UNC Basketball

Willie Cooper's story as UNC's first black basketball player began in Elm City
The story of Willie Cooper Jr. neither begins nor ends with him becoming the first black basketball player at the University of North Carolina at...
Friday February 27, 2015

Tale of the Tape: UNC vs Miami
Heading to Miami, the Tar Heels are in need of a return to the norm on the offensive end. Miami's defensive numbers suggest that's possible,...
Friday February 27, 2015

Spenser Dalton added to North Carolina's varsity basketball roster
Short-handed UNC has added Spenser Dalton, a 6-foot-3, 205-pound junior guard, to the varsity roster. Previously a second-year member of UNC's junior varsity program, Dalton...
Friday February 27, 2015

North Carolina Tar Heels at Miami Hurricanes game preview
North Carolina walked off its home floor following a fifth defeat in seven games its last time out feeling outworked and outhustled. The 15th-ranked Tar...
Friday February 27, 2015

Tar Heels’ basketball fading as ACC, national power?
This is Blue Heaven, where Dean Smith built a program of unparalleled success that went 37 consecutive years without finishing outside the ACC’s top three,...
Friday February 27, 2015

The Real Problems with North Carolina Basketball
To be sure there are significant issues with this year’s Tar Heel basketball team. In most years under Roy Williams the Heels kick into another...
Friday February 27, 2015

Previewing Miami
No. 15 North Carolina looks to rebound from a tough home loss against N.C. State when it heads to South Florida to take on Miami...
Friday February 27, 2015

Audio: Scouting Report With Miami Coach Jim Larrañaga
WCHL’s Matt Oakes chats with Miami basketball coach Jim Larrañaga as his Hurricnaes get set to welcome the Tar Heels to the BankUnited Center on...
Friday February 27, 2015

A conversation with Brad Daugherty
Born in Black Mountain, NC, Brad Daugherty rose to basketball stardom at UNC and in the NBA. Since 1994, he has covered both basketball and...
Friday February 27, 2015

Pack's win was just its seventh at UNC in the last 40 years
That was NC State's seventh win in 40 years in Chapel Hill — 1976, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2015...
Friday February 27, 2015

Slumping Tar Heels Head To Miami In Hopes Of Recovery Effort
The No. 15 North Carolina men’s basketball team, 19-9 overall and 9-6 in ACC action, hits the road to sunny south Florida to take on...
Friday February 27, 2015

Huge Outrage Over "SFN" Following Blog's Dean Smith Joke
Following last night’s win, the N.C. State fan blog “State Fans Nation” published a piece that was met to massive criticism and uproar from around...
Friday February 27, 2015

Art’s Angle: Bad And Getting Worse
You saw two teams going in opposite directions Tuesday night. Unfortunately, the team trending downward is Carolina, which suffered its fifth defeat in the last...
Friday February 27, 2015

Loud And Clear At The Dean E. Smith Center
Almost an hour before tip off at the Dean E. Smith Center, an elderly man, probably in his late 70's, walked into the arena and...
Thursday February 26, 2015