Chansky’s Notebook: On the Coast

UNC and Duke are playing copycats this week. The Blue Devils are at Cal late Wednesday night after the Tar Heels take on Stanford in Palo Alto at 9 p.m. On paper, they should be good games. Cal and Stanford are both 13-4, but the Bears are 1-3 in the ACC standings a game behind Stanford. Both are favored to come home with two more wins. (Chapelboro.com)

What Hubert Davis, Jeff Lebo, UNC basketball players said about 500th win at Smith Center

Jeff Lebo has win No. 1 and win No. 500 on his UNC basketball resume. A freshman guard when the Tar Heels opened the Smith Center in 1986, Lebo was an assistant coach as UNC earned a victory against Wake Forest for the program’s 500th win in the Smith Center. “It’s pretty cool. It also says you’re pretty old, too,” Lebo, 59, said with a smile. (MSN.com)

North Carolina Embarks On First ACC Basketball Trip To West Coast

Wednesday's matchup with Stanford marks the 14th meeting between the Tar Heels and Cardinal. UNC is 13-1 in the series with its lone loss coming in last season’s 72-71 stunner in Chapel Hill, the first ACC meeting between the programs. The Tar Heels will remain out west ahead of Saturday’s contest with Cal, the fifth meeting between the programs. (Inside Carolina)

Evan Henderson Named UNC Wrestling Assistant Coach

North Carolina wrestling coach Rob Koll announced the addition of former Tar Heel wrestler Evan Henderson to his coaching staff. Henderson, most recently an assistant coach at Lehigh, returns to UNC following his athletic career with the Tar Heels from 2011-16. Henderson compiled 125 victories and two All-America finishes in 2013 and 2014. (GoHeels.com)

Video: Carolina Insider - Tyler Zeller Discusses UNC Basketball, West Coast Games, and More

Former ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year Tyler Zeller joins Jones Angell and Adam Lucas on the Carolina Insider podcast to talk about UNC Basketball's victory over Wake Forest, the challenges of the Tar Heels' trip to the West Coast to face Stanford and Cal, and more. (View Video)

Gwen Fink Named ACC Gymnast Of The Week

UNC's Gwen Fink was tabbed ACC Gymnast of the Week after posting a career-high All-Around score to take first in the event at the Florida Quad Meet. The award marks the first ACC weekly honor in Fink's career. Fink was the only Tar Heel to compete in the All-Around at the quad meet hosted by no. 1 Florida and came out on top with a score of 39.475. (GoHeels.com)

What the Numbers Show About Caleb Wilson’s Involvement in Key Stretches

In UNC's losses to Michigan State and SMU, as well as the game against Wake Forest on Saturday, there's been one commonality: long stretches where UNC struggles to score. During most of those stretches, Caleb Wilson has had his shot attempts extremely limited. In UNC's loss to Michigan State, Wilson went more than 20 minutes without scoring. (TarHeel247)

UNC Basketball’s perimeter defense craters as ACC play begins

North Carolina has gone from one of the nation’s best perimeter defenses to one of the worst. Entering its first ACC game last week, UNC had held opponents to 36% shooting from the field, which ranked fourth nationally. Foes were hitting just 28% from 3-point range, good for 13th in the country. Three conference games later, that picture has flipped. (USA Today)

Video: IC Podcast - Scouting UNC's Portal Class: Brown, Harvey, McDonald, Hoilette, Seelmann

Jason Staples and Tommy Ashley of Inside Carolina discuss UNC Football's 2026 transfer portal class, focusing on the defensive side of the ball and thoughts on five signees: Florida's Tarvorise Brown, Penn State's Jaylen Harvey, Syracuse's Derek McDonald, and Richmond's Donovan Hoilette and Peyton Seelmann. (View Video)

Hubert Davis Downplays Effects of UNC’s California Trip: 'The Basket’s Still the Same Height'

Since Stanford and Cal joined the ACC a season ago, this California doubleheader has proven difficult to navigate. Of the 11 ACC teams which have so far made the trip out west for two games, only Wake Forest last season won both. Five of the 11 lost both games. UNC and Duke both are traveling to California this week hoping to end that futility. (Chapelboro.com)

UNC basketball shares an incredible video for win No. 500 at the Dean Smith Center

Following win No. 500 at the Smith Center, the UNC basketball program released an incredible tribute video that takes you down memory lane. Narrated by Seth Trimble, it's provides a student-athlete viewpoint of the facility, from the quietness of the empty gym during practice to the rowdiness that 21,000 fans bring every time the Tar Heels take the floor. (Keeping It Heel)

Takeaways from UNC basketball documentary about 1993 championship team

A crowd of players and coaches are shown at Top of the Hill Restaurant and Brewery, chopping it up about that 1992-1993 season, but they couldn’t ignore the weight of the void left by the late Eric Montross, Dean Smith and Bill Guthridge. “They’re all still right here. They’re just so present in our lives as we try to do better,” Travis Stephenson said. (MSN.com)

Chase Rice Announces Hiatus From Touring, Admitting: ‘I’m Exhausted’

Chase Rice is stepping away from touring. In a poignant, vulnerable social media post, the country artist confessed that he was “exhausted. I haven’t been able to be myself on stage in quite a while and really enjoy music and why I got into it in the first place… After 13 years it’s finally beat me up to the point where I need to step away for a while." (Billboard.com)

Hubert Davis on Smith Center Outlook: 'This is Home'

The UNC administration is in the final stages of deciding on the future of the Smith Center, following a years-long study that included six options for consideration: renovating the Smith Center, replacement at the current site, Bowles parking lot, Odum Village, Friday Center, and Carolina North. "As a coach, this is home plate for me," Hubert Davis said. (Inside Carolina)

No. 14 UNC at Stanford: TV info, stats, scouting Cardinal, keys to game, and notes

Stanford rallied from a 12-point deficit with 2:18 left to win at Virginia Tech on Wednesday, 69-68, closing the game with a 14-1 run. Freshman guard Ebuka Okorie scored a game-high 31 points, his third game in the last five with at least 30 points, and tied a career-high with six assists in the win. UNC leads the ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.74). (Tar Heel Tribune)

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