Off to the races
Just before Giovani Bernard trotted onto the field Saturday to take his place with the rest of the special teams unit, coach Larry Fedora offered his brand new punt returner a small word of motivation.
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Just before Giovani Bernard trotted onto the field Saturday to take his place with the rest of the special teams unit, coach Larry Fedora offered his brand new punt returner a small word of motivation.
There will be five new faces taking the Carmichael Arena floor for North Carolina’s women’s basketball team this season. But UNC’s veterans won’t have to wait until the fall to get a feel for their new teammates.
By all accounts, Stilman White is living the dream.
Until recently, a spot in North Carolina’s starting lineup wasn’t so kind to Brian Holberton. In his first five starts of the season, the sophomore utility player went a combined 1-for-18 from the plate.
Led by a brand-new coaching staff and faced with the task of learning an entirely different style of offense, the North Carolina football team has been forced to undergo a lot of changes in the offseason.
With one fell swoop, the future of North Carolina basketball became a little bit hazier.
After just barely beating No. 13-seeded Ohio on Friday and playing again without point guard Kendall Marshall, No. 1-seeded North Carolina didn’t really come into today’s Elite Eight matchup with Kansas the overwhelming favorite.
ST. LOUIS – Harrison Barnes just wasn’t prepared to face the world quite yet. So he didn’t.
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 win against Ohio, Williams told it like he saw it.
Harrison Barnes hadn’t been making shots for North Carolina all night long. And without much offensive output from its leading scorer, UNC found itself tied with 15 seconds to go in Friday’s Sweet 16 matchup with 13-seeded Ohio.
North Carolina burst out to an early lead against Ohio. At one point, the Tar Heels led 22-8 before the Bobcats put together a bit of a run. In the absence of Kendall Marshall, Stilman White and Justin Watts have played fairly well. Stilman White has three assists and no turnovers. Watts has three turnovers and no assists.
Kendall Marshall must have found questions about the PassFir5t social media movement relieving after answering countless questions about his wrist.
No. 13-seeded Ohio isn’t oblivious to the fact that, on paper, it’s the underdog in tonight’s Sweet 16 matchup with North Carolina.
GREENSBORO — With its 87-73 win against Creighton in the third round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday, No. 1-seeded North Carolina extended its season and earned a spot in the Sweet 16 for the second year in a row.
Creighton and North Carolina got off to a bit of a slow start until UNC forward John Henson picked up a technical foul with 13:43 remaining in the first half, tied at 11. Henson thought Creighton guard Grant Gibbs went for his injured left wrist when swiping at the ball. The call ignited things and the Tar Heels quickly jumped out to a double-digit lead.
GREENSBORO — With just less than 12 minutes to go in North Carolina’s second-round NCAA tournament matchup with Vermont, a turnover by forward Harrison Barnes sent the ball flying out of bounds and into the hands of a frustrated Roy Williams, who slammed it twice on the floor of the Greensboro Coliseum court.
Just like every other member of the No. 1-seeded North Carolina men’s basketball team, point guard Kendall Marshall hopes to be standing in a confetti shower in New Orleans come April 2, celebrating the Tar Heels’ sixth NCAA championship.
His North Carolina squad is holding a coveted No. 1 NCAA tournament seed, but coach Roy Williams isn’t completely comfortable. At least not with his starting forward and ACC Defensive Player of the Year’s health in the balance.
On Sept. 19, the day North Carolina sent the NCAA its response letter addressing the nine major violations with which the UNC football program had been charged, an exasperated Dick Baddour tried to sum up just how difficult the situation facing the University actually was.
ATLANTA — With just more than three seconds left on the clock, the ball was supposed to be in Harrison Barnes’ hands for the No. 4 North Carolina men’s basketball team to keep the chance for winning its 18th ACC championship alive.