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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘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.

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UNC football falls to Oregon in Holiday Bowl, 28-27, after Ducks score in final minute

SAN DIEGO -- In a season full of close calls, North Carolina’s year concluded 19 seconds short of pulling out another one.

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What Should We Make of These Teams’ Disappointing Starts?

Indiana and Kentucky are among the teams that have fallen short of preseason expectations.

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College Hoops Reset: Revising Our Conference Predictions

Which of our men’s league champ picks have changed—and which have stayed the same?

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Six Takeaways From the Best Day of the College Hoops Season

Saturday delivered a packed slate of games between some of the sport’s elite men’s teams that could have a far-reaching impact come March.

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UNC rallies to force overtime, beat No. 23 Ohio State in New York

NEW YORK — After playing a four-overtime game, just one seemed like nothing to North Carolina on Saturday. The Tar Heels, who trailed Ohio State for 32 minutes in regulation, scored the first two baskets of overtime and never looked back in an 89-84 win in the CBS Classic in…

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UNC snaps out of losing skid, earns 75-59 ACC win over Georgia Tech

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — It was, perhaps, the best single possession of North Carolina’s basketball season and it perfectly summed up its 75-59 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday in its ACC home opener.

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Who and What Defined Men’s College Basketball’s First Month?

Our writers talk teams they’re high on, who might be overrated and more.

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UNC basketball losing streak reaches four after loss to Virginia Tech in ACC opener

BLACKSBURG, Va. — North Carolina coach Hubert Davis tried a little bit of everything and everyone at Virginia Tech in the teams’ ACC opener.

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UNC basketball slide continues, Tar Heels fall to Indiana 77-65 in ACC/Big Ten Challenge

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — When No. 18 North Carolina talked in the preseason of repeating last season’s run to the Final Four, it wasn’t supposed to include a repeat of last year’s losses in all of its marquee non-conference matchups.

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UNC football freshman quarterback Drake Maye named ACC rookie and player of the year

North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye made a clean sweep of the ACC’s Player of the Year awards on Wednesday. The redshirt freshman from Huntersville collected the league’s Rookie of the Year, Offensive Rookie of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year and the coveted Player of the Year honors.

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Heel, yes: Pete Nance — from Northwestern to North Carolina — takes a shot at the big time

The past four seasons are in the rearview. It’s here and it’s now for Nance, and there’s nothing more here-and-now in all of college basketball than the Tar Heels.

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UNC basketball falls to Alabama in 4OT stunner, suffering second loss in three days

PORTLAND, Ore. — Alabama coach Nate Oats said on Friday after both the Crimson Tide and North Carolina lost games in the Phil Knight Invitational that Sunday’s matchup would be as close to a must-win game as one could be in November.

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UNC Isn't (Yet) Living Up to the Preseason Hype

The Tar Heels earned their No. 1 ranking based on last March, but this year's group has yet to play up to that level.

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No. 1 UNC falls to Iowa State in Phil Knight Invitational semifinals

PORTLAND, Ore. — The experience that was supposed to help No. 1 North Carolina in tough games was no help at all in its 70-65 loss to Iowa State on Friday in the Phil Knight Invitational.

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NC State upsets North Carolina, 30-27 in double overtime

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — In one of the classic games in what has been a classic football series through the year, N.C. State won in overtime Friday at Kenan Stadium.

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UNC basketball escapes with 89-81 win over Portland at Phil Knight Invitational

PORTLAND, Ore. — No. 1 North Carolina played Portland on Thursday to open the Phil Knight Invitational like it won’t be keeping that top ranking much longer.

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NFL Scouting Notes: Caleb Williams, Blake Corum

Plus more notes on Week 12 of the college football season, including thoughts on Michigan RB Blake Corum and Georgia lineman Jalen Carter.

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UNC basketball beats JMU 80-64

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A laminated piece of paper now residing in North Carolina coach Hubert Davis’ office just may be the key to the Tar Heels’ season. In the short term, it was definitely what inspired their 80-64 win over James Madison on Sunday at the Dean E. Smith…

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