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After making a run to the NCAA Tournament championship a year prior, North Carolina basketball completely missed out on the Big Dance last season. Armando Bacot is looking to ensure North Carolina basketball doesn’t suffer the same fate in the 2023-24 season. Bacot will be anchoring a Tar Heels team that was ranked 19th in […]

The North Carolina basketball program is looking to rebound this season and get back to the NCAA Tournament without Caleb Love, and Armando Bacot had an honest conversation about what the departure means for both parties. “I definitely think it was for the best for him,” Armando Bacot said, via John Fanta of Fox Sports. […]

North Carolina basketball star Armando Bacot recently sat down with Jeff Goodman for an appearance on The Field of 68 and discussed why he believes the Tar Heels will bounce back this season, and he said better leadership from himself along with the leadership of Notre Dame transfer Cormac Ryan will help the team get […]

Kansas basketball and North Carolina have both agreed to have a home-and-home series in 2024 and 2025. The Jayhawks and the Tar Heels each announced the big news, via their respective official websites. The first part of the series will take place at the home of Kansas basketball, the Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence on Nov. […]

Bruce Brown has become one of the most beloved role players in the NBA. In fact, the Indiana Pacers saw just how much Brown contributed to the Denver Nuggets’ championship win this past season that they rewarded him with a two-year, $45 million deal in free agency. But Brown wasn’t always this valued of a […]

With Bob Huggins resigning from his role as West Virginia men’s basketball head coach, there has been a mass exodus of players leaving the program. North Carolina has been the latest team to benefit off of West Virginia’s misfortune, landing one of the more exciting players in the transfer portal. James Okonkwo has transferred to […]

North Carolina basketball will get one of its top recruits from the Class of 2024 a year earlier. Elliot Cadeau, a consensus five-star recruit, will enroll early at North Carolina and reclassify with the Class of 2023, according to Jonathan Givony. “I think I’m ready,” Cadeau said. “I think that I can play in college […]

Former North Carolina basketball guard Caleb Love has been linked to Arizona, Gonzaga and Texas after he de-committed from Michigan, according to 247Sports’ Eric Bossi. Love, who played the last three seasons with the Tar Heels and helped them reach the 2022 Final Four, is seen as the best transfer prospect remaining. Bossi said Caleb […]

North Carolina basketball transfer Caleb Love has decommitted from the Michigan basketball program, and did not have the necessary academic credits to transfer to Michigan, according to John Fanta of Fox Sports. Caleb Love initially transferred from the North Carolina basketball program, and it seemed that it was a mutual parting of ways between him […]

The North Carolina Women’s Basketball program and head coach Courtney Banghart agreed to a 5-year contract extension through 2028, according to a Thursday tweet from WUNC Digital Producer Mitchell Northam. “Inbox: UNC and Courtney Banghart have agreed to a five-year contract extension through 2028,” wrote Northam. The former Princeton coach led the Tar Heels to a 76-43 […]

North Carolina basketball went from a near-national champion to a punchline in less than a full year. The program is now working hard to guarantee that its recent follies are quickly corrected and erased from memory after a busy week of scouring the transfer portal. The Tar Heels are adding Stanford transfer Harrison Ingram, according […]

With Mike Brey leaving Notre Dame, many of his former players are looking for new homes. North Carolina has become a beneficiary, as one of Brey’s top scorers has decided to join the Tar Heels. Point guard Cormac Ryan has committed to North Carolina, via CJ Moore, Sam Vecenie and Brendan Marks of The Athletic. […]

Former Louisville forward Jae’Lyn Withers committed to the North Carolina Tar Heels on Tuesday, according to a Tuesday report from Inside Carolina staff writer Sherrell McMillan. A former four-star recruit out of Cleveland, Ohio, Withers committed to the Cardinals over offers from Texas A&M, UConn, Florida, Arizona, Oklahoma State and Virginia, among others, according to 247Sports. He […]

The Michigan Wolverines missed out on the NCAA Tournament and have been busy in the portal. Hunter Dickinson left Ann Arbor after a stellar career and threw his name in the portal, and the Wolverines added Seton Hall’s Tray Jackson. Now, Juwan Howard and company got a massive addition from former North Carolina star Caleb […]

The 2022-23 college basketball season may have come to an end, but the memories from it will last a lifetime. March Madness alone provided so many incredible games, including some shocking upsets no one saw coming. In the end, the UConn Huskies claimed their fifth national title in school history after dominating throughout the entire […]

The 2023 NCAA Tournament is officially in the books with the UConn Huskies taking home their fifth title. Now, programs are already eyeing the upcoming 2023-24 season. From recruiting to the transfer portal, many players could be on new teams soon. The latter is the case for Caleb Love. After three seasons at North Carolina, […]

The North Carolina basketball program had a disappointing season in 2022-2023, but Hubert Davis recently came out and said the team was still good this season, according to Ross Martin of Inside Carolina. “To win 20 games, it wasn’t where we wanted to be,” Hubert Davis said, via Martin. “But winning 20 games, you’re a […]

Brown basketball transfer guard Paxson Wojcik has committed to the North Carolina basketball program, he announced on Twitter. Paxson Wojcik garnered interest from Kansas, Nebraska, Ole Miss, Notre Dame, Stanford, Butler, and more, according to on3.com. Wojcik bolster’s North Carolina basketball’s guard lineup on the same day that guard Caleb Love entered the transfer portal. […]

North Carolina basketball star Caleb Love has decided to enter the transfer portal. UNC’s junior guard announced his decision on social Monday, effectively ending his three years at Chapel Hill. Caleb Love led the North Carolina basketball team in scoring for the 2022-2023 season. Last year, Love helped take North Carolina to the national championship […]

