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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 […]

College basketball returns to the ESPN on Monday night with a matchup in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The No. 19 Miami Hurricanes (20-5) will take on the North Carolina Tar Heels (16-9). Both teams are looking for another signature conference win. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Miami-North Carolina prediction and pick. […]

The featured game on ESPN’s college basketball action will come between two hungry teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The North Carolina Tar Heels (15-8) will face off against an evenly matched opponent in the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (15-9). ESPN coverage will be live from Winston-Salem, North Carolina for this in-state tilt. Check out […]

Jon Scheyer and the Duke Blue Devils won a back-and-forth affair against the North Carolina Tar Heels on Saturday night, in the first game between the two since the retirement of legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski. The contest was defined by defense, with the Tar Heels not scoring for nearly four minutes to close out the […]

The Duke Blue Devils have had a decent season so far under first-year head coach Jon Scheyer. The Blue Devils are currently 17-6 overall and sport an 8-4 record in ACC conference play. They are also currently on a three-game win streak with wins against Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and most recently on Saturday against […]

A meeting between Duke and North Carolina often has implications on national rankings, and certainly has a big impact on Atlantic Coast Conference standings in nearly all seasons. While neither the Blue Devils and Tar Heels are ranked in the Top 25 this season and they aren’t at the top of the ACC standings, Saturday’s […]

The rivalry between Duke and UNC is being mentioned in the same breath as the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox ahead of Saturday’s much-anticipated college basketball game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.  Saturday’s game is the first Duke vs. UNC matchup since the ACC teams met in last year’s Final Four. ESPN’s Seth Greenberg […]

The Pittsburgh Panthers (15-7) visit the North Carolina Tar Heels (15-6) on Wednesday night. Action tips off at 7:00 p.m. ET. Below we continue our College Basketball odds series with a Pitt-North Carolina prediction, pick, and how to watch. Pitt has won four of their last five games and sits at 8-3 and in third […]

The Syracuse Orange entered Tuesday night’s matchup against North Carolina with a chance at a strong, resume-building victory. In what turned out to be an exciting back and forth game, it game down to the final seconds. After Syracuse guard Judah Mintz was called for for back to back fouls, Jim Boeheim had some choice […]

Two ACC blue blood programs face off in New York as the North Carolina Tar Heels (14-6) take on the Syracuse Orange (13-7). You won’t want to miss this primetime matchup on ESPN. Check out our college basketball odds series for our North Carolina-Syracuse prediction and pick. The North Carolina Tar Heels come into this season […]

It goes without saying that North Carolina basketball has one of the richest lineages in the sport’s history. Armando Bacot has to be included in that prestigious group now that he has become the program’s all-time leader in double-doubles and rebounds, according to the ACC Network. Bacot leaped ahead of Billy Cunningham after recording his 61st […]

Los Angeles Clippers guard John Wall was an absolute stud back in Lexington during his college days with the Kentucky Wildcats. Wall, however, made a recent admission that he could have ended up playing college basketball in Chapel Hill, particularly with the North Carolina Tar Heels, if it weren’t for the poor reception he got […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels are having a tough 2022-23 college basketball season so far, but they got some good news recently with No. 2 2024 prospect Ian Jackson announcing his decision to commit to North Carolina basketball. Jackson gave his personal reason why he decided to take his talents to Chapel Hill over the […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels took another punch in the stomach Tuesday night, as they lost to the Virginia Cavaliers in Charlottesville to the tune of a 65-58 score. The Hoos stopped the momentum of North Carolina basketball, which was coming off two wins in a row — both at Chapel Hill. North Carolina basketball […]

The Michigan Wolverines take on the North Carolina Tar Heels. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Michigan North Carolina prediction and pick. The North Carolina Tar Heels scored a big victory over Ohio State this past weekend in New York, but now we get to find out just how big that win […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in New York. Check out our college basketball odds series for our North Carolina Ohio State prediction and pick. The North Carolina Tar Heels are waiting. They don’t want to wait, but they are waiting for their March 2022 level of performance to return. […]

The Citadel Bulldogs take on the North Carolina Tar Heels. Check out our college basketball odds series for our The Citadel North Carolina prediction and pick. The North Carolina Tar Heels are not finding answers to their problems. They have lost four of their last five games. They are 6-4 on the season through 10 […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels take on the Virginia Tech Hokies. Check out our college basketball odds series for our North Carolina Virginia Tech prediction and pick. The North Carolina Tar Heels are not improving. They’re not. Maybe they soon will, but if you were looking for a clear sign that they had begun to […]

The Indiana Hoosiers have just sent yet another strong message across the college basketball world with a resounding 77-65 victory over preseason No. 12 North Carolina Tar Heels at Assembly Hall Wednesday night. With the win at home, Indiana basketball is now 7-0 to start the season. That victory is also just another reminder that […]