Luke DeCock: Apocalypse now: UNC crashes Duke’s Final Four party, and Tar Heels earned their invite PHILADELPHIA — It would have to be now. It would have to be this year. Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2022
Former UNC Coach Roy Williams Gives Emotional Quote After Tar Heels’ Final Four Run “It’s perhaps, for me, the greatest moment in my basketball career.” Sports Illustrated · Mar 28, 2022
Shaheen Holloway Deflects Questions About Seton Hall Job After Elite Eight Defeat Holloway has been attached to his alma mater since the start of Saint Peter’s miracle March Madness run. Sports Illustrated · Mar 28, 2022
Tearful Hubert Davis gets emotional after North Carolina earns spot in Final Four This is too much. USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 27, 2022
UNC beats Saint Peter’s to advance to Final Four in Hubert Davis’ first season PHILADELPHIA — North Carolina first-year coach Hubert Davis made good on getting his players a taste of what he experienced as a player. The Tar Heels are going to the Final Four. Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2022
UNC Ends Saint Peter’s Cinderella Run, Sets Up Historic Final Four Meeting vs. Duke The Peacocks’ Cinderella run came undone against the Tar Heels. Sports Illustrated · Mar 27, 2022
Has Duke Faced North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament? A Tar Heels win on Sunday could make history in college basketball's greatest rivalry. Sports Illustrated · Mar 27, 2022
With Final Four in Hand, Coach K and Duke Have a Truly Epic Ending Within Reach Three weeks ago, the Coach K Farewell Tour seemed to overwhelm the Blue Devils. Now, they may be the team to beat. Sports Illustrated · Mar 27, 2022
Luke DeCock: Duke dispenses with drama and embraces celebration as it crosses bridge to Final Four SAN FRANCISCO — There was, nearing the end but not at the end of this final season, finally a net for Mike Krzyzewski to cut down. He ascended the ladder a little more cautiously than he did six years ago, one rung at a time, but he swung the detached… Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2022
UNC basketball family could be key to beating Saint Peter's and advancing to Final 4 PHILADELPHIA — Monmouth played Saint Peter's three times this season, which in a way is like saying North Carolina should be prepared for the first No. 15 seed to ever reach the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight. Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2022
A clutch sneaker change and a dazzling performance from Caleb Love has UNC headed to the Elite 8 Caleb Love went into video game mode in the second half of North Carolina's 73-66 win over UCLA. USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 26, 2022
It’s Time to Embrace the Chaos of an Elite Eight No One Expected Should we call whatever happens next in the men’s tournament surprising, or should nothing surprise us at all? Sports Illustrated · Mar 26, 2022
Bill Plaschke: Saint Peter’s canonization into March Madness Cinderella lore didn’t come easy PHILADELPHIA — Saint Cinderella shows up for its Elite Eight news conference in wrinkled practice jerseys, mismatched protective masks, and the widest eyes. Los Angeles Times · Mar 26, 2022
Saint Peter’s to Play North Carolina in Elite Eight The Peacocks will face a red-hot Tar Heels squad in Sunday’s Elite Eight matchup Sports Illustrated · Mar 26, 2022
Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2022 UNC beats UCLA to advance to Elite 8 in coach Hubert Davis’ 1st season PHILADELPHIA — North Carolina continued the NCAA Tournament run no one saw coming a month ago with its 71-66 win over UCLA Friday to advance to the Elite Eight. The Tar Heels will face St. Peter’s on Sunday for a spot in the Final Four in New Orleans.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 26, 2022 Aliyah Boston Helps South Carolina Overcome Offensive Struggles to Reach Elite Eight The Gamecocks star put up 28 points and 22 rebounds as South Carolina rebounded from a second-round slog to cruise into the Elite Eight.
Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2022 South Carolina takes down UNC to advance to Elite Eight GREENSBORO, N.C. — Top-seeded South Carolina survived another close fourth quarter to advance to the Elite Eight.
Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2022 Sweet 16 power ratings: Where Arizona and UCLA fit within the collection of teams still standing UCLA was good. Arizona was good and lucky.
Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2022 Brady Manek recalls 'stressful' moments watching UNC against Baylor from locker room CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Brady Manek's ejection for a flagrant-2 foul was nearly a season-ending call in North Carolina's 93-86 overtime win over Baylor on Saturday. And all he could do was watch a delayed broadcast feed that brought anxiety for every cheer at Dickies Arena because he didn't know…
Sports Illustrated · Mar 22, 2022 March Madness Surprises, Dark Horses and More Entering the Men’s Sweet 16 Plus, which No. 1 seed could be next to go out?
Sports Illustrated · Mar 21, 2022 Ranking the 2022 Men’s Sweet 16: Who Looks Strongest? From Gonzaga to Saint Peter’s, we reshuffle the deck after two rounds.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 19, 2022 UNC Thrills, Teeters and Triumphs to Deliver First Knockout of a No. 1 Seed Baylor is out after a bizarre game that saw the defending champs nearly pull off a monumental comeback.
The Guardian - US · Mar 19, 2022 March Madness: Saint Peter’s upend Murray State to extend Cinderella run A tiny Jesuit school from Jersey City continued its rise from obscurity, becoming the third No 15 seed in NCAA tournament history to make the Sweet 16
Sports Illustrated · Mar 19, 2022 Baylor Becomes First 1-Seed Eliminated in 2022 With Upset Loss to No. 8 North Carolina After blowing a 25-point lead, North Carolina upset the Bears in overtime to knock the defending champs out of the NCAA tournament.
Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2022 Luke DeCock: NCAA tournament game will serve as a homecoming of sorts for UNC forward Brady Manek CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Getting sent to Texas for the opening weekend may not have meant much to most of North Carolina’s roster – the Tar Heels, as a No. 8 seed, were entirely at the mercy of bracketing fate – but it meant everything to Brady Manek.