UNC Rewrites Its Story As Steady Turnaround Turns Into Final Four Run Defensive improvements and an unwavering belief in coach Hubert Davis turned this season from a disaster into a special one. Sports Illustrated · Mar 28, 2022
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
Hubert Davis Cries After Beating Saint Peter’s to Reach Final Four in First Year as HC Davis is the first men’s basketball coach since UNC’s Bill Guthridge in 1998 to lead a team to the Final Four in his first year at the helm. Sports Illustrated · 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
Duke, UNC will meet for 3rd time this year, first time in NCAA tournament Final Four And for the Duke-North Carolina rivalry’s 258th renewal, the stage will be the largest it’s ever seen. Tribune News Service · 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
Watch: Paolo Banchero Avoids Saint Peter’s-UNC Prediction After Duke Earns Final Four Berth Duke punched its ticket to New Orleans with a win over Arkansas in the Elite Eight. Sports Illustrated · Mar 27, 2022
Paolo Banchero wisely declines to say if he’d rather play UNC or Saint Peter’s in the Final Four after Duke advances Banchero wasn't going to walk into this trap. Not again. USA Today Sports Media Group · 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
Caleb Love's shoe change was lift UNC needed to get past UCLA and advance to Elite 8 PHILADELPHIA — Sophomore guard Caleb Love took a seat at his locker with North Carolina trailing UCLA by three at halftime of their NCAA Tournament matchup. Love had a bad first half offensively, after making his first shot, he missed the next seven and had three points. Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 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
UNC Guard Caleb Love shared the sweetest moment with his mom after having the biggest game of his life This is just the sweetest moment ever USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 26, 2022
Men’s NCAA Tournament Elite Eight Schedule A storybook ending for Coach K, Cinderella Saint Peter’s and more highlight this year’s Elite Eight. Sports Illustrated · Mar 26, 2022
Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2022 Scott Fowler: Michael Jordan asked him how to get better at basketball. At 82, Bob Gibbons’ legacy remains. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Before all of the high school recruiting websites, before social media, before the biggest high school basketball stars had their college commitments live-streamed around the world, there was Bob Gibbons.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 26, 2022 NCAA Tournament Expert Picks, Predictions: Elite 8 The CFN expert picks and predictions for the Elite 8 NCAA Tournament games.
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.
The Conversation · Mar 24, 2022 March Madness stars can now cash in on endorsements – but some limits set by states and universities may still be unconstitutional March Madness is proving lucrative for some of its Cinderella stories and standout stars, thanks to a 2021 Supreme Court ruling that led the NCAA to end its longstanding ban on student athletes earning money from endorsement deals.
Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022 POINT: It’s time to stop racial discrimination in college admissions In a 2007 Supreme Court decision involving a school district in Seattle, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2022 Luke DeCock: On run to Sweet 16, UNC has gotten hot enough to warm coach Hubert Davis’ heart CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — This is more what Hubert Davis imagined 50 weeks ago, a North Carolina team living up to the program’s traditional standards — “You’re not really remembered at UNC for a Sweet 16,” Armando Bacot pointed out Tuesday — and doing it with togetherness and unity.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 23, 2022 Ranking the 2022 Women’s Sweet 16: Who Can Challenge the Four No. 1 Seeds? From top seeds to surprise Cinderellas, we assess how the remaining teams in the NCAA tournament stack up.
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 Top Five March Madness Games Bring in Over 45 Million Viewers The Duke-Michigan State game brought in the most viewers with 11.2 million on Sunday.