Conner Harrell, Max Johnson Taking Part In UNC Quarterback Competition This Spring
Max Johnson has thrown 784 passes in his college football career against almost every type of defense imaginable.
Conner Harrell, in five career appearances, has thrown 33. But both quarterbacks enter the spring looking to make their cases for the QB1 spot at UNC.
Mack Brown and his staff will see them compete in the team’s first spring practice Tuesday. (
Inside Carolina)
UNC basketball community supports associate athletic director Ken Cleary in cancer fight
The only constant in the business of sports is change. Ken Cleary is proof. "I started as a one-man band here pretty much," Cleary said. "With just video boards...and it sort of evolved from that." Cleary is the University of North Carolina's associate director of Go Heels productions. His unit handles all the ACC Network production that originates on campus. (
WRAL Sports Fan)
UNC Football to be without several key contributors for spring practice
With spring football practice beginning Tuesday, UNC coach Mack Brown spoke to the media Monday regarding several Tar heels who will miss spring practice. Among those not participating are wide receivers
Gavin Blackwell and JJ Jones, tight ends
John Copenhaver,
Bryson Nesbit, Timmy Lawson, and Julian Randolph, and running back Jordan Louie. (
Keeping It Heel)
Why UNC will and won’t reach Final Four in 2024 March Madness predictions
The last time
R.J. Davis and
Armando Bacot played in the NCAA Tournament, they helped the Tar Heels get to the 2022 NCAA championship game. Davis, the ACC Player of the Year, is an All-American as one of the top guards in the nation. Bacot had six double-doubles in March Madness 2022. Both know what it takes to carry UNC to the Final Four. (
Fayetteville Observer)
No. 20 UNC Baseball Opens Five-Game Homestand Against UNCW Tuesday
Following a three-game baseball series at Miami over the weekend, No. 20 North Carolina returns home to open a five-game homestand Tuesday night against UNCW at Boshamer Stadium. The Tar Heels will host Georgia Tech in a three-game ACC series beginning on Friday before closing the homestand against North Carolina A&T on March 26. (
GoHeels.com)
Podcast: Hubert Davis Live - ACC Tournament Recap, NCAA Tournament Preview, Fan Questions
North Carolina head men's basketball coach
Hubert Davis joined
Jones Angell of the Tar Heel Sports Network on Monday night to talk about UNC's recent ACC Tournament performance, preview the upcoming NCAA Tournament opening rounds in Charlotte, answer Tar Heel fans' questions, and much more.
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Listen To Podcast)
Michael Busch embracing athleticism at first base for Chicago Cubs
First base is not an entirely new position for 26-year-old
Michael Busch, who was acquired by the Chicago Cubs via trade from the Dodgers on Jan. 11. He played at that spot for the bulk of his collegiate career at the University of North Carolina, but Los Angeles sent Busch down on a different path after taking him in the first round of the 2019 MLB Draft. (
MLB.com)
UNC student statistician brings research to game day
On basketball game days at Carolina, Conor Kerr is always close to the action. Since Kerr’s first year at UNC, the junior from Wilmington has worked with the men’s varsity basketball team as a student statistician, a role he helped to create. The position bridges research and athletics to provide Carolina’s coaching staff and players with pivotal information. (
UNC.edu)
Mack Brown UNC Pre-Spring Football Press Conference
With spring football practice starting for UNC on Tuesday, coach
Mack Brown met with the media Monday to offer some program updates, including recent staff additions, spring position battles, injury news, two Tar Heels no longer part of the team, the Tar Heels' quarterback battle, new players in the program, several new rules, and much more. (
Tar Heel Illustrated)
Tar Heels Recognize the Biggest Goal Remains Within Reach
As the pain subdues into a memory and UNC’s focus is launching into NCAA Tournament play Thursday, whatever the Tar Heels learned by losing to NC State in the ACC championship game remains with them. What they learned is actually something they already knew. It wasn’t rocket science trying to dissect why they lost to the tenth-seed Wolfpack. (
Tar Heel Illustrated)
This Week in UNC Baseball: Lessons From The Road
Losing an ACC series is never good, but all losses are not equal. Given how UNC bounced back Sunday after two very different, tough losses, baseball coach
Scott Forbes believes the positive takeaways from the weekend will benefit the Diamond Heels going forward. Forbes joined "This Week in UNC Baseball" to discuss wins, losses, lessons, and more. (
Inside Carolina)
UNC Football Players Facing Charges Will Participate in Spring Practice
UNC football players
Zach Rice,
Travis Shaw, and
Malaki Hamrick will participate in spring football practices while facing misdemeanor charges stemming from a car crash in January that killed a UNC student. Brown said Monday that the three players are subject to "consequences with disciplinary action within our program" when legal proceedings conclude. (
Inside Carolina)
How do NCAA Tournament seeds perform in the Final Four?
Of the 38 national champions since 1985, 24 were No. 1 seeds. Twelve of the past 16 title winners have come from the top line. As crazy as March can be, the best teams of the regular season often have the most success in the postseason. Crazy upsets stick in our minds. But even if a top seed is eliminated early, there are likely three No. 1 seeds left. (
NCAA.com)
North Carolina one of two No. 1 seeds to slip in AP Top 25 poll
North Carolina fell one spot to No. 5 in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll as the Tar Heels enter the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the West Regional. No. 1 South seed Houston lost to Iowa State and was supplanted from the top ranking by UConn. No. 1 Midwest seed Purdue lost in overtime to Wisconsin in the Big Ten semifinals but remained No. 3. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Harrison Ingram: The Connector
For
Harrison Ingram, the highest level of basketball has included highlights he still can’t believe: Vince Carter advising him, running out of the tunnel at the Smith Center and seeing the jerseys in the rafters, getting a concussion while guarding
Harrison Barnes and getting screened by
Tyler Zeller during a pickup game, the support of UNC fans everywhere. (
Inside Carolina)