Aces: Tough road ahead

Posted Dec 17, 2008
Coach Marty Simmons has Evansville of the Missouri Valley Conference pointing toward No. 1. The 7-1 Purple Aces, savoring their best start in 27 years, take on the nation's top college team Thursday. Evansville invades 9-0 North Carolina for a 6 p.m. tipoff (ESPN) in Chapel Hill. Welcome to Tobacco Road, where North Carolina has made a habit of winning. Overall, the Tar Heels are No. 2 on the all-time win list. With 1,959 victories, they trail only Kentucky by 14 wins. (Alton Telegraph)

Related: Basketball, Basketball Recruiting

Record-Setting Barrage of Attempted Threes Proves Costly For Tar Heels
Pro-analytics or not, no calculation promotes taking a record-setting 38 3-point attempts and making 23.7 percent of them, which is what UNC did in its...
Sat Nov 14, 2026

Terrence Brown, Isaiah Denis defend UNC's record-setting number of 3-point attempts
North Carolina kept finding opportunities beyond the arc Friday. Finding the bottom of the net was another matter. The Tar Heels attempted a school-record 38...
Sat Nov 14, 2026

Video: Locked On Tar Heels - Rebounding, Shooting, Long Drought Doom UNC Basketball In Loss To UGa.
UNC Basketball suffers its first loss of the Michael Malone era, falling 78-70 to Georgia on Friday. The Tar Heels couldn't overcome another rough rebounding...
Sat Nov 14, 2026

Neo Avdalas’ aggressive second half comes with turnover, shooting issues
Neo Avdalas gave UNC more aggressive guard play Friday, but Michael Malone wants better decisions. The sophomore who many see as having a high ceiling...
Sat Nov 14, 2026