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Roy Williams Listed As Best Men’s College Basketball Coach of Past 25 Years

No coach has had more success since the turn of the century than . Since 2000, Williams has seven Final Four appearances, the most in the last 25 years. He also won three championships since 2000, tied for the most in the time period. He tops our quarter-century list for his Final Four record since 2000. The three titles don’t hurt either. (Sports Illustrated)

Video: Locked On Tar Heels - Leverage or leaving? Tommy Lloyd coaching rumors

Tommy Lloyd's press conference Tuesday left lots of room for interpretation. Bill Robinson shares a coach's perspective on whether Lloyd is using his potions for leverage, for leaving Arizona, or perhaps he's not made up his mind. Is there truly a rift with his AD? If so, how much does it matter? (View Video)

Seth Trimble's Career By The Numbers

played four seasons at North Carolina, even though he could have found basketball refuge elsewhere. Trimble played 126 games in a Carolina uniform, starting 45 times. The Tar Heels went 96-44 overall and 53-25 in ACC play during his career. UNC went to three NCAA Tournaments in his career, going 3-3. Trimble scored 971 career points. (TarHeel247)

UNC not in men's Final Four but still looms large amid coaching search

It's been over a week since UNC fired basketball coach . Since then, there have been few updates on the Tar Heels' coaching search. Despite a dynamic men's Final Four in Indianapolis this weekend -- UConn vs. Illinois, Arizona vs. Michigan -- UNC will be a primary topic of discussion with up to three potential targets among the four head coaches. (ESPN)

Tar Heels in pros: Cormac Ryan, Pete Nance combine for 48 points with Milwaukee Bucks

and both set career NBA highs for Milwaukee on Wednesday night in the Bucks’ 119-113 loss at Houston, as R.J. Davis’ South Bay Lakers advanced in the G League playoffs and produced his G League-best 29th double-double. Ryan played more than 38 minutes off the bench, and put up a career-high 25 points. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Will Tommy Lloyd stay at Arizona or bolt for bluer pastures?

Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd has played this game before. In fact, he did it last just year. After the Wildcats' exit from the Sweet 16, according to sources, Villanova came after Lloyd hard. He was probably closer to taking that job than most people realized. It is believed Lloyd left money on the table to stay at Arizona. It's hard to see that happening again. (Yahoo! Sports)

Video: TarHeel247 - Tommy Lloyd to UNC? Arizona Insider Shares Scoop on Tensions With Wildcats AD

Arizona insider and Wildcat Authority publisher Jason Scheer joins former UNC Basketball standout to discuss the latest scoop on the flirtations between Tommy Lloyd and the Tar Heels, reported tensions between Lloyd and Arizona AD Desireé Reed-Francois, extension talks, and more. (View Video)

No. 5 UNC Women’s Tennis Rolls Past No. 24 Duke, 4-1

No. 5 UNC Women's Tennis rolled past No. 24 Duke, 4-1, Wednesday in Durham. The Tar Heels picked up their seventh ACC win while handing Duke their first home loss of the season. No. 2 earned a win over No. 15 Irina Balus. No. 8 Oby Kajuru took a straight-set win over Aspen Schuman, before Alanis Hamilton clinched the match. (GoHeels.com)

Marcus Paige Named Charlotte 49ers Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach

Charlotte Men's Basketball coach announced Wednesday that has been named an assistant coach. He comes to Charlotte after serving as an assistant coach at UNC for three seasons. It marked his first coaching stop after playing professionally for seven seasons following a standout career with the Tar Heels from 2012-16. (Charlotte 49ers)

UNC guard Lanie Grant to enter transfer portal

After two seasons and 4 1/2 years after she committed to the Tar Heels, has decided to enter the transfer portal. Grant committed to UNC in 2021 at age 14 and sacrificed her senior season at James River High School in Midlothian, Va., to come to UNC. According to a source, she nearly entered the portal last offseason but changed her mind. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Video: Field Of 68 - Justin Jackson on Tommy Lloyd’s potential fit at UNC

Former North Carolina wing and 2017 ACC Player of the Year discusses the UNC Basketball coaching search and Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd's potential fit in Chapel Hill: "When I look at this Arizona team, it looks exactly like the North Carolina teams under ." (View Video)

Diamond Heels Win Marathon, Take 5-4 Victory Over Campbell After 14 Innings

The No. 6 Tar Heels (25-4-1) emerged from the rubble victorious thanks to a V RBI single in the bottom of the 14 after the two teams had failed to produce a run in the five previous extra innings. Newly extended head coach would have had to go deeper into his bullpen had it not been for the heroic effort of freshman . (GoHeels.com)

Final Four coaches have left for other jobs before; UNC patiently waits to get its man

As North Carolina patiently plays the waiting game in its search for a men’s basketball coach, the Tar Heels are hoping to pull off a rare feat of luring a coach coming off of a Final Four run. UNC’s firing of has created major buzz in the college basketball world. The search has taken more than a week and could very well take two weeks. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Michael Carter joins Cedric Gray and Mitch Trubisky with Tennessee Titans

The Tennessee Titans have signed former UNC running back . Carter, a fourth-round pick of the Jets in the 2021 NFL Draft, has played with the Jets and Cardinals in his NFL career. He's played in 61 career games, with 17 starts, and he's totaled 1,692 rushing yards with nine touchdowns. Carter rushed for 333 yards and a TD in 2025. (Tennessee Titans)

Who will be UNC's starting quarterback? Bill Belichick breaks down 5 options

Former UNC quarterback transferred to Wake Forest, Max Johnson made the move to Georgia Southern, and left for Virginia Tech. UNC brought in three transfer QBs and added a highly-touted freshman recruit to join Au'Tori Newkirk. Here’s a breakdown of the five quarterbacks competing for 's Tar Heels in Season 2. (MSN.com)
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Today In UNC History
April 2, 1975
Former Tar Heel great Bob McAdoo was awarded the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, averaging 34.5 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks per game for the Buffalo Braves, while shooting 51 percent from the field and 81 percent from the free throw line.
April 2, 2005
Senior captain Jawad Williams scores 20 points and the Tar Heels hold Michigan State to 29 percent shooting from the floor in the second half in an 87-71 UNC win in the national semifinals.
April 2, 2016
Brice Johnson sets UNC's single-season rebounding record at 408 with the Tar Heels' 83-66 Final Four win over Syracuse in the national semifinals. Roy Williams becomes only the fifth coach in NCAA history to take his team to the championship game five times.
April 2, 2022
First-year head coach Hubert Davis and the No. 8 seed Tar Heels beat No. 2 seed Duke 81-77 in the NCAA Tournament semifinals at the Final Four in the New Orleans Superdome. The victory propels UNC to the national championship game against Kansas and ends Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's coaching career.
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