The one-time transfer rule was the worst-kept secret. Let me ask you a question. Do you think more than 2,000 college football players and 1,000 basketball players would have entered the transfer portal if they still had to sit out a year at their new schools? So why was the unanimous one-time transfer rule that […]

The Walker Kessler case may be more complicated than we think. When Carolina swooped in late and stole Kessler from Duke, it looked like a recruiting coup. Now, after Kessler entered the transfer portal and landed at Auburn, we are not sure what to make of it. Kessler came out of high school as an […]

Is Carolina being a trend-setter in coaching compensation? We know that these outrageous coaching salaries at Power 5 schools will not come down until more high-paid Hall of Famers retire, which may have begun at UNC with Roy Williams’ departure. Ol’ Roy took home more than $4 million annually, which was No. 6 in the […]

The transfer portal is already making college basketball more exciting. Granted most coaches don’t like the transfer portal – Roy Williams already called it the most significant piece of legislation in NCAA history – but it will turn out to be better for the players and a lot more for the fans to talk about. […]

I am proud to say my university hired an African American coach. When Roy Williams retired, I knew Hubert Davis would be a strong candidate to succeed him but wasn’t sure the former Carolina shooting star wanted the head job. Look at his recent past. Davis’ love for everything UNC began when he was four […]

Roy Williams’ retirement resonated with Mack Brown. After UNC’s Hall of Fame basketball coach said he was no longer “the right man for the job,” it seemed natural to ask his famous football counterpart if taking five years off means even more to him now. Brown said he felt like what Williams described during his […]

Hubert Davis hit it out of the park Tuesday. If winning the press conference is important — and in the long run it isn’t — UNC’s new basketball coach showed the side of himself that most people have never seen. He talked about his faith, which was lost after his mother died when he was […]

Hubert Davis’ Final Four hour was buried by other news. The new head coach of the Tar Heels had a sterling senior season in 1992, averaging 21.4 points and leading the ACC in 3-point shooting on his way to second-team all-conference and being the 20th pick in the NBA draft by the New York Knicks. […]

Turns out I’ve had an amazing life of 5-year intervals. Like most of you, Roy Williams’ retirement made me think of Carolina basketball in terms of where we were when such-and-such happened. My personal journey can be traced, literally, every five years. The first five, of course, I knew nothing about UNC hoops, or anything […]

Unless there is a hidden gem out there, it may be Miller time at UNC. For me, the most stunning takeaway from Roy Williams’ farewell conference was his admission that he wants to be heavily involved in naming his successor. Of course, Roy would be consulted but we were never sure he had the strong feelings […]