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Preview: UNC to face high-flying Alabama offense in Sweet 16 showdown

By Daniel Wei | March 26

Will we see a breakout performance from rookie guard Elliot Cadeau? Here's an analysis of UNC's Sweet 16 matchup with Alabama.

UNC men's basketball gets chippy in win over Michigan State

By Harry Crowther | March 24

The Tar Heels don't bring the talk. Hubert Davis doesn't like that. But they will respond to it. And on Saturday, the Spartans were talking.

Seth Trimble's unseen impact in UNC men's basketball's win over Michigan State

By Gwen Peace | March 24

Seth Trimble's stellar defense was a deciding factor against Michigan State on Saturday night.

'The moment I've been dreaming of:' Harrison Ingram erupts, leads UNC to Sweet 16

By Brendan Lunga | March 24

In his third year of collegiate basketball, Harrison Ingram’s dream is finally becoming reality.

Sweet 16 bound: UNC men's hoops takes down Michigan State, 85-69

By Harry Crowther | March 23

After a 23-3 run to end the first half, the No. 1 seeded North Carolina men’s basketball team (29-7) pulled away from No. 9 seed Michigan State (20-15) ...

'A bloodbath, a dogfight': Previewing UNC's second round matchup with Michigan State in men's NCAA tournament

By Harry Crowther | March 22

UNC will look to contain MSU's veteran backcourt of Tyson Walker and A.J. Hoggard.

'Too many implications': Paxson and Doug Wojcik to clash in NCAAT second round

By Brendan Lunga | March 22

On Saturday, when UNC takes on Michigan State, there will be a Wojcik on either sideline — Paxson in Carolina Blue and his father, assistant coach Doug ...

The Davis-Walker connection: How UNC's RJ Davis and MSU's Tyson Walker grew up playing together in NYC

By Gwen Peace | March 22

Before they were opponents in high school, they were teammates, and friends, on the Brooklyn Renaissance AAU team.

Jae'Lyn Withers erupts in homecoming; scores season high to help UNC advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament

By Harry Crowther | March 21

“[It was] one of those proud dad moments,” Curtis Withers told The Daily Tar Heel.

Armando Bacot uses his size, physicality to out-muscle Wagner en route to a first-round NCAA tournament win

By Brendan Lunga | March 21

“[The game plan] was literally just to get the ball to him,” junior wing Harrison Ingram said. “They had no answer.”

UNC men's basketball moves on to NCAA tournament second round after win over Wagner

By Brendan Lunga | March 21

The one-seeded Tar Heels will return to the Spectrum Center on Saturday to take on No. 8 seed Michigan State in a rematch of the 2009 national championship. ...

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'We learned a lot': UNC basketball reflects on missing the 2023 NCAA tournament

By Harry Crowther | March 21

The Tar Heels learned the hard way nothing is promised. The 2023 letdown provides perspective as they start their 2024 NCAA tournament run.

UNC's Paxson Wojcik reflects on Skims campaign, shares future modeling endeavors with Seth Trimble

By Gwen Peace | March 21

If you were scrolling through Instagram on Monday morning, you might have seen a rather unusual post from Paxson Wojcik.

Preview: UNC men's basketball to kick off NCAA tournament action against seven-man Wagner rotation

By Brendan Lunga | March 21

Wagner has been limited to just seven healthy players since late December and has not had a live practice since Dec. 27.

UNC senior guard RJ Davis named AP first-team All-American

By Shelby Swanson | March 20

Davis is currently a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award, presented to the nation’s most outstanding player, as well as the Jerry West Award for the ...

Column: In UNC's ACC championship loss, the hungrier team won

By Shelby Swanson | March 17

The last time UNC won the ACC championship, in 2016, most of the Tar Heels were in middle or high school. But for the Wolfpack? N.C. State’s last title ...

UNC men's basketball falls to NCSU in ACC tournament championship

By Gwen Peace | March 17

“They played harder,” RJ Davis said. “We couldn’t get stops, and [we couldn’t] execute.”

Unranked N.C. State upsets No. 4 UNC men's basketball for first ACC title since 1987

By Shelby Swanson | March 16

“[We] got to the championship game and came up short,” senior guard RJ Davis, who scored a game-high 30 points, said. “We didn't play our best basketball ...

Harrison Ingram shuts down Pitt's Blake Hinson in ACC tournament semifinals

By Shelby Swanson | March 16

“I think Harrison, he definitely wanted to be [ACC] first-team all-defense,” UNC graduate forward Armando Bacot said. “We definitely thought he ...

Three games, three days: How athletic trainers help players recover between games

By Grace Nugent | March 16

If you were out and about in Washington, D.C., after UNC men's basketball’s ACC tournament semifinal victory on Friday, you may have found Armando ...