UNC mishaps multiply in 34-17 loss to Virginia Tech
"Smart, Fast and Physical" is all but tattooed on every North Carolina football player, but on Saturday, in a 34-17 loss to Virginia Tech, coach Larry Fedora's mantra was nowhere to be found.
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"Smart, Fast and Physical" is all but tattooed on every North Carolina football player, but on Saturday, in a 34-17 loss to Virginia Tech, coach Larry Fedora's mantra was nowhere to be found.
Landon Turner sat in the hotel in Clemson, S.C., fewer than 24 hours from when the North Carolina football team would face the Clemson Tigers, and awaited the decision.
Ryan Switzer misjudged the flight of the ball, and it was slowly soaring over his head.
Wednesday, April 22 was shocking.
For four weeks, Jackson Simmons had been preparing for this moment. The whole night had built up to it so far, and as Simmons stepped out into the spotlight, he was ready. All he had to do was put his hands up and walk.
While her North Carolina women’s basketball team was preparing themselves for its Elite 8 matchup with No. 2 Stanford tonight at 9 p.m., coach Sylvia Hatchell pulled a chair up to her coffee table at her office in Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill. It was that chair in which Hatchell sat when she led the Tar Heels to their first-ever national championship in 1994. The Daily Tar Heel’s Aaron Dodson and Daniel Wilco caught up with Hatchell, talking about Hatchell’s role on the team during her battle with leukemia, the Stanford game plan, associate head coach Andrew Calder’s performance and freshman Diamond DeShields.
Diamond DeShields sat on the North Carolina bench, watching. With 15 minutes left in the NCAA Tournament second-round game, her Tar Heels were leading Michigan State by 18 points .
There’s a game that isn’t recorded by a box score.
Monday evening North Carolina women’s basketball freshman Diamond DeShields sat with her teammates, watching the NCAA Tournament selection show full of hope and bewilderment.
BLACKSBURG, Va. — With four seconds left in North Carolina’s 60-56 win against Virginia Tech, Leslie McDonald was back at the line. He had just been there 31 seconds earlier. No. 19 UNC was up by four points against Virginia Tech and two free throws would help the Tar Heels suffocate the Hokie comeback.
The North Carolina baseball team may have played its fourth game at Boshamer Stadium Tuesday afternoon, but the Tar Heels have had difficulty getting home this season.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article mischaracterized Presbyterian College’s division within the NCAA. Presbyterian is a Division I school. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
DURHAM — It was the first time freshman Diamond DeShields had ever played in Cameron Indoor Stadium. She had heard the legends — the noise level, the unforgiving fans — and she was trying to make an impression.
Diamond DeShields hit a buzzer beater.
ATLANTA — The North Carolina men’s basketball team faced an uncommon foe Wednesday. One it wasn’t prepared for, one it was helpless against.
It’s been a fleeting feeling this season. There have been spurts of it, but it’s usually gone as quickly and abruptly as it came. During North Carolina’s 80-61 win against Clemson Sunday, the Tar Heels found it.
North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell is in remission after announcing her leukemia diagnosis Oct. 14, a team spokesman said Wednesday.
North Carolina women’s basketball associate head coach Andrew Calder says his star freshman guard Diamond DeShields usually shows up before anyone else on every occasion.
Though North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams would never admit it, the Tar Heels’ game against UNC-Greensboro Saturday night was supposed to be easy.
NORFOLK, Va. — For the first time in NCAA Division I field hockey history, a tournament game was decided by a penalty shootout after two overtimes.