Ex-Heel David Neal Excels As Apex CoachDavid Neal, now the boys basketball coach at Apex High, had such highlights at UNC as drilling a three-pointer vs. Tim Duncan’s Wake Forest squad,...
Thursday March 6, 2014
Tar Heels rise in SI's final regular-season rankings6. North Carolina - After being a drain on UNC's offensive efficiency last season, power forward James Michael McAdoo has made strides simply by cutting...
Thursday March 6, 2014
The Same PaigeAs the postseason looms for Morgan Paige - a starter averaging 12.2 points for the 10-16 Wisconsin Badgers - and Marcus - the leading scorer...
Thursday March 6, 2014
North Carolina’s Tribal RivalriesBut this week the reports about our tribal rivalries focus on UNC-Duke basketball and this Saturday night’s final game of the regular season. Why do...
Thursday March 6, 2014
J.P. Tokoto Does A Little Bit Of EverythingJ.P. Tokoto probably isn't the first name that people think of when they think of this year's North Carolina basketball team. The sophomore forward isn't...
Thursday March 6, 2014
20 years later, Robin Ventura remembers Michael Jordan's White Sox debutTwenty years ago, the biggest name in basketball made his debut in baseball. Michael Jordan went 0-1 in a spring training game with the White...
Thursday March 6, 2014
Phil Ford: M.J. And Thompson Are The Two Best To Ever Play In The ACCUNC legendary point guard, Phil Ford, joined the Mac Attack to talk about rivalries, the greatest in ACC history, Dean Smith and the Four Corners...
Thursday March 6, 2014
Tar Heels In The NBA UpdateOver Vince Carter's last five games, the veteran is lighting it up from three-point range shooting at a 51.4 percent clip while averaging 18.8 points...
Wednesday March 5, 2014
Lucas: The Case For...End-of-season ACC award voting concludes this weekend and will be announced next week. With that in mind, here's a look at the cases for three...
Wednesday March 5, 2014
March 5, 1977: UNC Defeats Virginia to Win ACC ChampionshipThe Tar Heels showed up with Walter Davis in uniform but the Olympian from Pineville was forced to the bench with an injury to the...
Wednesday March 5, 2014
Art’s Angle: Sky-High AnxietyMichael Norwood was a walk-on senior playing his last home game in 1987, and boy was there some pressure on him! Starting with scholarship regulars...
Wednesday March 5, 2014
Precious Memories: Dementia has taken its toll on Dean SmithDean Smith doesn't watch the games anymore. The motion on the screen is too hard to follow. Now he thumbs through golf magazines and picture...
Wednesday March 5, 2014
Turnaround ArtistsEarlier in the season, it was easy to question the heart and focus of a team that could blow a late home lead to Belmont,...
Wednesday March 5, 2014
Tar Heels seeing a lot more zone defenseBest believe after Notre Dame held Marcus Paige to a season-low seven points Monday night, North Carolina’s upcoming opponents in the ACC and NCAA tournaments...
Wednesday March 5, 2014
Today In UNC-Duke History: March 5, 2011Beyond junior Tyler Zeller and seniors Justin Knox and Justin Watts, the main contributors were freshmen Kendall Marshall and Harrison Barnes and sophomores John Henson...
Wednesday March 5, 2014
Full ACC Tournament seeding scenariosHere's the full rundown of remaining potential ACC Tournament seeding scenarios, with some teams clearly more settled than others: The Tar Heels have clinched a...
Wednesday March 5, 2014
In Yet Another Act, Larry Brown Writes a Winning ScriptAt 73, Brown has not slowed a bit. He lives with his son, L. J., a freshman at S.M.U., in a high rise across from...
Wednesday March 5, 2014
Scott Cherry named Big South Coach of the YearScott Cherry and DeUnna Hendrix of High Point were named the men’s and women’s basketball coaches of the year in the Big South Conference, and...
Tuesday March 4, 2014
Ty Lawson scores 31 in return from broken ribThe Nuggets’ Ty Lawson ignited the hometown crowd with a dazzling crossover that got the best of the Timberwolves’ Corey Brewer on Monday night. Lawson...
Tuesday March 4, 2014
Video: This Week in Carolina BasketballThe Tar Heels have won 12 straight ACC games and have secured at least a Top-4 ACC Tournament seeding with the potential for 3rd with...
Tuesday March 4, 2014
Marcus Paige Tops All-ACC Academic TeamUNC's Marcus Paige, a second-team CoSIDA Academic All-American, headlines the 2014 All-ACC Academic Men's Basketball team. Paige earns the honor for the second year in...
Tuesday March 4, 2014
Today In UNC-Duke History: March 4, 2006Carolina's win at top-ranked Duke on the last day of the 2005-06 regular season would have been a memorable victory under any circumstances. But to...
Tuesday March 4, 2014
Eight teams you shouldn't trust...yetNorth Carolina: The Tar Heels made some great plays to finish Notre Dame in a 63-61 win on Monday and extend their winning streak to...
Tuesday March 4, 2014
Tar Heels look to regain intensityNorth Carolina has won its last three games by a total of seven points. The silver lining is it acknowledges that the Tar Heels have...
Tuesday March 4, 2014
Tar Heels don't mind winning uglyNorth Carolina’s 63-61 win over Notre Dame is not the way head coach Roy Williams prefers his victories. The Tar Heels scored just nine points...
Tuesday March 4, 2014
Video: Tar Heel Take - Notre DameJoin Rachel Nash for Chapelboro’s very last Tar Heel Take of the season as she goes behind the scenes of UNC’s narrow win over Notre...
Tuesday March 4, 2014
Sophomore StarsThe 2012 recruiting class came in quietly. All four players were four-star recruits and there was little excitement beyond the over-hyped legend that J.P. Tokoto...
Tuesday March 4, 2014
Steadying The ShipWhile losses magnify various mundane aspects of a team’s performance, victories operate in a parallel fashion, brushing certain legitimate issues into the background. After all,...
Tuesday March 4, 2014
Luck with Tar Heels, not the Fighting IrishNorth Carolina clung to a slim one-point lead with seven seconds left when sophomore guard Marcus Paige uncharacteristically missed a free-throw attempt. Sophomore Brice Johnson...
Tuesday March 4, 2014
Tar Heel seniors play final game at homeAt 7 p.m. Monday night, Leslie McDonald danced one last time. It’s something he hasn’t been able to do lately. After all, it’s difficult to...
Tuesday March 4, 2014