Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Let’s see what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- The No. 24 North Carolina men’s basketball team upset No. 3 Louisville in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off title game, Sports Editor Brooke Pryor writes.
- Freshman big man Kennedy Meeks stepped up in UNC’s 94-83 win against the Cardinals, Brooke Pryor adds.
- The UNC women’s basketball team overpowered Coppin State Sunday, Pat James writes.
- Ben Coley writes that another solid defensive performance lifted the women’s basketball team from the start of the game against the Eagles.
- A young trio of Tar Heels sparked the North Carolina football team’s offense in its 80-20 blowout of Old Dominion Saturday, Kevin Phinney writes.
- Tar Heel volleyball coach Joe Sagula earned his 700th career win in UNC’s defeat of Maryland Sunday, Brandon Chase writes.
- Brandt Berry writes that both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams claimed first place at the 2013 Janis Hape Dowd Nike Cup this weekend.
- The UNC men’s soccer team fell to UC Irvine in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on a goal in the final seconds of the game, Carlos Collazo writes.
- Kevin Phinney writes that the UNC women’s soccer team advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament with two weekend wins against Indiana and Texas A&M.
- Goalkeeper Anna Sieloff shined in the two tournament victories, Kate Eastman writes.
- ESPN.com’s C.L. Brown provides his thought of the week on the UNC men’s basketball team: the Tar Heels have comfort in the backcourt.
- SI.com’s Ted Keith writes that guard Marcus Paige shined against Louisville.
- Last but not least, with UNC now eligible for a bowl after defeating Old Dominion, GoHeels.com’s Adam Lucas outlines all the possible bowl destinations the Tar Heels could head to. ESPN predicts UNC to head to Charlotte for the Belk Bowl, and so does Syracuse.com’s Patrick Stevens in this list of ACC football team bowl predictions.
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