The No. 1 North Carolina baseball won three vastly different games at Virginia Tech (22-15, 7-11 ACC) this weekend, but a common thread tied them together: the bat of third baseman Colin Moran.
With the final horn in the NCAA Championship game Monday night in Atlanta, March Madness officially gave way to April’s anticipation.
After dropping just its second game of the season on Monday night, coach Mike Fox told the No. 1 North Carolina baseball team to get off the bus today with a chip on its shoulder.
They were determined. They were pesky. They were sloppy. But were they ever competitive. For the first 20 minutes Sunday afternoon in the Sprint Center, the Tar Heels of the North Carolina men’s basketball team gave the No. 1 seeded Kansas Jayhawks (31-5) all they could handle and then some.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After trailing the North Carolina men’s basketball team (25-11) by nine points at the half, Kansas came storming back in the last 20 minutes to eliminate the Tar Heels 70-58. Kansas City native Travis Releford led the way with 22 points, 13 of them in the second half, and eight rebounds.
Exactly 364 days ago Kansas ended North Carolina’s season by beating the Tar Heels 80-67. James Michael McAdoo was the Tar Heels leading scorer that day with 15 points. Stilman White was playing the point for Kendall Marshall who was out with a broken wrist. He kept the Tar Heels in the game by not turning the ball over but Kansas took over down the stretch. The Jayhawks ended the game on a 12-0 run.
Kansas City, Mo. — The No.1 seeded Kansas Jayhawks (30-5) are coming into the round of 32 match up with North Carolina after beating Western Kentucky 64-57 last night. Jeff Withey was the leading scorer with 17 points but that’s not usually the case for the Jayhawks.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The North Carolina men’s basketball team’s first field goal of the night was a 3-pointer as was its final field goal. But the Tar Heels were far from consistent behind the arc in between those two shots in their 78-71 win against Villanova Friday night.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It wasn’t always pretty. In fact, the North Carolina men’s basketball team blew a 20-point lead, but in the end the Tar Heels held on to beat Villanova 78-71. North Carolina will play the winner of the Kansas-Western Kentucky game Sunday afternoon.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The North Carolina men’s basketball team opened up a 20-point lead on the Wildcats from Villanova in the first half of the two team’s second round NCAA Tournament matchup.
Hairston lies on the court after his collision with Dexter Strickland and Boston College’s Patrick Heckmann.
McAdoo pauses before giving the ball to the referee during the first half.
Hairston is carted off the court in a stretcher after his collision with Strickland.
Hairston is helped off the court by his teammates and medical personnel.
Hairston watches as Dexter Strickland finishes a dunk in the first half.
Desmond Hubert goes for an offensive rebound after a missed shot in the first half.
James Michael McAdoo goes up for a contested shot against Boston College’s Eddie Odio.
