Pro Day brings coaches, players to UNC

Pro Day at North Carolina is the football equivalent of graduation — football players who played at North Carolina work out at an official UNC event for the last time in their collegiate careers. APR 4

Tar Heels finish year strong

NEWARK, N.J. – Minutes after losing 76-69 to Kentucky with a spot in the Final Four on the line, the last thing North Carolina’s players wanted to do was talk. MAR 29

Kentucky leads UNC 38-30 at halftime in Elite Eight

NEWARK, N.J. – North Carolina trails 38-30 at halftime of its Elite Eight matchup against Kentucky in the Prudential Center. The Tar Heels struggled both with fouls and ineffective offense in the first half.

John Henson picked up his third personal foul with 6:39 left in the half, and UNC coach Roy Williams was forced to sit him for the remainder of the half. MAR 28

Eagle hunting: Heels dismantle Marquette in Sweet 16

Just before North Carolina’s 81-63 Sweet 16 win against Marquette, the Tar Heel players had heard enough.

Many of the pundits had been saying all week that the Tar Heels (29-7) had little chance of advancing very far if they continued to play the defense they played in Charlotte in the first two games. MAR 28

Tar Heels lead Marquette 40-15 at half

NEWARK, N.J. – North Carolina is running away from Marquette in its Sweet 16 matchup, 40-15 after the first half of play.

After taking a 10-8 lead, the Golden Eagles struggled to create anything, allowing the Tar Heels to make a 22-2 run to take a stranglehold on the game. For the half, Marquette shot 6-for-30 from the field, good for 20 percent. MAR 26

Game day: Tar Heels to face hardworking Marquette

Marquette’s program prides itself on being a testament to the power of perseverance. MAR 28

Late-game offense pushes UNC men’s lacrosse past Dartmouth 12-7

For the first 57 minutes of their 12-7 win against Dartmouth, it looked like a game the North Carolina men’s lacrosse attackers would soon forget. The Tar Heels had to fight tooth-and-nail to scratch out a two-goal advantage with 13:12 left. With less than three minutes left, the Tar Heel offense underwent nothing short of an offensive explosion, giving UNC four goals in the game’s dying minutes. “We started listening to our coaching,” junior Jimmy Dunster said. MAR 24

Tar Heels get stops when they need them

CHARLOTTE — John Henson does not always use his length for the benefit of his teammates, but he did in the last 7.4 seconds of North Carolina’s 86-83 third-round win against the Washington Huskies. MAR 22

Washington leads UNC 45-44 at halftime

CHARLOTTE — The North Carolina men’s basketball team is trailing 45-44 at halftime of their third round matchup against the Washington Huskies at Time Warner Cable Arena.

The Tar Heels struggled out of the gate, falling behind by as many as 11 to the Huskies before storming back.

UNC has been paced by Harrison Barnes, who has scored 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting. MAR 22

UNC survives early scare, beats LIU in NCAA tournament

CHARLOTTE — With 5:01 left in the first half of the North Carolina second round 102-87 win against Long Island University, the Tar Heels faced a test after absorbing a 9-0 Long Island University run.

Tied 33-33, the Washington and Georgia fan contigents began to swing their alliegences to the plucky Blackbirds, sensing that the No. 15 seed could potentially make each respective school’s trip to the Sweet 16 a little easier. All this managed to turn what was presumed to be a pro-UNC crowd against the Tar Heels. MAR 22

Halftime: Tar Heels lead Long Island

CHARLOTTE – North Carolina leads 53-42 after one half of its second-round matchup in the NCAA tournament against Long Island University.

The Tar Heels looked to be pulling away early, as they jumped out to an early 29-19 lead against the Blackbirds, but they countered with a 14-4 run to tie up the ballgame. MAR 22

Tournament inexperience fills roster

Of all the possible reactions the players of a team that was just announced as a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament could have, North Carolina’s players may have had the strangest. Instead of the more typical joy, cheering and applause, the announcement was greeted with — of all things — awkward silence. MAR 22

Heels win 81-67 in Tobacco Road matchup

The North Carolina youngsters showed they learned from the first Duke game in UNC’s 81-67 win against Duke, after all. For that lesson, the players got quite a nifty title – outright regular season ACC champions. MAR 14

Haltime update: UNC vs. Duke

The North Carolina men’s basketball team leads rival Duke 51-39 at halftime at the Smith Center. The winner of the game will own the ACC regular season championship. MAR 8

Marvin Austin received funds from suspended agent, warrant says

Former North Carolina football player Marvin Austin received money from suspended agent Gary Wichard through an intermediary, a search warrant released by the Secretary of State of North Carolina’s office stated. MAR 22

UNC near middle in coach-spending spectrum

Every program is beholden to the ebbs and flows of graduation, injuries and any number of other unforeseen circumstances that are out of the athletic program’s control. MAR 22

Henson’s height halts Terrapins

John Henson embodied North Carolina’s identity on Sunday night in UNC’s 87-76 win against Maryland at the Smith Center. MAR 22

UNC men’s lacrosse pulls out win over Navy, 10-8

In North Carolina’s 10-8 win against Navy at Fetzer Field on Friday, Flanagan scored two goals to propel the Tar Heels to victory. While Flanagan was a first-team preseason All American, he is a defender, known for keeping opposing goals off the board, not chipping in goals of his own. MAR 22

Harrison Barnes’ second-half performance puts away NC State

RALEIGH – Up 54-52 with 7:54 left in the second half, No. 19 North Carolina knew it would need to make a run to win Wednesday’s game against N.C. State. Little did it know that run would start immediately. MAR 14

Tar Heels get defensive on Tigers

CLEMSON, S.C. – Both teams struggled to play anything resembling basketball for the first 37 minutes of North Carolina’s 64-62 win against Clemson. FEB 15

Tar Heels prep for Illinois at 9:30 p.m.

CHAMPAIGN, ILL – The North Carolina Tar Heels will be facing their first true road game of the young season.

For Harrison Barnes, it is a homecoming of sorts. Barnes admitted after the College of Charleston game that he had been deluged with ticket requests from friends and family.

ECU game time finalized

North Carolina’s football program announced on Monday that the game against East Carolina would be at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 2nd. The game is the next home contest for the Tar Heels, and also the ensuing week after this Saturday’s game against Rutgers. The press release says that the game will be streamed by espn3.com.

Quinn denies improper tutor help

North Carolina defensive end Robert Quinn said Tuesday that he is not involved with the possible academic misconduct between student-athletes and a former UNC mentor who was also employed by the Butch Davis family.

“I mean, I’ve worked with her, but I don’t have anything to do with that,” Quinn said.

DT Willis to transfer from UNC

In his opening statement to the media after Thursday’s morning practice, North Carolina football coach Butch Davis disclosed that freshman defensive tackle Brandon Willis has decided to transfer from the University.

Strickland playing through injury

Dexter Strickland has been playing on a faulty knee for the past few weeks, UNC coach Roy Williams said at a press conference Wednesday. Strickland, who will still play in the NCAA tournament, has had an unspecified knee problem for the past few weeks. “I haven’t talked to the doctors or anything, but that kid is fighting a lot of things right now,” Williams said. MAR 16