UNC’s athletic budget numbers should not be mistaken for reality. The university released some impressive profits from its football program and almost break-even athletic department, but it is important to note that was for the 2019-20 fiscal year, which for the most part was pre-COVID. By selling out every home game in his first season […]

Hopefully, Clemson won’t follow Miami’s lead. The Tar Heels scheduling a non-conference home game with Northeastern Wednesday closes the book on Miami making up the unplayed game of February 8 at Carolina. The Hurricanes currently have an open week, 5 days between games, and refused to make a return trip to Chapel Hill. UNC officials are not happy, […]

Carolina is getting swamped by a perfect storm – and a Hurricane. The Tar Heels lost two games on Saturday afternoon, and both were predictable. In his Zoom conference Friday Roy Williams lamented, “We’ve had 18 games so far and only six at home.” The next day, his team played its fourth straight road game […]

Suddenly, it’s back to a three-game season for the Tar Heels. Two and a half weeks ago, Carolina faced three straight road games that had the chance to make or break its 2021 basketball hopes. After starting the ACC season with road losses at N.C. State and Georgia Tech, the Heels won five of their […]

Roy Williams probably had reasons for the soft statements. Carolina fans reacted strongly to the video of a team party after the win over Duke. Only Armando Bacot and Day’Ron Sharpe were in the video, but a statement from players and managers said it was supposed to be a closed event that other students and […]

Kids will be kids, but what about everyone else? After Carolina’s dramatic win at Duke Saturday night, social media was filled with two video threads of celebrations. First the Tar Heels hugging on the Cameron Indoor Stadium court followed by the typical victory dance in the locker room led by Coach Roy Williams, who has […]

It seems like the countdown is on for Mike Krzyzewski. Before his team dropped to .500 in both ACC games and overall with the loss to Carolina, Krzyzewski acknowledged that he was coming to the end of his Hall of Fame coaching career. And he hinted, ever so slightly, what his next job might be. “In about a week (February 13), I’ll […]

Will Carolina-Duke be different this year? Yes and no. Yes, this is the first-ever Blue Blood rivalry game that will be played without fans. And, yes, it’s the first time neither team is ranked since 1960. And, yes, both teams are battling just to get into the NCAA tournament instead of a high seed and […]

Carolina football kept recruiting right through the second signing day. Of the 18 high school seniors Mack Brown signed back in December, more than half of them are already on campus preparing for spring practice. The class was rated in the top 15 in the country and in at least one top 10 ranking. But […]

Carolina took a giant step backward in the stinker at Clemson. The Tar Heels combined their worst first half of the season with a horrendous 10 minutes in the second half and wound up with a sixth loss (11-6) and lowest point total in four years. In his 300th ACC game, Roy Williams seemed powerless to […]