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Dexter Strickland attempts to strip the ball from Maryland's Greivis Vasquez. Courtesy of Jaclyn Borowski/The Diamondback

UNC men's basketball adds Maryland to its L column

By Powell Latimer | February 8

Marcus Ginyard’s breakout game didn’t change the end result for North Carolina.Despite the senior’s 17 points (tying his career high) the Tar Heels ...

Guard Dexter Strickland started his fourth game of the season against the Hokies. DTH/Margaret Cheatham Williams

UNC again beaten on the perimeter

By Mike Ehrlich | February 5

BLACKSBURG, Va. — With the clock winding down and North Carolina desperately needing a stop, Virginia Tech put the ball in the hands of its best guard ...

Freshman John Henson (31) had a career-high of 14 points Thursday night. DTH/ Margaret Cheatham Williams

Tar Heels continue ACC losing streak against Virginia Tech

By Powell Latimer | February 5

BLACKSBURG, Va. — The white towels twirled by Hokie fans before Thursday night’s game filled the Cassell Coliseum with white flecks of cloth. It looked ...

UNC leads VT 35-33 at half

By Mike Ehrlich | February 4

With a strong close to the first half, North Carolina leads Virginia Tech, 35-33 at the half.Point guard Larry Drew II sparked the Tar Heels' comeback, ...

Heels hit the road vs. Hokies

By Mike Ehrlich | February 4

He can add new plays to the offense and defend the inbound pass with a zone.And he can make them run all day.But how does Roy Williams teach effort?As ...

Uva.’s Sylven Landesberg beat the Tar Heel defense on several occasions Sunday night. DTH/ Andrew Johnson

UVa. sophomore Landesberg schools Tar Heels

By Louie Horvath | February 1

Will Graves tried. John Henson tried. Leslie McDonald tried. And finally, Marcus Ginyard tried.None of them could shut down Virginia’s Sylven Landesberg.The ...

Ed Davis, usually one of UNC's leading scorers, contributed only 4 points in Sunday's loss to Virginia. DTH/Will Cooper

Tar Heels fall to Virginia

By Powell Latimer | January 31

North Carolina suffered its fourth ACC loss Sunday night at the hands of Virginia. The Tar Heels were felled by a 15-0 Virginia run at the start ...

Heels trail 35-30 to Virginia at halftime

January 31

UNC is trying its hardest to make sure Virginia guard Sylven Landesberg does not get going, but it doesn't seem to be doing much good. Landesberg is 8-11 ...

UNC men's basketball team prepares to take on Virginia Cavaliers

By Powell Latimer | January 29

Sunday night, North Carolina gets a chance to go on its first winning streak of 2010.The Tar Heels already pulled out their first road win of the season ...

Freshman Travis Wear stepped into Davis’ role last week against Wake Forest in his first career start. DTH/Phong Dinh

Ed Davis again questionable for Tar Heels

By Mike Ehrlich | January 27

When North Carolina enters the RBC Center tonight, it will be about as momentum-free as the team has been in a long time.Losers of each of their last ...

UNC tops Wolfpack, stops skid

By Joe McLean | January 27

RALEIGH — N.C. State wasn’t the toughest opponent North Carolina has faced this season. But re-creating coach Roy Williams’ winning formula of tough ...

Ed Davis shines in return to starting role

By David Reynolds | January 27

RALEIGH — North Carolina forward Ed Davis looked ginger all the way up to the tip-off of UNC’s 77-63 win against N.C. State.The sophomore lollygagged ...

UNC men's basketball rankings decline. DTH/ Ryan Kurtzman and Christine Hellinger

Men's basketball's fall from grace

By Jonathan Jones | January 26

Even after winning a national championship, an AP No. 6 preseason ranking wasn’t too shabby.North Carolina had a young team, but still boasted veteran ...

Struggling basketball team could use motivational movies

January 25

By now, most of you have heard North Carolina coach Roy Williams’ newest Roy-ism.After Wednesday’s 82-69 loss to Wake Forest, Williams compared this ...

UNC almost in ‘new territory’ after loss

By David Reynolds | January 22

Following No. 24 North Carolina’s 82-69 loss to Wake Forest on Wednesday — the team’s third straight defeat — coach Roy Williams made it clear ...

Video: UNC falls to Wake Forest

By Will Cooper | January 21

Against Wake Forest, UNC fell to its third-straight ACC opponent.

Ed Davis, one of UNC's leading scorers, sat out Wednesday's game with a hurt ankle. DTH/Zach Gutterman

Tar Heels frightful ACC play worsens

By Mike Ehrlich | January 21

Correction (3:15 p.m. Jan. 21): An earlier version of this story quoted Roy Williams as saying he planned to have the UNC team watch movies and hang out ...

Tar Heels feel Davis’ absence from the paint

By David Reynolds | January 21

Forward Travis Wear didn’t play poorly in his first start for No. 24 North Carolina.The freshman scored a career-high 13 points on 6-for-11 shooting, ...

Slideshow: UNC vs. Wake Forest

By Jarrard Cole and Zach Gutterman | January 20

Liveblog: UNC-Wake Forest

By David Reynolds | January 20

UNC-Wake Forest Live Blog