Pro players are stepping up to help the coronavirus crisis. It seems that more athletes and celebrities are willing to take the lead on helping their country through the pandemic that the President and his minion — or followers — have wasted precious time denying. Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player who tested positive for the coronavirus, was sorry […]

It’s high time to name Jay Bilas Commissioner of College Basketball. The best television commentator on college basketball has long ago lost his tag as another Dukie. Bilas had become not only the voice of the sport but, as the smartest guy in most rooms, the voice of reason, as well. Not sure the NCAA […]

Unfortunately, few people will remember how Carolina’s season ended. When historians write about the 2020 ACC tournament, they will record March 11 as the day and night that all sports in America took a seat to COVID-19 or the coronavirus. The Tar Heels’ 28-point loss to Syracuse marked the last game of the college basketball season that, in all […]

One down, four to go for the Cinderella Tar Heels. Carolina fans are used to watching their team play for three straight days of the ACC tournament, especially in Greensboro where UNC has won the most games (40) and is tied with Duke for the most championships (8). This time, the 14th-seeded team that made […]

Why was Vernon Carey Jr. not on the ballot for ACC Player of the Year? The all-ACC voting rendered that curious result this week because Duke chose not to nominate freshman Carey for Player of the Year so sophomore teammate Tre Jones could win it. Apparently, schools can nominate whichever players they want for POY and Rookie […]

A team with 12 losses just earned an ACC tournament bye. Thanks to Georgia Tech’s decision to drop its appeal over NCAA violations, the Yellow Jackets will sit out of next week’s ACC tournament in Greensboro. With the field whittled down to 14, the top-heavy ACC will have a battle between teams with at least […]

Carolina beat the Syracuse zone – again! The Tar Heels are the first team to defeat Syracuse nine straight times, snapping Cornell’s eight-game winning streak in the 1920s, making UNC’s new record even more amazing. Syracuse has been deploying a zone under coach Jim Boeheim for decades. Unless the Orange get behind late in the […]

There is only one way that Carolina can avoid finishing last. By sundown Saturday, the Tar Heels will know whether they have any reasonable chance of escaping 15th place in the ACC standings, and dodging another exclamation point to an already ignominious season. Wake Forest must lose to Notre Dame in Winston-Salem, where the Deacons defeated […]

Carolina seems like it has a plan for Sam Howell. When the top 2020 Heisman Trophy candidates came out recently, UNC rising sophomore star Sam Howell was somehow 30-to-1 — despite his record-breaking freshman season. In his pre-spring practice press conference this week, Mack Brown barely mentioned Howell in discussing his next UNC team. When […]

The best 11-17 team in the country sent State packing again. Maybe Roy Williams ought to load up his schedule next season with schools that have “State” in their names – Arkansas State, Boise State, Cal State, well, you get the point. UNC bookended wins over the Wolfpack to break a near-historic losing streak, and […]