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Paige: Tournament is ‘Chance to be Remembered’

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 16, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

North Carolina is a number one seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament and will take on No. 16 Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday night. A 16 seed has never beaten a No. 1, but Carolina head coach Roy Williams remembers a few...

Open Practice for UNC Ahead of NCAA Tournament

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 15, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

UNC will begin its NCAA Tournament run at PNC Aren in Raleigh at 7:20 on Thursday night. But before the team’s first game action, the Tar Heels will have an open practice at PNC from 4:25 to 5:05 on Wednesday afternoon,...

UNC Earns No. 1 Seed in NCAA Tourney, Finds Out Its Path to Title

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 13, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

Fresh off their ACC Championship win against Virginia on Saturday, the UNC men’s basketball team found out what its NCAA Tournament path will be on Selection Sunday. The Tar Heels were given a number one seed in the East...

ACC CHAMPIONS! Tar Heels Knock Off Virginia 61-57

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 13, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

UNC head coach Roy Williams said last week that if his team was going to go to Washington D.C. and play in the ACC Tournament it might as well try and win the whole dadgum thing. His No. 7 Tar Heels messed around and did just...

Tar Heels Hammer Notre Dame 78-47, Advance to ACC Title Game vs. Virginia

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 11, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

After nailing his third three-pointer of the first half in Friday night’s ACC Tournament Semifinal against Notre Dame, UNC senior guard Marcus Paige said to himself, “I’m back.” His 16 points and seven assists then helped the...

Sports Illustrated Names Brice Johnson First Team All-American

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 10, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC forward Brice Johnson has been named first-team All-American by Sports Illustrated. Johnson is joined on the first team by fellow seniors Buddy Hield from Oklahoma and Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine. A pair of sophomores...

Oakes’ Outlook: Storybook Ending for UNC?

Posted by Staff | Mar 9, 2016 | Columns

This wasn’t how exactly how it was supposed to go. The preseason No. 1 Tar Heels were expected to cruise through the season, using their veteran experience to breeze by opponents with overwhelming offense and suffocating...

Brice Johnson Named Third-Team All-American

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 9, 2016 | UNC Sports

Brice Johnson has been named third-team All-American by the Sporting News. The three teams were released on Wednesday, headlined by the first team made up of Virginia’s Malcolm Brogdon, Oklahoma forward Buddy Hield, Utah’s Jakob...

UNC Basketball Up to No. 7

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 7, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC basketball moved up to No. 7 in the latest Associated Press basketball poll released Monday. The Tar Heels are coming off of a week with victories over Syracuse on Senior Night at the Dean E. Smith Center and a win to finish...

Brice Johnson Named All-America and ACC Player of the Week

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 7, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

UNC senior forward Brice Johnson has been named first-team All-America by USA Today. The team, released on Monday, is the first of many similar lists to be released in the coming days. Johnson was selected for the All-Atlantic...

UNC Men’s Basketball

Paige: Tournament is ‘Chance to be Remembered’

Open Practice for UNC Ahead of NCAA Tournament

UNC Earns No. 1 Seed in NCAA Tourney, Finds Out Its Path to Title

ACC CHAMPIONS! Tar Heels Knock Off Virginia 61-57

Tar Heels Hammer Notre Dame 78-47, Advance to ACC Title Game vs. Virginia

Sports Illustrated Names Brice Johnson First Team All-American

Oakes’ Outlook: Storybook Ending for UNC?

Brice Johnson Named Third-Team All-American

UNC Basketball Up to No. 7

Brice Johnson Named All-America and ACC Player of the Week

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