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UNC sophomore Isaiah Hicks drives past a Fayetteville State defender Friday.

UNC men's basketball crushes Fayetteville State in exhibition game

By Brendan Marks | October 27

The postgame locker room was full of familiar faces on the North Carolina men’s basketball team. Four of the team’s five starters — everyone ...

In wake of the recent Wainstein report Roy Williams remained tight-lipped on the matter until after Friday’s pre-season match against Fayetteville State. Williams has coached the team since 2003.

In his first comments about the Wainstein report, Roy Williams was shell-shocked

By Grace Raynor | October 27

Roy Williams tried to answer the questions, but he couldn’t. A sigh, a long pause, the clicking of camera shutters filled the silence.

UNC forward Kennedy Meeks (3) prepares to shoot a free throw. Meeks had two free throws for the game.

Depth evident for UNC men's basketball in blowout of Fayetteville State

By Carlos Collazo | October 25

Kennedy Meeks began the scoring for the North Carolina men’s basketball team Friday night against Fayetteville State. A good look at the top of the ...

Freshman forward Kennedy Meeks (3) tries to rebound over a Notre Dame player. Carolina defeated Notre Dame 63-61 on Monday in the Dean Dome.

Roy gives glimpse of his newest band of boys

By Grace Raynor | October 9

Four practices, one message.

The men's and women's basketball teams took to the Dean Smith Center on Firday for Late Night with Roy, the annual kick-off to basketball season. Both teams played a scrimmage in between skits and dances.

Sylvia Hatchell and Kennedy Meeks stole the show at Late Night with Roy

By Daniel Wilco | October 6

Two moments in Friday Late Night With Roy had fans in the Smith Center emotional, but for two starkly different reasons.

Marcus Paige still the go-to man for the UNC men's basketball team

By Aaron Dodson | October 6

Isaiah Hicks had a painful moment of deja vu at the end of the North Carolina men’s basketball team’s Late Night With Roy intrasquad scrimmage.

J.R. Reid, a former UNC-Chapel Hill basketball player, talks about his post-athletic career at a meeting of the Carolina Sports Business Club in the Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Tar Heel legend returns to talk sports business

By Mohammed Hedadji | October 2

For UNC basketball alumnus J.R. Reid, the question of whether student-athletes should be paid isn't a question at all.

Smith Center renovations postponed

By Sara Salinas | August 26

After months of discussions surrounding renovations to the Smith Center, UNC fans’ dream for a new-or-improved arena have been put on hold.

Jerry Stackhouse (left), former UNC and retired professional basketball player visited the School of Journalism and Mass Communications on Wednesday afternoon.

Q&A with basketball alum Jerry Stackhouse

By Brendan Marks | August 20

On Wednesday, former UNC basketball player Jerry Stackhouse sat down for an interview with journalism professor Charlie Tuggle, Sports Focus and The Daily ...

UNC lost to Pittsburgh 80-75 in the ACC Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum.

UNC men’s basketball players adapt to team’s needs

By Pat James | July 14

Everyone deals with sweat during the sweltering months of summer.

P.J. Hairston was a former guard for the UNC men's basketball team.

P.J. Hairston involved in gym altercation

By Grace Raynor | July 7

Just 10 days after he was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets with the 26th pick of the 2014 NBA Draft, former North Carolina guard P.J. Hairston was involved ...

Stilman White returns to practice for the UNC men’s basketball team after two years spent in Ogden, Utah fulfilling his Mormon mission.

Stilman White embraces return

By Danielle Herman | June 30

Out of his comfort zone. It is a place just about all athletes will find themselves at some point, and it can render them stronger and more mature. ...

Danny Green raises the 2009 NCAA championship trophy with his team. Green has since gone on to win the NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs.

Q&A with former UNC basketball player Danny Green

By Joey DeVito | June 23

Danny Green, former North Carolina basketball player and member of the 2009 NCAA championship team, and the San Antonio Spurs were crowned NBA champions ...

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Former UNC forward James Michael McAdoo participated in his tenth pre-draft NBA workout last Thursday with the Washington Wizards.

James Michael Mcadoo seeks new path in NBA

By Aaron Dodson | June 23

WASHINGTON — Relief.That is the one emotion James Michael McAdoo says he’s been waiting to feel, maybe for the past three years at North Carolina ...

James Michael McAdoo declared that he will enter the 2014 NBA Draft.

Q&A with former UNC forward James Michael McAdoo

By Aaron Dodson | June 19

WASHINGTON — Exactly a week before the 2014 NBA Draft, former North Carolina forward James Michael McAdoo participated in a pre-draft workout with ...

Last Friday, Rashad McCants — former UNC basketball player and a member of the 2005 national championship team — gave an interview with ESPN's "Outside the Lines" and discussed his academic experience at UNC.

Rashad McCants’ claims bring basketball program under academic scrutiny

By Paige Ladisic and Pat James | June 9

It seemed like the men’s basketball program was untouchable.

McAdoo’s UNC career comes to end

By Aaron Dodson | April 3

Joel James might have been the last to find out.

BREAKING: UNC's James Michael McAdoo declares for NBA draft

By Michael Lananna | April 3

North Carolina junior forward James Michael McAdoo has declared for the 2014 NBA Draft and will forego his senior season, according to an official school ...

Brice Johnson watched most of the game from the bench after an injury sent him out of the game in the first half. The UNC men's basketball team lost to Iowa State 85-83 in the third round of the NCAA tournament.

Brice Johnson’s injury hurts UNC in loss

By Brooke Pryor | March 24

SAN ANTONIO — Before the time of North Carolina’s date with No. 3 seed Iowa State was set, news of Cyclones forward Georges Niang’s fractured foot ...

Iowa State's DeAndre Kane hit the game winning shot over Jackson Simmons and JP Tokoto. The UNC men's basketball team lost to Iowa State 85-83 in the third round of the NCAA tournament.

BREAKING: UNC eliminated from NCAA Tournament in 85-83 loss

By Michael Lananna | March 23

SAN ANTONIO — Though North Carolina freshman Nate Britt tried to call a last-second timeout, officials ruled the call came too late, ending No. 6 seed ...