I would like to congratulate my basketball program on its awesome journey to Houston! I know just how hard the guys have worked and what an opportunity like this means to them....

UNC Basketball Final Four Send-off Set for Wednesday

Posted by Staff | Mar 29, 2016 | UNC Sports

The Tar Heels are headed to the Final Four in Houston. Fans can see the UNC basketball team off at 6:30 PM on Wednesday. The team will be at Entrance D in front of the Dean Smith Center. Starting at 5 PM, parking will be...

Stanford Hires Former UNC Assistant Jerod Haase

Posted by Staff | Mar 25, 2016 | Collegiate

Stanford has hired former UNC assistant coach Jerod Haase as their head coach. “Stanford University is a world-class institution which represents excellence across the board,” said Haase in a statement released by Stanford. “We...

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