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McDonald out indefinitely with ACL tear

By Kelly Parsons | July 17

North Carolina guard Leslie McDonald will be out indefinitely after tearing his ACL, North Carolina officials announced Friday.

Angell will replace Durham as UNC play-by-play caller

By From staff and wire reports | June 29

Athletic director Dick Baddour and Learfield Sports General Manager Gary Sobba announced Monday that Jones Angell will replace Woody Durham as the play-by-play ...

Angell to replace Woody Durham for broadcasts

By Kelly Parsons | June 27

Athletic director Dick Baddour and Learfield Sports general manager Gary Sobba announced today that Jones Angell will replace Woody Durham as the play-by-play ...

Photo: Tar Heels return all ?ve starters for next season (Lauren McCay)

Year in Review: UNC men’s basketball return all five starters for next season

By Brandon Moree | April 26

Even by the program’s standards of excellence, the 2010-11 men’s basketball campaign that ended with an Elite Eight loss to Kentucky was a surprising ...

Harrison Barnes announces return to UNC basketball

By Jonathan Jones | April 18

No longer will Strickland or the rest of the North Carolina basketball team be bothered with questions on Barnes’ decision after the freshman announced ...

Harrison Barnes to return for sophomore season

By Jonathan Jones | April 18

Harrison Barnes will return for his sophomore season, the University announced this morning. Below is the statement from UNC: CHAPEL HILL – North ...

White, Hoggard High point guard, signs with Tar Heels

By From staff and wire reports | April 14

The North Carolina men’s basketball program announced Thursday that Wilmington’s Hoggard High School point guard Stilman White has signed a National ...

Zeller and Henson to return, no decision from Barnes

By Kelly Parsons | April 6

The 2010-11 North Carolina men’s basketball season ended two weeks ago. But without confirmation about the return of three starting Tar Heels, the UNC ...

Henson, Zeller to return for 2011-12 season

By Kelly Parsons | April 6

North Carolina forwards Tyler Zeller and John Henson announced Wednesday that they plan to return to UNC and play basketball for the 2011-12 season. “I ...

UNC’s Harrison Barnes taken off NBA mock draft

By Jonathan Jones | March 30

Less than a day after Shirley Barnes told The Daily Tar Heel that her son has goals that he wants to fulfill, NBAdraft.net removed Harrison Barnes from ...

Former UNC guard Larry Drew II transfers to UCLA

By From staff and wire reports | March 30

Larry Drew II has enrolled at the University of California at Los Angeles and will finish his collegiate basketball career as a Bruin. The former UNC ...

Barnes’ mother: He ‘wants to ful?ll’ goals

By Jonathan Jones | March 29

On Feb. 26, 2008, Harrison Barnes lost for the last time in his high school career. A heartbreaking, last-second shot gave Iowa’s Marshalltown the ...

Tar Heels finish year strong

By Louie Horvath | March 27

NEWARK, N.J. – Minutes after losing 76-69 to Kentucky with a spot in the Final Four on the line, the last thing North Carolina’s players wanted to ...

Roy Williams during UNC's Elite Eight loss to Kentucky (Jarrard Cole/DTH)

Tar Heels fall short of Final Four, lose to Kentucky 76-69

By Jonathan Jones | March 27

NEWARK, N.J. — As Brandon Knight tumbled out of bounds and into the right knee of North Carolina coach Roy Williams with 9.3 seconds left, the Kentucky ...

Kentucky tops UNC 76-69, ends Tar Heels' run in NCAA

By From staff reports | March 27

NEWARK, N.J. – The Kentucky Wildcats won the East regional and ended the North Carolina men’s basketball season at the Elite Eight in Newark, ...

Kentucky leads UNC 38-30 at halftime in Elite Eight

By Louie Horvath | March 27

NEWARK, N.J. – North Carolina trails 38-30 at halftime of its Elite Eight matchup against Kentucky in the Prudential Center. The Tar Heels struggled ...

Game day: Kentucky's Jones wiser for Henson rematch

By Jonathan Jones | March 26

John Henson is three blocks shy of setting a new North Carolina single-season record with 121 swats. He averages 3.2 a game, and so win or lose against ...

Eagle hunting: Heels dismantle Marquette in Sweet 16

By Louie Horvath | March 25

Just before North Carolina’s 81-63 Sweet 16 win against Marquette, the Tar Heel players had heard enough. Many of the pundits had been saying all ...

Tar Heels play confidence-building game

By Jonathan Jones | March 25

If the Marquette jerseys were already tough enough to look at, then the first half wasn’t much better. North Carolina was a matchup nightmare on paper ...

UNC advances to Elite Eight against Marquette, 81-63

By Jonathan Jones | March 25

North Carolina rolled into the Elite Eight with a big win against No. 11 seeded Marquette 81-63. The Golden Eagles scored only 15 first-half points ...