Three Tar Heels Make National Pitcher of the Year Cut
UNC Baseball has one of the nation’s best pitching staffs, and three Tar Heels have been named semifinalists for the National Pitcher of the Year Award.
Jason DeCaro,
Caden Glauber, and Walker McDuffie were all selected. If any of them win, it would mark the second straight year a Tar Heel pitcher captured the honor after
Jake Knapp won it last season. (
USA Today)
Video: Locked On Tar Heels - Where Does UNC Turn Following Henri Veesaar's Departure
UNC center
Henri Veesaar has declared for the NBA Draft and intends to stay in. The Tar Heels must pivot immediately and find a new center. The good news is that North Carolina knows they can move on. Where will
Michael Malone and staff turn?
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UNC Football Odds & Ends: Culture, Bobby Petrino's Offense, Defensive Line & More
UNC Football concludes spring practice Friday with a closed scrimmage. An often-asked question around the program this spring has been about its culture. That was an issue in year one of the
Bill Belichick era, but multiple sources have regularly reported that it's much better now, plenty has been learned, and the Tar Heels are one unit moving forward. (
TarHeel247)
Video: IC Reaction Podcast - UNC's Henri Veesaar Declaring for NBA Draft
Michael Malone will need a new player to man the center position next year as
Henri Veesaar has declared for the NBA Draft. Inside Carolina's Sherrell McMillan and Joey Powell discuss the implications for next year's UNC Basketball roster with this latest development.
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Henri Veesaar Entering NBA Draft
North Carolina big man
Henri Veesaar will forgo his senior season and enter the NBA Draft. In his lone season in Chapel Hill, the Tallinn, Estonia native averaged 17.0 points and 8.7 rebounds — both second on the team — earning Second-Team All-ACC honors and becoming the fourth transfer in program history to earn all-conference recognition at UNC. (
Inside Carolina)
Jason DeCaro, Aggressive Tar Heels Take Game One From Blue Devils
With all 2,000 seats at Jack Coombs Field positioned behind home plate, the strong showing of Carolina Blue had prime seats for the
Jason DeCaro show. The Tar Heels’ ace went 7.2 innings Thursday in Durham, one out shy of matching the season and career high he set in February against ECU, allowing three hits and two walks while striking out seven. (
Inside Carolina)
Video: Locked On Tar Heels - Decision Time For Henri Veesaar
The NBA Draft Early Entry deadline is Friday at 11:59 PM ET and still we haven't heard any news about
Henri Veesaar's NBA draft decision. Will he return to UNC? Will he test the NBA Draft waters? The NCAA's new proposed 5-in-5 rule seems imminent. How will that affect
Seth Trimble and other graduating seniors?
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Why UNC’s Michael Malone hire is no Bill Belichick rerun
Given the way UNC’s football coaching search played out, many compared basketball coach
Michael Malone’s hiring to
Bill Belichick’s. On the surface, the comparison makes sense. Both were successful pro coaches, and both hirings came together quickly. But that is where the similarities end. UNC’s hiring of Malone is nothing like its hiring of Belichick. (
USA Today)
Carolina Insider Podcast: Stories from the "Seth Trimble shot" win over Duke
It's a "Feel Good Friday" with fan stories from the "
Seth Trimble shot" basketball victory over Duke (and we empty the postcard cache) on Friday's edition of the Carolina Insider podcast, hosted by
Jones Angell and Adam Lucas.
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No. 1 UNC Women's Lacrosse Faces Syracuse In ACC Tourney Semis Friday
No. 1 UNC Women's Lacrosse will play No. 6 Syracuse in the ACC Tournament semifinals at American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte on Friday at 5 p.m. (ACC Network). The Tar Heels defeated Duke, 15-11, in the quarterfinals on Thursday to advance. This will be the 23rd match-up between the Tar Heels and Orange with UNC holding a 14-8 edge. (
GoHeels.com)
Jason DeCaro wins pitchers' duel to lead UNC Baseball past Duke
In a night full of outstanding pitching, UNC's
Jason DeCaro was the best. DeCaro was masterful in winning a duel vs. Duke's Aidan Weaver as the No. 2 Tar Heels got just enough offense to earn a 3-1 victory Thursday in Durham (
Highlights). DeCaro (7–2) racked up seven strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings and allowed only five balls to be hit into the outfield. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
No. 2 UNC baseball outlasts Duke, 3-1, in game one on the road
No. 2 UNC baseball (35-7-1, 16-6 ACC) outlasted Duke (22-22, 8-14 ACC), 3-1, on Thursday night at Jack Coombs Field. Junior right-handed pitcher
Jason DeCaro carried North Carolina to the game one victory in a sluggish offensive performance. DeCaro made his 11th start on the mound for UNC, and the junior right-hander was in a groove early. (
Daily Tar Heel)
Caleb Wilson, Henri Veesaar have risen in some NBA mock drafts
NBA Draft projections show why there was never a question about whether
Caleb Wilson would enter the draft and why
Henri Veesaar has a tough choice to make. Wilson knows that his name will be called the first day of the NBA draft at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on June 23. But if Veesaar enters the draft, he may not get picked until the second round. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Erin Matson Earns UNC Distinguished Young Alumna Honor
Transitioning from star player to head coach of the No. 1 UNC Field Hockey team put a target on
Erin Matson's back. Matson did what she always does in difficult times. She dove into the challenges. She wanted to win and she knew how. Her players had faith in her and she in them. Her first year as head coach, she led her team to the national championship. (
UNC.edu)
Don't mess with Walt Weiss: Atlanta's new manager, former UNC baseball player is a 'different breed'
Walt Weiss, 62, the former All-Star shortstop and American League Rookie of the Year, who played 14 years in the major leagues, won three pennants and the 1989 World Series with the Oakland A’s, and managed four years with the Colorado Rockies, still can’t believe one incident overshadowed everything he accomplished in his baseball career. (
USA Today)