UNC Defensive Lineman D'Antre Robinson To Enter Transfer Portal
With five days left in the NCAA transfer portal window, North Carolina defensive lineman
D'Antre Robinson has opted to leave the program. Robinson finished the 2025 season with 38 tackles — fourth among UNC defensive linemen and 10th overall — along with 2.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble. Robinson was the Tar Heels' highest-rated run defender. (
Inside Carolina)
Art’s Angle: Course Correction
The Tar Heels have way more talent than tenacity. In defining tenacious, Merriam-Webster uses such words and phrases as stubborn, relentless, enduring, cohesive, holding together firmly. Despite signs in non-conference play that No. 17 North Carolina could embody those terms, they have yet to consistently show it against Power 4 competition. (
Chapelboro.com)
Hubert Davis on UNC's Defense: 'Not Even Close to Where it Needs to Be'
North Carolina beat Wake Forest on Saturday at the Smith Center, 87-84, in a game that seemed headed for a blowout but came down to the final minute. Thus, as the Tar Heels celebrated the building’s 500th win,
Hubert Davis’
postgame press conference did not have a celebratory feel. UNC’s coach returned multiple times postgame to the topic of defense. (
Inside Carolina)
Notre Dame Rolls Past UNC Women's Basketball, 73-50
The No. 22 North Carolina Women's Basketball team suffered through its worst game of the season and is left searching for answers after a dismal afternoon in South Bend, Indiana. The No. 22 Tar Heels’ two leading scorers —
Ciera Toomey and India Nivar — combined for only four points as Notre Dame dominated UNC 73–50 on Sunday at Purcell Pavilion. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Box Score: UNC Women's Basketball 50, Notre Dame 73
View the complete box score from the No. 22 North Carolina Tar Heels Women's Basketball team's 73-50 loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Sunday afternoon in South Bend, Indiana. (
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Sun Jan 11
Ethan Strand, Parker Wolfe Impress At World Athletics Cross Country Championships
UNC's most recent male Patterson award winners, Ethan Strand and
Parker Wolfe, represented the United States at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday. In the Senior Men's 10k Race, Wolfe was the first American to cross the finish line. Ethan Strand led off the mixed relay race for Team USA. (
GoHeels.com)
Jaydon Young Was Ready, And The Tar Heels Needed Every Bit of It
Despite making three 3-pointers and providing an invaluable boost to the Tar Heels' offense against the Demon Deacons,
Hubert Davis believes
Jaydon Young's biggest impact came on the defensive end. And if it wasn't for Young's contributions on both ends of the floor, Davis said UNC would've lost. "We don't win the game without him," Davis said. (
TarHeel247)
No. 22 UNC Women's Basketball Visits Notre Dame For Sunday Matinee
The No. 22. North Carolina women's basketball team hits the road for its second Atlantic Coast Conference road game, traveling to Notre Dame for a Sunday matinee. The Tar Heels are on the hunt for their second victory over the Fighting Irish on their home court, tipping off from Purcell Pavilion at The Joyce Center at 1 p.m. ET, airing on ESPN. (
GoHeels.com)
North Carolina vs. Wake Forest Postgame Notes
It was North Carolina's 500th win in the Smith Center. UNC is 500-90 in 41 seasons in the Smith Center, including 259-71 against ACC opponents.
Henri Veesaar led UNC with 25 points. It was his fifth career 20-point game and fourth this season. The 25 points were one off his career-high 26 against ETSU. Jayden Young scored a season-high 12 points. (
GoHeels.com)
Why did ball not go to Caleb Wilson late? 'I don’t want to speak to that'
It was what
Caleb Wilson didn’t say after getting only two second-half shots that stood out. Asked what the difference was for him when UNC blew nearly all of the 15-point lead it owned with 11:01 left against Wake Forest on Saturday night, he hesitated. "I don’t even want to speak on that," Wilson said. "I don’t think nobody’s defending me differently." (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Video: IC Podcast - UNC Does Just Enough To Beat Wake Forest
Rob Harrington and Tommy Ashley from Inside Carolina discuss UNC Basketball's 87-84 win over Wake Forest at the Smith Center, the Tar Heels' struggles defending Wake's Juke Harris and Nate Calmese in the second half, UNC's interior of
Caleb Wilson and
Henri Veesaar, and more.
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Sun Jan 11
Lucas: 500
UNC won the program's 500th game in the
Dean Smith Center on Saturday, outlasting Wake Forest. Pack 21,750 people into the Smith Center and it felt more like one of those winter nights at Carmichael Auditorium when Lefty Driesell would accuse Smith of turning up the heat. It was the perfect salute to the man whose name adorns the building. (
GoHeels.com)
Tar Heels 'take foot off pedal,' survive rough final minutes to beat Wake Forest
Just when it looked like North Carolina would coast to its 500th Smith Center victory, it nearly slipped away.
Hubert Davis talked like a coach trying to explain a loss. UNC pulled out an 87–84 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday night, but it blew a 15-point lead with 9:50 left. Davis said the intensity that earned that lead was missing in the final minutes. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Box Score: North Carolina 87, Wake Forest 84
View the complete box score from the No. 17 North Carolina Tar Heels' 87-84 victory over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Saturday night at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill. (
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Sat Jan 10
Video: Hubert Davis Post-Wake Forest Press Conference
North Carolina head men's basketball coach
Hubert Davis speaks with the media following the No. 17 Tar Heels' 87-84 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday night at the Smith Center.
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Sat Jan 10