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Former UNC Basketball Star Ademola Okulaja Dies at 46

The forward played for the Tar Heels from 1995 to ’99, helping the team to two Final Four appearances.

Sports Illustrated

In football-first world of college athletics, where does that leave ACC basketball?

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — Almost five months after he became the fifth commissioner in ACC history, Jim Phillips stood in front of a crowded hotel banquet room in Charlotte and emphasized the single priority most critical to the league’s future. It was Phillips’ first major public appearance in his new…

Tribune News Service

UNC basketball embracing comparisons to 2017 title team ahead of ‘redemption year’

Comparisons to North Carolina’s 2017 men’s basketball national championship team began the moment guard Caleb Love announced he’d return Sunday, giving the Tar Heels four starters back in the fold.

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Five-star Ridge View High standout GG Jackson commits to North Carolina Tar Heels

G.G. Jackson's college decision is in, and it's North Carolina for the five-star Ridge View High standout.

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G.G. Jackson’s Commitment to North Carolina Enhances Hubert Davis’ Standing in Recruiting World

Jackson, a probable one-and-done prospect, picked the Tar Heels over Duke, South Carolina, Overtime Elite and others.

Sports Illustrated

Great news for UNC basketball: Caleb Love is coming back

North Carolina’s unexpected run to the men’s basketball national championship game this season won’t be such a surprise if it happens next year. After Sunday’s announcement that sophomore guard Caleb Love will return for his junior season, the Tar Heels will be considered one of the frontrunners.

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Watch: Caleb Love Becomes Fourth UNC Starter to Announce Return

After finishing as the runner-ups in the 2022 NCAA tournament, the Tar Heels have re-loaded for next season.

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UNC’s R.J. Davis Announces Return for Junior Season

Davis marks the third UNC starter to return after the Tar Heels’ Final Four run.

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RJ Davis is returning to UNC basketball for another season

A key cog in the North Carolina Tar Heels’ run to the NCAA title game this spring, guard R.J. Davis likely had a chance to test the NBA draft waters this summer.

Tribune News Service

Leaky Black Announces Return for Fifth Year in Amazing Video

“You get to do it for a fifth year… Don’t ask how it is possible, you wouldn’t believe me if I told you.”

Sports Illustrated

Armando Bacot Releases Dramatic Video, MJ-Statement: ‘I’m Back’

The star big is the first starter with remaining eligibility for the Tar Heels to announce his plans for next season.

Sports Illustrated

How dynamic between Bill Self, Remy Martin improbably flourished to key Kansas' title run

NEW ORLEANS — Outside the Kansas locker room early Tuesday morning at the Superdome, KU coach Bill Self sought the right words to frame the Remy Martin Experience — a microcosm of which enabled the Jayhawks' national title run.

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Luke DeCock: In basketball season of almosts, Duke, UNC and NC State women near unprecedented success

When we look back at this basketball season, unexpectedly long as it was, it’s the almosts we’ll remember.

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ACC basketball finds success in NCAA tournament, renews faith in conference clout

It was halfway through March when the ACC went from a punching bag to delivering punch lines.

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‘There Were No Loose Floorboards’ Where UNC’s Armando Bacot Was Injured

Videos previously circulated where it appeared that a piece of the floorboard flexed slightly under Bacot’s foot moments before he re-injured his right ankle.

Tribune News Service

On a leg and a hop, Armando Bacot personified UNC’s improbable NCAA tournament run

NEW ORLEANS — The most enduring moment of North Carolina’s 72-69 national championship game defeat against Kansas, the moment that epitomized the kind of perseverance and never-quit spirit that led the Tar Heels to the season’s final Monday night, came with less than a minute remaining and UNC still hoping,…

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John Clay: Three things we learned from this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament

Not to be the bearer of bad news, but college basketball is over for 2021-22. The good news: It went out with a bang, thanks to a highly entertaining NCAA men's tournament and a drama-filled Final Four capped by Kansas' historic second-half comeback to top North Carolina's Tar Heels for…

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Caleb Love Posts Heartbreaking Tweet Morning After National Title Game Loss

The North Carolina guard was overcome with emotion following the game against Kansas.

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SI:AM | Kansas Cuts Down the Nets After a Historic Comeback

Plus, the unfortunate reason behind Armando Bacot’s late injury.

Sports Illustrated

Ranking the Most Memorable Moments From the 2022 Men’s NCAA Tournament

10 Shining MomentsAnd just like that, the Big Dance is over. After being down by as much as 16 in the first half, Kansas pulled off the biggest comeback in a national championship game ever, beating North Carolina 72–69 to take home the Jayhawks’ fourth title. It was a fitting…

Sports Illustrated

North Carolina’s Resolve Pushed to Ultimate Limit in Bruising Championship Loss

The battered Tar Heels gave everything they could, until their bodies gave out.

The Independent UK

Hobbled Bacot comes up short in Tar Heels' NCAA title push

North Carolina big man Armando Bacot never looked like himself in the national championship game against Kansas because he was battling an ankle injury

Tribune News Service

Luke DeCock: UNC one shot short of NCAA championship, but Tar Heels set stage for Hubert Davis era

NEW ORLEANS — It was, roughly, the same spot where Caleb Love had made so much magic happen. He had a look at the rim. The ball did not come close. North Carolina’s dream season came to an end. The Tar Heels finally woke up.

The Independent UK

Jayhawks' Bill Self masterminds epic championship comeback

Bill Self went from the Hall of Fame coach who too often failed on the big stage to the brilliant mastermind of the biggest second-half comeback in NCAA title game history

Tribune News Service

UNC falls to Kansas in down-to-the-wire national championship game, 72-69

NEW ORLEANS — North Carolina.

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