Welcome to a busy post-Super Bowl edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Let's see what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- Senior writer Dylan Howlett writes about how the UNC men's basketball team is searching for answers after back-to-back losses.
- Senior writer Aaron Dodson looks at how Virginia's double-team play in the post disrupted the UNC big men.
- Logan Ulrich writes about 6-foot-8 freshman JV basketball player Tyler Petty.
- Kayleigh Payne details how the UNC women's tennis team got revenge over Texas A&M.
- Sports Editor Grace Raynor describes how 44 allowed free throw attempts doomed the Tar Heels in men's basketball's 78-68 overtime loss to Louisville on Saturday.
- Senior Writer Aaron Dodson compares the similarities between this loss and UNC's comeback victory over the Cardinals when the two teams met in Chapel Hill on Jan. 10.
- Ben Salkeld profiled the triumphant return of three women's lacrosse players in UNC's 13-9 season-opening win over James Madison on Sunday.
- Ben Coley discusses how the women's basketball team overcame shooting woes in its 72-60 win over Boston College on Sunday.
- Jeremy Vernon discusses the impact of double-double machine Stephanie Mavunga in Sunday's win.
- Joey DeVito describes the unique scene at senior night for the swimming and diving teams before defeating Duke in the final home meet on Friday.
- Sarah Headley writes about the emotional victories over Duke in Friday's final home meet.
- Joey DeVito also breaks down the difficult circumstances of competing the next day against rival N.C. State which resulted in a close victory and a defeat for the women's and men's teams, respectively.
- David Adler talks about the wrestling team's disappointing loss to N.C. State over the weekend.
- Mohammed Hedadji breaks down Joey Ward's tone-setting performance to lead the Tar Heels to victory over Drexel over the weekend.
- Senior Writer Danielle Herman details the frozen performance by the gymnastics team in their second-place performance on Saturday.
- Shuyan Huang writes about the 3-year-old viral sensation with a dedicated pre-game ritual before every men's basketball game.
- Chris Haney analyzes the trend of record-setting performances for the track and field team after their strong performance in Winston-Salem over the weekend.
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