Carolina is literally running behind in important statistics. Over the years, from Dean Smith to Roy Williams, the Tar Heels have had success shooting a high percentage from the floor, dominating the backboards and getting fast break baskets. The Heels of the last two seasons have continued to be among the better, if not the […]

It was antsy for a while, but what a weekend for Carolina. The Tar Heel basketball team fell behind yet another opponent by double figures in the first half, but turned it around in the second to record its best win so far this season. And the UNC football team had to wait to watch the ACC championship game […]

Roy Williams can’t be happy with the late switcheroo to Kentucky. He won’t say it because that’s the kind of guy he is, but Ol’ Roy has to be a little toasted with the change announced Wednesday afternoon for the CBS Sports Classic Saturday in Cleveland. On face value, the Tar Heels are no longer […]

Mack Brown’s third recruiting class bodes beautifully for the future. Even if the Tar Heels go to the Orange Bowl and win it, the excitement is already building for the 2021 season, when Brown’s three-year redo of the program will rightfully say its goals include the ACC championship and spot in the College Football Playoff. Brown unveiled […]

No one writes Carolina football like my old friend Lee Pace. I have known Lee for 40 years and am proud to say I gave him his first job when he came back to Chapel Hill seven years after his graduation from UNC. Unlike most Tar Heel fans who grew up in the 1960s and […]

Jim Phillips is a home-run hire as ACC Commissioner. In tabbing the Northwestern athletics director to succeed John Swofford, the conference had to see him as checking every box in boldface. Swofford was the longest-tenured commissioner of the Power 5 conference (23 years), with a combination of the right timing to keep the ACC on pace with the […]

The ways Carolina could make or miss the Orange Bowl. Since the Tar Heels’ stunning blowout of Miami, the college football political game has swung into overtime about which four teams should make the College Football Playoff.  Hopefully, that won’t affect UNC’s chances of going to a major bowl game for the first time since 1950. […]

Yes, Carolina is playing for a New Year’s Bowl in Florida. That could be a trick question, since both the Orange Bowl and Gator Bowl are in Florida, January 2, on ESPN. But only one of them is a so-called New Year’s 6 Bowl, with more prestige and higher payout. It has provided extra incentive […]

Neither video tape nor stats lie when it comes to hoops. Roy Williams learned how to watch and break down games on film in the old days and has since used high-tech editing to do it more effectively in the modern era of video. It has only strengthened his belief, especially with young players, that […]

Sometimes being North Carolina hurts more than it helps. Sure, we’d all agree that most days are great days to be a Tar Heel. But sometimes, those baby blue uniforms and the legacy that stretches from Dean Smith to Roy Williams don’t help. It sure looked like Tuesday was one of those nights. Third-ranked Iowa […]