Inside Carolina: Tournament Time

Closing the campus could be good news for the hoops season. While the national debate continues over halting in-person teaching on college campuses and if that should affect playing football, UNC’s latest move might help the prospects for beloved basketball. As of Wednesday, all undergraduate courses converted to on-line education. Students can stay in their […]

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 […]

Is Carolina’s recruiting over? That’s a Precious question. With the commitment of Charleston Southern shooting star Christian Keeling, inquiring minds want to know if Roy Williams is done recruiting for the 2019-20 season. That answer is probably yes — with an asterisk. Keeling, a graduate transfer who averaged more than 18 points and drained just […]

North Carolina freshman guard Coby White will declare for the 2019 NBA Draft, both he and UNC announced on Wednesday. Once thought to be a multi-year starter for the Tar Heels, White’s draft stock skyrocketed as the season progressed. He started 35 games for UNC at point guard and quickly turned into a dynamic scorer […]

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 […]

With Nassir Little most likely out for “flu-like symptoms” and another important injury on the Tar Heel squad, today’s edition of “Inside Carolina” talks over how the Tar Heel strategy could be adjusted for their game against Auburn in light of some prominent absences from the hardwood.

Today’s edition of “Inside Carolina” discusses the road ahead for the Tar Heels as part of the Sweet 16, and how making it to this phase of the tournament both puts the pressure on and boosts morale. There’s still a lot of tournament left, but getting back to this phase of the NCAA tournament means […]

The NCAA tournament is finally here, and today’s edition of “Inside Carolina” talks about the odds of a Tar Heel victory tonight against Iona (they favor the Tar Heels strongly, but stranger things have happened) and how UNC’s main priority needs to be handling business and warming up for the challenges ahead.

This Carolina team reminds me of some oldie-but-goodie Tar Heels. Think of freshman point guard Phil Ford, selfless shooting guard John Kuester, talented wing Walter Davis and versatile big man Mitch Kupchak. That was a long time ago, but this 2019 version has grown into something similar. Roy Williams acknowledged after Carolina defeated tough and […]

Cam Johnson has had one of the best senior seasons that UNC has ever seen, and today’s edition discusses his season, performance on the road, and how playing away in the ACC is a difficult prospect than what most people realize.