UNC Basketball

Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball.

Video: Locked On Tar Heels - UNC Headed To Rupp Arena

UNC Basketball visits Kentucky in a high-stakes ACC-SEC Challenge showdown. Will the Tar Heels' 25-18 all-time series lead hold up at Rupp Arena? Host Isaac Schade breaks down Carolina's chances against the Wildcats and explores other notable ACC-SEC matchups. (View Video)

Author recounts life as a Carolina basketball fan

Scott Whisnant grew up in Jamestown, just outside of Greensboro, during the same time legendary coach Dean Smith began growing the basketball program at the University of North Carolina. So, it was easy to grow up a Tar Heel fan. It was his daughter who pushed him to write and publish “Tar Heel Bred: How Basketball Made A Man Out of Me.” (Jacksonville Daily News)

How do UNC Basketball’s incoming transfers compare to players who transferred out?

College basketball is becoming increasingly similar to pro basketball, so why not examine transfer portal transactions in the same light? UNC lost five players to the portal and brought in five. How did the Tar Heels fare? While the five players who transferred out have an average rating of 93.4, the five players transferring to UNC average of 92.2. (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC Men's Basketball Schedules Exhibition Game at BYU Next Season

North Carolina will tune up for its next men's basketball season by playing at BYU in a high-profile October exhibition game, sources have confirmed to Inside Carolina. The Tar Heels are expected to meet No. 1 recruit AJ Dybantsa and the Cougars on Oct. 24, sources said, at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, the home arena for the NBA's Utah Jazz. (Inside Carolina)

Chansky’s Notebook: Run it Back

The ACC-SEC Challenge is bringing back what basketball fans have been craving. The matchups for the 2025 challenge were revealed Thursday, and UNC will visit Rupp Arena to face Mark Pope’s Kentucky Wildcats. While the matchup isn’t new, the venue is: it will be the first time the schools have played each other in an on-campus facility in over a decade. (Chapelboro.com)

Most NBA mock drafts project Drake Powell to be a first-round pick

The NBA draft is less than two weeks away, and most mock drafts are projecting UNC’s Drake Powell to be a first-round pick, with predictions as high as No. 17. Of the 12 mock drafts that either included both rounds or had Powell going in the first round when that was the only round projected, the average had him going No. 27 or No. 28 in the first round. (Tar Heel Tribune)

The Great UNC Basketball Rivalry Game That Produced The 'Double Standard' Comment

It may have been college basketball’s game of the year for the 1983-84 season. A No. 1 team, featuring the game’s greatest player and five top-13 NBA picks, was desperately fending off a rising rival program and its notorious fans. The game ended with a livid coach drawing a technical foul, then famously bringing that anger afterward into the media room. (Inside Carolina)

The 6 Best UNC Basketball Teams Not To Win A National Championship: Part 4

UNC Basketball has won the NCAA Tournament six times, but it was close to winning several more. In fact, some of the best teams in program history didn’t reach the title game or the Final Four. So, in a fun exercise, we present a six-part series noting the six best UNC basketball teams to NOT win a national championship. Today, the 1997-98 Tar Heels. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

Video: Armando Bacot NBA G League Rookie Season Highlights

Highlights of former North Carolina forward Armando Bacot during his rookie professional season with the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League. Bacot averaged 18.2 points per game and 9.5 rebounds per game. He also had five 30+ point games. (View Video)

UNC Basketball To Play At Kentucky Dec. 2 In 2025 ACC-SEC Challenge

UNC Basketball will play at Kentucky on Dec. 2, 2025, in the ACC-SEC Challenge. The Tar Heels are 1-1 in the Challenge following a win over Tennessee and loss to Alabama the previous two seasons. The 2025 ACC-SEC Challenge will mark the first time UNC and Kentucky have played since the Wildcats' 87-83 win in Atlanta in the 2023 CBS Sports Classic. (GoHeels.com)

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