Inside Carolina: Rebound Potential

ESPN.com got the hiring of Courtney Banghart all wrong. I was almost flabbergasted when reading ESPN’s coverage of Carolina’s new women’s basketball coach. All the supposition and innuendo were off base and the writer showed little knowledge of what has gone at UNC the last 10 years or so. Why hire Banghart, a 40-year-old Dartmouth […]

North Carolina thrived with a seemingly perfect balance of veteran composure and youthful upside to earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. It wasn’t enough to get the Tar Heels back to the Final Four — and they could have a very different look next season depending on the NBA decisions of freshmen […]

UNC is heavily favored in their upcoming road game against Boston College, and today’s edition of “Inside Carolina” talks about the match-up between the Tar Heels and the Eagles, and how this weekend will be a make-or-break momentum kind of moment for Roy Williams and the entire Carolina squad.

Carolina is 7-0 on the road this season, and will be traveling down to Clemson for yet another away game this weekend. Today’s edition of “Inside Carolina” discusses Clemson’s prospects against a Tar Heel team that really seems to be hitting its stride, and some potential pitfalls for Carolina that can — and should — […]

It was almost as if the Tar Heels knew that Duke lost. Those who could follow both the Duke-Virginia Tech and Syracuse-Carolina games saw the Blue Devils’ 77-72 loss to the Hokies end at almost the exact time the Tar Heels were tipping off against the Orange. Of course, it didn’t happen this way, but I could […]

As the Tar Heels prepare to face off against Syracuse, today’s edition of “Inside Carolina” discusses how a well-executed zone defense from the Orange could prove problematic for UNC, and how to potentially overcome it and keep the current hot streak going.

The home crowd was ready, even if the Tar Heels weren’t. The Smith Center atmosphere Saturday afternoon was appropriately wild, seeing as it was the first home game since Carolina routed top-ranked Duke in the highest-rated weeknight telecast in ESPN history — despite Zion’s famous injury 34 seconds in. Unlike a bandbox where tickets were going […]

Duke and UNC face off tonight in the latest iteration of arguably the biggest rivalry in basketball, and today’s edition of “Inside Carolina” talks about just how intriguing the match-up between the Tar Heels and the Blue Devils is this time around.

It’s Duke-Carolina week, so let’s start with common opponents. We’ll be hearing lots of statistics and metrics this week as the Tar Heels and Blue Devils tangle in the first of two contests this Wednesday night in Durham. Nine common opponents to date is one of them, and the results are fairly surprising. Duke has […]

Coming off a tough loss, the Tar Heels are looking to get their game-winning mojo back this weekend against Wake Forest. Today’s edition of “Inside Carolina” discusses the outlook for both teams, and the road ahead for UNC after this game.