Tales from the Inside Carolina beat highlight this episode of On The Beat as North Carolina and Duke prepare for the biggest rivalry in college sports on Saturday night in the Smith Center. Adam Smith and Evan Rogers join host Tommy Ashley to highlight the week’s quotes and stories and look ahead to the Tar Heels and Blue Devils in what should be an interesting matchup with veterans and freshmen alike, playing huge roles in Volume One of this Tobacco Road tussle.

 
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
  
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Beat: The Big One, Vol. One

The Inside Carolina Podcast network features a wide range of current UNC sports topics, from game previews and instant postgame analysis, to recruiting breakdowns. IC’s stable of writers, insiders and analysts -- plus special guests -- comprise each program.

Sports

Football

Basketball

As college landscape continues to rapidly change, the University of North Carolina finds itself with important decisions and plans to make to deal with the financial burdens of competing at the highest level. On this edition of Inside Carolina's Next Level, Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley discuss the Board of Trustees, their role in handling UNC’s business and if and when all of the parties involved in the process ultimately find common ground and present a unified front. 
 
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
  
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Next Level: UNC Seeking Alignment on Path Forward

North Carolina received a key commitment from the transfer portal this week, and its second from Nashville. Ven-Allen Lubin, a forward from Vanderbilt, has signalled his intent to play in Chapel Hill next season. Sherrell McMillan, Sean Moran and Joey Powell convened to discuss this breaking story. 
 
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
  
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coast to Coast: Lubin Commits to UNC

On today’s Inside Carolina Noon Dish, Don Callahan joins Tommy Ashley to break down the latest in North Carolina football recruiting as high school prospects take center stage as camp and official visit season has arrived. UNC general manager Pat Suddes joins the show to discuss the coming days and weeks for the Tar Heels, the portal approach for the Heels and interesting tales from the recruiting trail from his time in college football.
 
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
  
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Noon Dish: Big Days Ahead, UNC's Pat Suddes Joins the Show

After a weekend full of AAU action, the UNC Basketball staff returned to Chapel Hill ready to extend scholarship offers to more members of the 2025 class. Sherrell McMillan and Sean Moran join Joey Powell to analyze a flurry of offers and the recipients, as well as resetting where things stand with regard to finding help in the post from the transfer portal. 
 
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
  
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coast to Coast: EYBL Recap, 2025 Offers

North Carolina heads into the ACC Tournament as the number one seed and fresh off a series win at Duke to close the regular season. Head coach Scott Forbes joins hosts Tommy Ashley and Grace Nugent to discuss getting to this point in a long grinding season and how his team is best prepared for the challenges of postseason baseball. Ashley and Nugent also discuss post season awards as eight Diamond Heels earned All-ACC honors, Vance Honeycutt repeated as the ACC’s Defensive Player of the Year and Forbes himself earned ACC Coach of the Year for his managing of the Heels despite injuries to two critical starting pitchers.
 
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
  
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Beat: The Big One, Vol. One

Download our free app to listen on your phone