Duke is one step closer to – nope, I’m not going to say it. The Tar Heels have to take care of business tonight against UCLA for a number of reasons. Most important is they will be one step away from the Final Four in what was once a very unlikely run in the NCAA […]

Hubert Davis has tried a little of everything to help his team get better. From his first day as head coach, Davis was confident Carolina could be a very good team. When the Tar Heels lost three early games, some decidedly, Hubert continued to encourage his players because he is nothing if not positive. Even […]

There is something special that sets Courtney Banghart apart. I have watched the UNC women’s coach from afar since she took the job in 2019. On the sideline during games, she had a cool, calming demeanor that seemed genuine. The more I watched her, the more I was convinced that is exactly who she is. […]

There’s lots of Carolina blue gloating going on over Walker Kessler. Another outcome that made the weekend all the sweeter to be a Tar Heel was Auburn going down to unranked Miami and Kessler playing his worst game for Bruce Pearl. Of course, it’s a much larger story beginning almost one year ago when Kessler’s […]

Did you wake up with the sweats Saturday night? When Brady Manek made his last 3-pointer from the corner, barely looking at the basket before he let it go, I truly thought I was Arthur in Wonderland. Up 25 over Baylor in Texas! Then reality hit us in the worst visible way. To make a […]

Carolina exorcised some long-term and short-term memories. For old-timers who remember the 1977 NCAA championship game, Marquette is still a dirty word. And the Tar Heels’ home loss to that school last season stuck in the collective craw of all UNC fans now reveling in the 95-63 NCAA Texas takedown. And while we’re talking about […]

It’s crunch time for Carolina media people, too. Most schools would like to have the problem of two basketball teams going to the NCAA tournaments in different parts of the country, playing one day or two after another, or maybe even on the same day. UNC is happy to have that again. This week, the […]

Dawson Garcia with and without Marquette and Carolina. This is certainly not the first time a player has been on two teams that faced each other in the NCAA tournament. But it may be the most unusual situation of that nature ever. As a freshman, 4-star recruit Garcia averaged 13.3 points and 6.6 rebounds for […]

I used to be a big Tom Brady fan, but now I just don’t know. While it may have been my New England heritage, I fell hard down the TB12 rabbit hole over the 20 years he was leading the Patriots to nine Super Bowls and six championships. Sure, he was the Yankees, old Celtics, […]

Carolina has split 14 NCAA tournament games in Texas. Between a devastating loss to Texas A&M in Denton in 1980 and a heartbreaker to Villanova in Houston 36 years later, the Tar Heels have gone 7-5 in post-season games in Texas. The 1980 game was a strange 17-point defeat in two overtimes to the Aggies […]