Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

UNCOVERED: 3 | History Defined

UNC basketball just misses NCAA Tournament, declines invitation to postseason NIT

North Carolina officially became the first preseason No. 1 in the Associated Press’ Top 25 poll to not make the NCAA Tournament on Sunday when the full field was announced. A short time later, the Tar Heels made their own announcement, saying they chose not to extended their season by…

Tribune News Service

UNC basketball falls to Virginia in ACC quarterfinal; NCAA hopes rest with committee

GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina coach Hubert Davis came to Greensboro for the ACC tournament believing the Tar Heels did not have to win four games in four days in order to claim the league’s automatic NCAA tournament bid.

Tribune News Service

UNC downs Boston College in ACC tournament, will face Virginia in quarterfinals

GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina survived a scare that had nothing to do with Boston College on Wednesday in the ACC tournament’s second round.

Tribune News Service

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Bracket Watch: Who Needs a Conference Championship the Most

The race for No. 1 seeds heats up while bubble teams make one final push ahead of the Big Dance.

Sports Illustrated

The Tourney Bubble Teams and What They Need to Do to Join the Madness

Each game between now and Selection Sunday on March 12 means that much more for these programs.

Sports Illustrated

UNC surprises Virginia to earn key ACC win entering season’s final week

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina won its biggest game of the season at the best possible moment, with its NCAA Tournament hopes for an at-large bid teetering on the edge.

Tribune News Service

UNC mystified to go from No. 1 team to NCAA bubble watch

The moment Caleb Love announced his return to North Carolina last spring, which gave the Tar Heels four starters back from a team fresh off a NCAA national title game appearance, it led UNC fans to start making travel arrangements for the 2023 Final Four.

Tribune News Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Can UNC basketball get a lift from its bench? Not if they don’t play

North Carolina coach Hubert Davis made it a point of emphasis to develop a bench at the beginning of the season. With the regular season finale less than two weeks away, it appears to be an aspect of the Tar Heels’ season that has slipped away.

Tribune News Service

Forde Minutes: Pistol Pete’s Record, UNC’s Dance Bid in Serious Jeopardy

Antoine Davis is charging toward Pete Maravich’s career NCAA scoring record, while the Tar Heels are in danger of setting the wrong kind of history.

Sports Illustrated

NC State basketball takes down rival UNC behind Jarkel Joiner, dominant second half

RALEIGH, N.C. — N.C. State coach Kevin Keatts said it would be a “heart and soul” game Sunday against North Carolina, and that it was.

Tribune News Service

UNC basketball comes to life late, but Tar Heels fall to Miami 80-72 in ACC home game

North Carolina felt a sense of urgency from a weak NCAA Tournament resume going into its game against No. 15 Miami on Monday.

Tribune News Service

Kentucky, UNC Lead Hoops Teams Feeling February Stress

From the bubble to the battle for the top seeds, these schools are under pressure down the stretch.

Sports Illustrated

UNC finds its shooting stroke, earns an important ACC home win over Clemson

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina got the response it needed in its 91-71 win over Clemson on Saturday after the weight literally got lifted from their collective shoulders.

Tribune News Service

UNC's frustration continues with tough ACC road loss at Wake Forest

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — North Carolina played like a team uninterested and unfocused for too long before playing a furious and frenetic pace that prompted a comeback that came up short during its 92-85 loss to Wake Forest on Tuesday in Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Tribune News Service

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Sports Illustrated

The Dangers of Outsized Coaching Influence in College Hoops

Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim essentially said he decides his end date with the school, while others have hand-picked their successors.

Tribune News Service

UNC escapes Syracuse with 72-68 ACC win behind 21 points from Pete Nance

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — North Carolina stayed composed and deliberate for much of the 36 minutes it led Syracuse on Tuesday night. Yet in the closing minutes, the Tar Heels needed a little luck to come away with a 72-68 win.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Mid-season women’s college basketball check-in: Is LSU’s Angel Reese the Player of the Year?

Who wins the ACC? And what mid-majors are on the rise?

Tribune News Service

Armando Bacot sets UNC records as Tar Heels hold off NC State, 80-69

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — As one star ascended, another took a fall that could change a season.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Tribune News Service

UNC basketball developing dependable bench depth as Tar Heels hit meat of ACC schedule

North Carolina coach Hubert Davis finally has the bench he’s been trying to develop. It’s been a gradual progression this season that has become clearer over the past three games.

Tribune News Service

UNC Tar Heels basketball picks up a surprise top 10 recruit in the Class of 2024

Ian Jackson solidified what is the strongest recruiting class to date under North Carolina coach Hubert Davis when the Bronx, N.Y. native committed to the Tar Heels over Kentucky and Arkansas on Monday.

Tribune News Service

UNC basketball braces to play without its leader, Armando Bacot. Who fills his shoes?

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The last words North Carolina forward Armando Bacot said to coach Hubert Davis on Tuesday as he hobbled off the court after rolling his left ankle early in a 65-58 loss at Virginia, was that he’d make a quick return to the lineup.

Tribune News Service

UNC basketball loses Armando Bacot to injury, loses tough ACC game to Virginia, 65-58

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — North Carolina’s losing streak at Virginia reached eight games after the Tar Heels fought shorthanded in a 65-58 defeat Tuesday at John Paul Jones Arena.

Tribune News Service

UNC football coach Mack Brown welcomes the biggest transfer class of his second tenure

North Carolina coach Mack Brown spent Monday afternoon going over film of the team’s new transfers with assembled media.

Tribune News Service

UNC outmuscles Notre Dame, keeps momentum rolling at home in ACC victory

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina showed off a new wrinkle with starting forward Pete Nance sidelined with a sore back against Notre Dame on Saturday. The Tar Heels looked big while playing small in their 81-64 win over the Fighting Irish in the Dean E. Smith Center.

Tribune News Service

‘We’re making progress’: Despite finish to season, UNC football optimistic about 2023

As North Carolina head football coach Mack Brown walked out of Bank of America Stadium in early December, he was far more optimistic about the program than a 29-point loss to Clemson in the ACC championship game would suggest.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.