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Coby White faces new task in breakout season: Lead Bulls to playoffs via the play-in tournament
The path to the playoffs for the Chicago Bulls will run through
Coby White. But it’s one thing to have a breakout regular season. Continuing that growth in the postseason is a different task. The challenge is simple: Live up to his new role as the team’s floor leader and No. 2 scoring option in a pair of single-elimination games with a playoff berth on the line. (
Chicago Tribune)
Cormac Ryan posts heartfelt farewell message on social media
It's safe to say that UNC basketball's
Cormac Ryan made the most of his season in Chapel Hill, as he played a major role in helping the UNC basketball program secure a ACC regular season title while following it up with a trip to the Sweet 16. Ryan didn't need to write a full paragraph to express his feelings: he was able to do it with just one simple line. (
Keeping It Heel)
Tar Heels In The 2024 NBA Playoffs
Tuesday marks the beginning of the NBA Playoffs, with the Play-In Tournaments to decide the final two seeds in each conference. Over the next two months, 20 teams will whittle themselves down to two, and then to this year’s NBA Champion sometime in June. Before things get going, let’s look at the Tar Heels taking part in this year’s postseason. (
Tar Heel Blog)
Video: Locked On Tar Heels - UNC Transfer Portal Targets Jonas Aidoo, Cade Tyson
UNC Basketball continues its search for
Armando Bacot’s replacement. Transfers
Aaron Bradshaw (Kentucky) and Maxime Raynaud (Stanford) are off the board, but other names include Oumar Ballo (Arizona), Cliff Omoruyi (Rutgers), Danny Wolf (Yale), and
Jonas Aidoo (Tennessee). UNC is also pursuing Belmont sharpshooter Cade Tyson.
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Tue Apr 16, 2024
Video: Coast To Coast Podcast - As The College Basketball Transfer Portal Turns
While there's quite a bit of behind-the-scenes activity around the offseason transfer portal, UNC Basketball coach
Hubert Davis and his staff still await public "stay-or-go" decisions from
R.J. Davis and
Harrison Ingram. Sherrell McMillan and Joey Powell from Inside Carolina look at what's happening publicly and otherwise around Tar Heel hoops.
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Tue Apr 16, 2024
Chansky’s Notebook: A Little Luck Will Help
Hubert Davis has established himself as the leader of the UNC basketball program with what the Tar Heels did in two of his three seasons at the helm. But there was a lot of good fortune through his learning curve. Now, Davis and his staff can prove they truly know what they are doing with the sport in flux due to the transfer portal and NIL money. (
Chapelboro.com)
Video: Locked On Tar Heels - No decision yet from Harrison Ingram? Kentucky transfer Adou Thiero
We’ve heard nothing from
Harrison Ingram, and the UNC fan base is getting antsy. No news on coming back to school or entering the draft or anything else. Why might that be? If Ingram does decide to leave, the Tar Heels need to have already put some "insurance plans" in place. One intriguing possibility is Kentucky transfer Adou Thiero.
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Mon Apr 15, 2024
Michael Jordan's Game-Worn Sneakers from 1996 NBA Finals Sell for $482,600 at Auction
Michael Jordan's game-worn shoes from Game 5 of the 1996 NBA Finals between the Bulls and SuperSonics were sold on Friday. According to Darren Rovell, the pair of shoes were auctioned off by Sotheby's and sold for $482,600. Jordan's game-worn shoes from the finals have always carried a hefty price tag and have become iconic pieces of sports memorabilia. (
Bleacher Report)
Tar Heels in NBA: Coby White scores 26, Leaky Black scores 11 in Hornets win
Coby White, one of four Tar Heels who will play in the NBA postseason, concluded his best professional season with 26 points on Sunday. Rookie
Leaky Black tied his season-high of 11 points in the Charlotte Hornets season-ending victory. White’s Bulls and
Harrison Barnes’ Sacramento Kings play home elimination games this week in the play-in tournament. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Michael Jordan Scores $16.5 Million Mansion in Exclusive Florida Community
Michael Jordan has just added a $16.5 million mansion in Jupiter, FL, to his real estate portfolio. The trophy home is within the Bear’s Club, an exclusive gated community with a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course. It marks Jordan’s second property in the 61-home enclave, with the other being a 28,000-square-foot mansion that he had constructed in 2013. (
Mansion Global)