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West Region preview: a look at the other top teams UNC could face

By Chris Hilburn-Trenkle | March 12

With the brackets unveiled on Selection Sunday, the NCAA tournament field is now set. The North Carolina men's basketball team heads to the West region ...

Top-ranked Virginia downs North Carolina in ACC Tournament Championship, 71-63

By Kirk Meyer | March 11

BROOKLYN — The North Carolina basketball team knew what lay ahead of it at the beginning of the week. An ACC Championship title was at stake. Against ...

Disaster avoided: UNC men's basketball escapes Duke in ACC semis, 74-69

By Kirk Meyer | March 10

In Theo Pinson and Joel Berry II’s very first game against Duke, the North Carolina men’s basketball team imploded.

Forward Theo Pinson (1) dunks in the final seconds of UNC's 82-78 win over Duke on Thursday night in the Smith Center.

Theo Pinson's career high 25 points propels UNC to ACC Semifinal rematch with Duke

By Kirk Meyer | March 9

As he often does, Roy Williams opened his postgame press conference frankly. The North Carolina men’s basketball team head coach had one way to describe ...

UNC men's basketball advances to ACC semis with 82-65 win over Miami

By Kirk Meyer | March 8

BROOKLYN — Thanks to another solid defensive performance and a second-half explosion from Theo Pinson, the sixth-seeded North Carolina men’s basketball ...

'New York is the mecca of basketball': UNC enjoying its ACC Tournament location

By Kirk Meyer | March 8

Playing in Brooklyn for the 2018 ACC Tournament offers the North Carolina men’s basketball team a different kind of spotlight – one that both players ...

Tough defense propels UNC past Syracuse, 78-59, in second round of ACC Tournament

By Kirk Meyer | March 8

North Carolina men’s basketball head coach Roy Williams preaches to his team that the only way to win games in March is with defense.

'His voice was the sound of Carolina': Woody Durham dies at 76, leaves lasting legacy

By Chapel Fowler | March 8

“Woody loved the Tar Heels, and players, coaches and fans of all ages loved him right back,” Roy Williams said in a statement. “We should ...

Remembering Woody Durham: Carolina community reacts to announcer's death

By Ana Irizarry | March 7

Longtime "voice of the Tar Heels" Woody Durham died Wednesday at the age of 76. Here are some reactions to Durham's death from the UNC community. ...

Woody Durham, longtime voice of the Tar Heels, dies at 76

By Alex Zietlow | March 7

Woody Durham, who had served as the radio play-by-play commentator for North Carolina athletics for 40 years, died on Wednesday morning in Chapel Hill. ...

North Carolina guard Cameron Johnson (13) drives to the basket against Clemson on Jan. 30 in Littlejohn Coliseum.

ANALYSIS: How Cameron Johnson has carved out his own role on team

By Alex Zietlow | March 6

For a moment, it was unclear if Cameron Johnson would be able to escape the shadow of a player he was compared to before he ever put on a Tar Heel jersey. ...

ANALYSIS: Over the last month, Theo Pinson has been UNC's best player

By Chris Hilburn-Trenkle | March 6

Over the course of his time at UNC, Theo Pinson has gone from being the energy guy to playing the best basketball of his career in a playmaking role while ...

Three-point defense is the UNC men's basketball team's Achilles heel

By Kirk Meyer | March 5

There’s no mistaking the North Carolina men’s basketball team’s weakness this season. A porous perimeter defense has consistently plagued the Tar ...

10 games that have defined the North Carolina men's basketball team's season

By Jack Frederick | March 4

Looking for the games that have defined this year's basketball season for the Tar Heels? We've laid out the defining games for you to look back on as ...

ACC Tournament Preview: Players to watch

By Holt McKeithan | March 4

With the ACC Tournament set to begin on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden, here are eight players that could carry their respective teams to the tournament ...

Five possible NCAA Tournament sleeper teams for UNC to watch out for

By Brennan Doherty | March 4

The only thing to expect in college basketball’s postseason is the unexpected. The sport’s parity, coupled with the NCAA Tournament’s single-elimination ...

Eight ACC teams to watch in the 2018 ACC Tournament

By Jordanna Clark | March 4

This year, Virginia is the top team in the ACC and the NCAA, and it will look to bring home the school’s first men’s basketball national championship. ...