For one of the few occasions in recent memory, North Carolina entered its game tonight as a double-digit underdog. Traveling to Indiana to face the top-ranked Hoosiers, the Heels actually proved the oddsmakers far too generous. Carolina hung around early but performed disastrously in the second half, ultimately losing 83-59 and failing to compete effectively […]
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Tar Heels forge divergent identity through early games
File photo by D.L. AndersonReggie Bullock is one of UNC’s few experienced players. Fans hoping to watch anything resembling typical Carolina basketball may want to entrench themselves at ACC or NCAA Vault. The 2012-13 edition of the Tar Heels are recovering from personnel from a team last season that included four stars: Tyler Zeller, Kendall […]
Heels brutalize Maui host in consolation game
Prior to this week’s Maui Invitational, most realistic Carolina fans would have greeted a 2-1 mark as a positive sign for this season’s young Tar Heels. But after Butler dealt UNC an emphatic defeat in the semifinal round, and after host Chaminade defeated Texas on day one, the Heels’ bounce-back effort led them away from […]
Butler treats Tar Heels to Maui mauling, 82-71
Don’t be fooled by the purported comeback. Yes, North Carolina enjoyed sustained success during the final 10 minutes versus Butler, but that’s mostly because the Bulldogs had amassed a 29-point point lead and simply lost focus as the game’s outcome already had been decided. The talented and experienced Bulldogs proved too tough for young, finesse […]
UNC turns spiked leash inside out on Bulldogs
North Carolina faced its first major-conference opponent on Monday at the Maui Invitational, but you wouldn’t have realized it watching the game. The Tar Heels jumped out to an immediate, impenetrable lead and coasted to a cringe-worthy 95-49 victory over Mississippi State. Prior to this contest, sophomore James Michael McAdoo had been Carolina’s star. But […]
Tar Heels prevail over LBSU in first road contest
North Carolina embarked on a western journey that will lead to the Maui Classic next week, and on Friday night the Tar Heels made a pit stop to play a late contest at Long Beach State. After another offensively sluggish first half, they put separation between themselves and the 49ers in the second frame and […]
Promise Unmet: Heels fall to Kansas in Elite Eight
File photo by Arianna HoffmannWill any of these guys return to UNC next season? CBS — North Carolina fell to Kansas 80-67 in this evening’s national quarterfinal, but only the most irrational fan would hurl invective at the team. The preseason championship favorite fell in the round of eight for the second consecutive year, but […]
Wounded Heels limp past Bobcats, face precarious future
File photo by Arianna HoffmannBullock’s icy shooting kept UNC out of the morgue TBS — This isn’t the North Carolina team we expected to watch this season, before experienced shooter Leslie McDonald tore his ACL last summer. It isn’t the one we did see until Dexter Strickland suffered a season-ending knee injury in January. It’s […]
Tar Heels’ raging rally falls shy to Florida State in ACC finale
File photo by Arianna HoffmannMarshall’s legs held up despite the grueling pace ESPN/ACC NETWORK — For one half, March looked a lot like January. North Carolina fell behind by 16 points to Florida State and approached blowout defeat territory, and of course no one has forgotten the 33-point whipping FSU applied to Carolina a couple […]
Tar Heels triple their pleasure against Pack amid controversy
File photo by Arianna HoffmannWatts’ experience proved invaluable to UNC’s win ESPN/ACC NETWORK — Probably 99 percent of the time, when fans argue that officiating robbed their team of a victory, it’s bullshit. But N.C. State fans can formulate a legitimate case after the Pack dropped a 69-67 heart-breaker to North Carolina this afternoon in […]

