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North Carolina Embarks On First ACC Basketball Trip To West Coast

Wednesday's matchup with Stanford marks the 14th meeting between the Tar Heels and Cardinal. UNC is 13-1 in the series with its lone loss coming in last season’s 72-71 stunner in Chapel Hill, the first ACC meeting between the programs. The Tar Heels will remain out west ahead of Saturday’s contest with Cal, the fifth meeting between the programs. (Inside Carolina)

Video: Carolina Insider - Tyler Zeller Discusses UNC Basketball, West Coast Games, and More

Former ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year Tyler Zeller joins Jones Angell and Adam Lucas on the Carolina Insider podcast to talk about UNC Basketball's victory over Wake Forest, the challenges of the Tar Heels' trip to the West Coast to face Stanford and Cal, and more. (View Video)

What the Numbers Show About Caleb Wilson’s Involvement in Key Stretches

In UNC's losses to Michigan State and SMU, as well as the game against Wake Forest on Saturday, there's been one commonality: long stretches where UNC struggles to score. During most of those stretches, Caleb Wilson has had his shot attempts extremely limited. In UNC's loss to Michigan State, Wilson went more than 20 minutes without scoring. (TarHeel247)

UNC Basketball’s perimeter defense craters as ACC play begins

North Carolina has gone from one of the nation’s best perimeter defenses to one of the worst. Entering its first ACC game last week, UNC had held opponents to 36% shooting from the field, which ranked fourth nationally. Foes were hitting just 28% from 3-point range, good for 13th in the country. Three conference games later, that picture has flipped. (USA Today)

Hubert Davis Downplays Effects of UNC’s California Trip: 'The Basket’s Still the Same Height'

Since Stanford and Cal joined the ACC a season ago, this California doubleheader has proven difficult to navigate. Of the 11 ACC teams which have so far made the trip out west for two games, only Wake Forest last season won both. Five of the 11 lost both games. UNC and Duke both are traveling to California this week hoping to end that futility. (Chapelboro.com)

UNC basketball shares an incredible video for win No. 500 at the Dean Smith Center

Following win No. 500 at the Smith Center, the UNC basketball program released an incredible tribute video that takes you down memory lane. Narrated by Seth Trimble, it's provides a student-athlete viewpoint of the facility, from the quietness of the empty gym during practice to the rowdiness that 21,000 fans bring every time the Tar Heels take the floor. (Keeping It Heel)

Takeaways from UNC basketball documentary about 1993 championship team

A crowd of players and coaches are shown at Top of the Hill Restaurant and Brewery, chopping it up about that 1992-1993 season, but they couldn’t ignore the weight of the void left by the late Eric Montross, Dean Smith and Bill Guthridge. “They’re all still right here. They’re just so present in our lives as we try to do better,” Travis Stephenson said. (MSN.com)

Hubert Davis on Smith Center Outlook: 'This is Home'

The UNC administration is in the final stages of deciding on the future of the Smith Center, following a years-long study that included six options for consideration: renovating the Smith Center, replacement at the current site, Bowles parking lot, Odum Village, Friday Center, and Carolina North. "As a coach, this is home plate for me," Hubert Davis said. (Inside Carolina)

No. 14 UNC at Stanford: TV info, stats, scouting Cardinal, keys to game, and notes

Stanford rallied from a 12-point deficit with 2:18 left to win at Virginia Tech on Wednesday, 69-68, closing the game with a 14-1 run. Freshman guard Ebuka Okorie scored a game-high 31 points, his third game in the last five with at least 30 points, and tied a career-high with six assists in the win. UNC leads the ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.74). (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC Basketball vs. Stanford Preview and Prediction

Stanford has the tools to give UNC problems. The Cardinal upset Louisville and beat a good Virginia Tech team, and they have one of the best players in the country in guard Ebuka Okorie. Okorie averages 22.1 points per game, second in the ACC and eighth nationally. The Tar Heels have struggled to slow opposing star guards in their last two outings. (USA Today)

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