UNC Women's Basketball To Host Western Illinois In NCAA First Round - Pregame Notes
Hosting the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament in Carmichael Arena for the second straight season, No. 4 seed North Carolina begins its postseason run against No. 13 Western Illinois on Friday. The Tar Heels look to advance to the second round for the fourth consecutive year as they face off against the Leathernecks at 5:30 p.m. on ESPNEWS. (
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Complacency catches up to UNC men's basketball in NCAA Tournament loss to VCU
Two types of waiting have plagued North Carolina Men's Basketball this season: waiting too long to put the game away, and waiting too long to stage a comeback. This was the former. Like they have so many times this season, the Tar Heels got complacent. Ohio State. Wake Forest. Syracuse. Louisville. They scraped by in those games. Not in March. (
Daily Tar Heel)
UNC Baseball To Host Louisville For Weekend Series
The Diamond Heels continue through ACC play in the friendly confines of Boshamer Stadium as Louisville comes to Chapel Hill for a weekend tilt. It will be the third year in a row and the seventh all-time series between the programs, with UNC holding a 13-9 overall record. Last year the teams split a Friday double header before Louisville won Sunday. (
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Chansky’s Notebook: Collapse
Everyone realizes the 2025-26 Tar Heels’ biggest dreams ended weeks ago, when injuries to
Caleb Wilson derailed any realistic hopes of a long postseason run. One-and-done exits at both the ACC and NCAA Tournaments, though, represented an embarrassing ending to the season for one of the most prominent programs in college basketball. (
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Seth Trimble emotional after heartbreaking end to his college basketball career
Seth Trimble's disappointment was layered. "It just sucks. Very sad," Trimble said quietly, lamenting that he thought the team had the talent to make a run in the NCAA Tournament. "The other thing is just knowing I won’t be able to get to wear this jersey again, I will not be able to represent the university in a way that you dreamed of as a kid." (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Tyler Hansbrough on UNC Basketball's loss to VCU
"I'm not stunned,"
Tyler Hansbrough said. "We talked about it at halftime, you asked me 'you have to be pretty happy.' And I said, 'No I've seen this story before.' They had some lapses in games where they just go still offensively, defensively. Their competitiveness just drops a little bit. They never step on anybody's throat. It's been something all year." (
USA Today)
UNC Women's Basketball Hosting NCAA Tournament: Know Before You Go
Prior to UNC Women's Basketball hosting first- and second-round games of the 2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament this weekend, here's all the information you need before your visit to Carmichael Arena. Game Times: No. 5 Maryland vs. No. 12 Murray State, 3:00 p.m. No. 4 UNC vs. No. 13 Western Illinois, 5:30 p.m. Doors open at 2:00 p.m. (
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Hubert Davis defends decisions after UNC's latest early exit
In a series of
terse exchanges with reporters after VCU's 82-78 overtime win, UNC Basketball coach
Hubert Davis said he didn't think his team was tired, appeared baffled by a question about what went wrong down the stretch, and when asked why he had gone with a short six-man rotation in those waning minutes: "Because that was my decision." (
ESPN)
'Stunned' Silence Fills UNC Locker Room Following Season-Ending Collapse
You could hear a pin drop inside the UNC locker room. Some players sat with towels draped over their heads. Some stared at the ceiling. Others looked down at their feet, stunned by what had just unfolded. In many cases, a locker room after a season-ending loss is filled with tears. This one was mostly filled with shock. "Sadness,"
Henri Veesaar said. (
Inside Carolina)
Video: Big Hitters Podcast - Complete Meltdown, UNC's Season Over
UNC squanders a 19 point lead and falls to VCU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to end the Tar Heels' 2025-26 men's basketball season.
Spenser Dalton, David Ray Allen, and Ross Martin discuss how UNC lost, final thoughts on this team, and what it means for
Hubert Davis and Carolina Basketball.
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VCU's upset makes a loud statement about its tradition -- and what's become of North Carolina's
There was no hint this game would end with anything so dramatic as an overtime period, or that Carolina coach
Hubert Davis would have cause to be so abrupt in his
postgame press conference. Asked why he shrunk his rotation to just six players over the late stage of the game, Davis responded, "Because that was my decision." Oh. Well, it didn't work. (
MSN.com)
Video: IC Postgame Podcast - UNC Fades Away, Loses to VCU 82-78
Sherrell McMillan, Greg Barnes, and Tommy Ashley of Inside Carolina discuss how UNC's season can end after playing some of it's best basketball for 26 minutes and some of it's worst over the last 15, the mistakes that have permeated this team all season - and the program over the last several seasons, and more.
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Inside UNC Basketball's Historic Collapse: Switching, Fatigue, and Missed Chances vs. VCU
There's a reason games are 40 minutes, not 20 — or even 30. If you want to win in March, you can't let up. North Carolina learned that the hard way Thursday, ending up on the wrong side of the largest comeback in the first round of NCAA Tournament history. It started almost flawlessly. The Tar Heels built a 19-point lead with 15 minutes to go. (
TarHeel247)
Box Score: VCU 82, North Carolina 78 (OT)
View the complete box score from the No. 6 seed North Carolina Tar Heels' 82-78 overtime loss to the No. 11 seed VCU Rams on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Greenville, S.C. (
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Lucas: March
There are legitimate questions about how much Carolina can actually be Carolina moving forward. The Tar Heels were in the championship game four years ago and a top seed two years ago. The Heels right now are a team that has lost in the first round in the NCAA Tournament two years in a row and will need to restock the roster again before next season. (
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