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McAdoo opens 2012 with back-to-back double-doubles

By Brandon Moree | November 11

James Michael McAdoo is just a sophomore but he’s established himself as a leader on the North Carolina men’s basketball team.

James makes his case

By Brandon Moree | November 10

Just like in the exhibition game with Shaw, North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams went with sophomore Desmond Hubert to start in the post ...

McAdoo leads the Tar Heels to victory

By Kelly Parsons | November 9

It was the same routine, same Smith Center crowd. Before North Carolina’s 76-59 win against Gardner Webb on Friday, the Carolina blue clad fans behind ...

Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. speaks about the importance of voting and the impact of young voters at the Genome Science Building on Friday.

UNC wins exhibition game against Shaw easily

By David Adler | October 28

When North Carolina played its best stretches of basketball in Friday’s exhibition against Shaw, one player was on the court almost the every time. ...

UNC basketball team gets exhibition win against Shaw

By Brooke Pryor | October 26

An early five-point deficit and a halftime lead of four points in an exhibition game might be troubling for some teams. But instead of pressing the ...

Late Night with Roy kicks off the season

By Kelly Parsons | October 13

Late Night With Roy, North Carolina’s annual kickoff event for basketball season, began with an Olympic-style entrance by many of UNC’s 27 varsity ...

Both Roy Williams' tumors not cancerous

October 4

The University of North Carolina athletic department released Thursday night the tumor on head men’s basketball coach Roy Williams’ left kidney ...

Williams' tumor benign

September 25

The biopsy of the tumor removed from North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams’ right kidney revealed that the tumor was not cancerous. ...

Roy Williams had surgery Wednesday morning

September 19

Roy Williams, head men’s basketball coach for North Carolina, had surgery Wednesday morning to remove a tumor from his right kidney. Williams ...

Greater N.C. Pro-Am underway

By Brandon Moree | June 29

Leslie McDonald is back in action. After missing the entire 2011-12 North Carolina men’s basketball season with an ACL injury, the 6-foot-5-inch ...

UNC forward Harrison Barnes shoots a jump shot as he is defended by Kansas guard Travis Releford.

Four Tar Heels go in the first round of the NBA Draft

June 28

All four former North Carolina men’s basketball players were selected in the first 17 picks of Thursday night’s NBA Draft in New Jersey. Harrison ...

Hubert Davis new men's basketball assistant coach

By From staff and wire reports | May 2

Former North Carolina basketball player Hubert Davis was announced today as Roy Williams’ newest assistant coach. Davis fills the void left by ...

Different dreams, 1 mission for UNC's Stilman White

By Kelly Parsons | April 24

By all accounts, Stilman White is living the dream. In just one year, the North Carolina point guard has gone from being the Tar Heels’ last resort ...

Video: 8-year-old steals show with UNC basketball team

By Zach Evans | April 12

Members of the North Carolina men’s basketball team played basketball with students and fans at Cobb Court Wednesday afternoon.

March Sadness: Harrison Barnes, John Henson and Kendall Marshall will leave UNC to enter the NBA draft

By Kelly Parsons | March 29

With one fell swoop, the future of North Carolina basketball became a little bit hazier.

Harrison Barnes, John Henson, Kendall Marshall to bolt for 2012 NBA draft

By staff and wire report | March 29

North Carolina forward Harrison Barnes, forward John Henson and point guard Kendall Marshall announced Thursday they will enter the 2012 NBA draft.

UNC playing the NBA waiting game

By Brandon Moree | March 28

Let the guessing games begin. After the North Carolina men’s basketball season ended Sunday at the hands of the Kansas Jayhawks, speculation is now ...

UNC guard Stilman White drives down the baseline.

UNC struggles down stretch as Kansas finishes game on 12-0 run

By Mark Thompson | March 25

ST. LOUIS — Silence covered North Carolina’s locker room like death, but that coldness hit the Tar Heels long before the final seconds slipped away. ...

UNC forward Harrison Barnes shows his disappointment in the locker room after the game.

A fractured dream: UNC loses to Kansas 80-67

By Kelly Parsons | March 25

ST. LOUIS – Harrison Barnes just wasn’t prepared to face the world quite yet. So he didn’t. The sophomore forward sat motionless in the Tar Heels’ ...

UNC forward Harrison Barnes answers a question during a press conference Saturday. UNC will take on Kansas in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.

Tar Heels want to move on from 'ugly' game

By Kelly Parsons | March 24

North Carolina coach Roy Williams isn’t in the business of sugar coating. When asked about his team’s performance in its 73-65 Sweet 16 overtime ...