The mass exodus has begun for Duke basketball. It’s one thing when a college program loses its iconic, hall of fame coach to retirement, but players lining up to follow him out the door means Jon Scheyer won’t have it very easy taking over the Blue Devils. Coach K got a puppy from his team […]

What are Carolina’s keys for next season? Even though four starters may be back, in my opinion there are two important factors that will determine how good the Tar Heels can be in their second season under Hubert Davis. College basketball is a year-round job, and how coaches spend their summers doesn’t differ greatly. Besides […]

Tomari Fox got screwed, there is no two ways about it. We all know the NCAA works in strange ways. Most of the college sports world believes one of those strange ways was Carolina getting off with no penalty for its involvement in the highly publicized scandal, if you consider $30 million in legal fees […]

Why Armando Bacot might be the smartest man NOT in the green room. Bacot’s returning to Carolina for his senior season should be examined beyond the mere decision. He obviously considered all his options and coming back as a fourth-year player for the Tar Heels won out. In his sterling junior season, when he became […]

It was an NBA playoff battle between Duke one-and-dones. What theater. You couldn’t turn it off, the first game of the first round of the playoffs between the second-seeded Boston Celtics and 7th-seed Brooklyn Nets, both teams good enough to win the NBA title. Why were they meeting so early in the postseason? Because the […]

By the way, Erin Matson will be back next season, too. With all the hoopla and anticipation of eligible basketball players returning to try for a repeat trip to the Final Four, someone else in the Carolina pantheon of stars is coming back as a super senior. Three-time national field hockey player of the year […]

Hubert Davis’ love story is taking hold with the Tar Heels. From his very first press conference as Carolina’s new basketball coach, Hubert told the story that he has repeated many times since. That the only reason his journey has taken him to this next step at his alma mater was because Dean Smith gave […]

Editor’s Note: This column was published before Armando Bacot announced his intention to return to UNC for his senior season.   Maybe Carolina is learning to play the NIL game. If Armando Bacot will be joined by Leaky Black and Caleb Love in returning to the Tar Heels next season, there must be some […]

Sam Howell has risen in the draft thanks to his pro day at UNC. Mack Brown said the mock drafts by bloggers and websites are, basically, full of it. He said they either don’t know what they are talking about, or they are being misled by sources from certain NFL teams that don’t want to […]

Mack Brown has a decision to make… or does he? In a spring game hampered by unsatisfying formats, chilly temperatures and almost as many guys sitting out as playing, Carolina football was left with the same question that apparently won’t be answered until summer training camp, if ever. Who’s the quarterback? Jacolby Criswell and Drake […]