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UNC Men's Basketball Tips Off ACC Play Tuesday vs. Florida State - Pregame Notes

UNC Men's Basketball (12-1) returns to action after an eight-day break by opening ACC play against Florida State (7-6) at home Tuesday, Dec. 30 at 7 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN2 (Dave O'Brien and Cory Alexander). The Tar Heels have won six in a row and are 57-16 against the Seminoles. Carolina is 24-4 all-time vs. FSU in Chapel Hill. (GoHeels.com)

UNC Men's Basketball begins ACC play with Florida State on Tuesday

Florida State enters Tuesday's game 7-6 overall, but all of those wins have been against lesser competition. They are coming off two straight wins, albeit against Mississippi Valley State and Jacksonville. Right now, this game would be considered a quadrant three game for UNC, and there’s really not a lot there to think it’ll ever bump up any higher. (Tar Heel Blog)

Tar Heels in pros: Cam Johnson and Coby White hurt; Harrison Ingram, Cormac Ryan shine in G League

Former North Carolina wing , in his first season with Denver, is expected to miss at least a month after hyperextending his right knee last week. left Chicago’s 136–101 loss to Minnesota after suffering a right calf strain, an issue that forced him to miss the preseason and the first 11 games of the regular season. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Video: IC Podcast - UNC vs. FSU, Three-Point Shooting, and New Coaches

UNC Basketball's ACC season begins with a Florida State team very different from what the Seminoles have been in years past. Inside Carolina’s Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley preview the matchup and dig into what makes this FSU team so different, both on the court and on the sidelines. (View Video)

UNC Women’s Soccer Welcomes Three Transfers

UNC Women's Soccer announced the addition of three Tar Heels for the upcoming season. Lilliah Blum heads to Chapel Hill after playing the past three seasons at the University of Utah. Izzi Stratton heads to Chapel Hill for her senior season after competing at BYU. And Summer Denigan joins the Tar Heels after a standout career at Georgia. (GoHeels.com)

Video: Locked On Tar Heels - UNC Basketball Aims To Silence Florida State

UNC Basketball gears up for ACC play as an underperforming Florida State squad comes to Chapel Hill. Isaac Schade breaks down key matchups, including the pivotal showdown between and FSU/ACC assist leader Robert McCray, and examines why free throws and turnover battles could determine the outcome. (View Video)

Chansky’s Notebook: Here We Go!

The ACC fun begins tonight and is set up just right for UNC. The Tar Heels’ first six conference games are against unranked teams, some with good records and some not so good. With the ACC schedule trimmed to 18 games, the true test of who is good and not so good starts now. Florida State is one of three teams with 7-6 records entering ACC play. (Chapelboro.com)

North Carolina vs. Florida State Basketball Preview: Tar Heels Host Struggling Seminoles

Picked to finish 15th in the ACC preseason poll, Florida State struggled through its non-conference slate. The Seminoles are 0-6 in Quad 1-3 games combined. In its first Quad 1 opportunity of the season, FSU played No. 10 Florida close, but fell 78-76 in Gainesville. The Seminoles then dropped all their remaining chances for marquee victories. (Inside Carolina)

UNC Basketball’s ACC opener with FSU promises to be high-tempo, perimeter shootout

Shooting from outside the arc will have a lot to do with the arc of No. 12 North Carolina’s ACC opener. The Tar Heels hosts Florida State, which ranks second nationally in 3-point attempts per game (36.2) and 12th in 3-pointers (11.4). But volume hasn’t translated to efficiency. The Seminoles are 281st in 3-point shooting percentage at 31.42%. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Caleb Wilson Amped Up that ACC Play is Here

UNC Basketball hosts Florida State on Tuesday and have a Quad 1 game at SMU on Saturday. Sitting with a 12-1 record that includes wins over Kansas, Kentucky, Georgetown, and Ohio State, the Tar Heels have been challenged, but the bar will be significantly raised starting this week. And for freshman , he says to bring it on. (TarHeel247)

ESPN's Men's Basketball ACC Bracketology preview: NCAA tournament predictions

Final Four Contenders: The Blue Devils are an obvious choice behind Player of the Year contender , but UNC with a healthy and Louisville can also mount a serious challenge in March. Likely tournament teams: Virginia is the "feel good" story under new coach Ryan Odom. The Cavaliers sit atop the ACC's resurrected second tier. (ESPN.com)

How Hubert Davis is addressing UNC basketball's free-throw shooting woes

UNC Basketball is off to its best start in 17 years, defending at a high level while leaning on the dominant frontcourt duo of and . But the 12th-ranked Tar Heels (12-1) haven’t been good at the free-throw line, tracking toward their worst free-throw percentage (68.4%) since ’ final season as the coach in 2020-21. (Yahoo! Sports)

Carolina Insider Podcast: UNC Basketball vs. Florida State Preview, Larry Keith Joins

North Carolina Men's Basketball wrapped up non-conference play just before the holiday break (8:10) and begins ACC play against Florida State in the Smith Center (21:54) on Tuesday. Next, journalist/author Larry Keith joins and Adam Lucas (31:56). Plus, questionable CFB scheduling (1:31:38) and more. (Listen To Podcast)

Hubert Davis 'Juiced Up' as ACC Play Begins on Tuesday

After its best 13-game start since the 2008-09 season, No. 12 North Carolina hopes to ride its non-conference success into ACC play, beginning with Florida State on Tuesday. As for the game plan entering league games? "Nothing changes." said during Monday's press conference. "Every year, you’re always looking for ways to get better." (Inside Carolina)

UNC Women's Basketball thumps BC by 51, largest ACC win in program history

No. 16 UNC Women's Basketball had lost three of their last four games at Boston College, but they ended their troubles at Conte Forum on Monday night. UNC (12-3, 1-1 ACC standings), with streaks of 18 and 28 straight points, claimed a 90-39 victory in the largest league win in program history, with the best shooting in an ACC game in 18 seasons. (Tar Heel Tribune)
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Today In UNC History
December 30, 1972
The ACC Champion Tar Heels overcome a 21-9 deficit to beat Texas Tech 32-28 at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, capping an 11-1 season and finishing with a #12 national ranking.
December 30, 1995
Leon Johnson rushes for a UNC bowl record 195 yards as the Tar Heels beat Arkansas 20-10 at the Carquest Bowl in Miami, Florida.
December 30, 2010
UNC scrambles to kick a final-second game-tying field goal to end regulation in the Music City Bowl, propelling the Tar Heels to a 30-27 double overtime win over Tennessee.
December 30, 2016
Quarterback Mitch Trubisky sets UNC's single-season record for total offense with 4,056 yards and sets UNC's single-season touchdown passing record with 29. Ryan Switzer set the UNC record for career receiving yards with 2,907, but the Tar Heels fall to Stanford 25-23 at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.
December 30, 2019
Roy Williams ties Dean Smith for 4th all-time on the Division I men's basketball career wins list with 879 in UNC's 70-67 win over Yale in Chapel Hill.
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