The family of former North Carolina basketball star Eric Montross revealed the Tar Heels legend is being treated for cancer. Montross currently serves as a radio analyst for North Carolina basketball games. “We are all touched by the responses our entire family has received since the news became public,” Eric Montross’ family said in a […]

North Carolina basketball is running it back running it back. Although this season was a mammoth disappointment (they became the first ever preseason #1 to miss the tournament entirely since it expanded to 64 teams in 1985), star point guard RJ Davis announced on Friday that he will return to UNC for a senior season, […]

North Carolina senior forward Armando Bacot is returning to the Tar Heels for another season, Stadium basketball analyst Jeff Goodman wrote in a pair of Wednesday tweets. “The primary reason I am coming back is because I don’t want to leave North Carolina this way,” Bacot said. “But I also know I need to improve […]

The North Carolina basketball program ended up on the wrong side of history on Sunday after the team missed out on the NCAA Tournament. UNC finished the season with a 20-13 record, but they struggled mightily against ranked teams. The Tar Heels lost twice to Duke and just won one in three game against Virginia. […]

The North Carolina basketball program has declined an invitation to the NIT after missing out on the NCAA Tournament, the program announced in a statement. “All season our focus and goal have been on being the best team we can possible become and reaching our full potential to give us another opportunity to compete, play […]

North Carolina men’s basketball was already seemingly on the outside looking in when it came to March Madness heading into the ACC Tournament. Well, the Tar Heels didn’t help their case, falling to Virginia in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday night- and the loss left star player Armando Bacot wondering what went wrong. But […]

Hubert Davis and the North Carolina Tar Heels’ NCAA tournament hopes were hit hard on Thursday night, after the team lost 68-59 to No. 13 Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament quarterfinals. Davis realizes that the chances of North Carolina being involved in March Madness is fading. “It’s not a great feeling,” the second-year […]

Chances are, Armando Bacot and the North Carolina Tar Heels are not going to dance this March. A 68-59 loss to the Virginia Cavaliers Thursday night has seemingly doomed North Carolina basketball and its hopes of making it to the NCAA tournament. The Tar Heels can still technically make it to the Big Dance if […]

The road has come to an end for the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2023 ACC tournament. North Carolina basketball is now out of the running for the conference’s tournament title following a huge setback in the quarterfinals round, as the Tar Heels fell prey to the Virginia Cavaliers Thursday night, 68-59. That is […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels take on the Virginia Cavaliers. Check out our ACC Tournament odds series for our North Carolina Virginia prediction and pick. Find out how to watch North Carolina Virginia. The North Carolina Tar Heels have arrived at their ultimate moment of truth. They will definitely not make the NCAA Tournament without […]

The Boston College Eagles take on the North Carolina Tar Heels. Check out our ACC Tournament odds series for our Boston College North Carolina prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Boston College North Carolina. The North Carolina Tar Heels are in trouble in their bid to make the NCAA Tournament. They must win […]

Unless they go all the way and win the 2023 ACC tournament, the North Carolina Tar Heels’ chances of being invited to the Big Dance will come down to what the committee thinks on Selection Sunday of North Carolina basketball’s body of work in the 2022-23 college basketball season. North Carolina basketball certainly has plenty […]

Every basketball fan has at least once had a surreal dream involving a hoops icon like Michael Jordan. Maybe you’re draining a game-winning shot over him or throwing lobs to him as teammates on one of the 90s Chicago Bulls teams, but we’ve all let our minds fantasize about such a scenario at one time […]

The Duke Blue Devils doubled down on their mastery of fierce ACC rivals North Carolina Tar Heels, as they scored a 62-57 win in Chapel Hill Saturday night. That’s a fine way to end the regular season for Duke basketball, as that victory can also be taken as a sign of good luck for the […]

With March Madness right around the corner, Michigan and UNC could see their bubble burst. In Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology forecast of the NCAA Tournament field, both Michigan and North Carolina are listed among the “first four out.” For North Carolina, missing the tournament would be especially ignominious—no preseason #1 has ever missed the Tournament […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels extended their win streak to three games after taking care of business Monday night in Tallahassee. North Carolina basketball defeated the Seminoles on the road, 77-66, to improve to 19-11 overall this season and most importantly, avoid a crushing blow to their chances to make the NCAA tournament. The Tar […]

ESPN will feature the Atlantic Coastal Conference in the first game of Monday’s primetime college basketball double-header. The North Carolina Tar Heels (18-11) will visit the Florida State Seminoles (9-20) in an exciting matchup. The Seminoles look forward to next season while the Tar Heels try to keep tournament hopes alive. Check out our college […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels gave their March Madness application a tremendous boost Saturday night. For the first time in the 2022-23 college basketball season, North Carolina basketball scored a Quadrant 1 victory when it defeated the Virginia Cavaliers in Chapel Hill, 71-63. North Carolina basketball looked as though it was circling down the drain […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels (16-11) visit the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-17) on Wednesday night! Action tips off at 9:00 p.m. ET. Below we continue our College Basketball odds series with a North Carolina-Notre Dame prediction, pick, and how to watch. North Carolina has lost five of their last six games and sits at […]

Just when it looked like the North Carolina Tar Heels have figured things out by stopping a three-game losing skid over the weekend in a 91-71 home win against the Clemson Tigers, Hubert Davis and North Carolina basketball are back in the loss column. That’s after they picked up a tough 80-72 home loss Monday […]