The North Carolina men's basketball team went out in unceremonious fashion last season, with a loss in the second round of the ACC Tournament. This year, the team is ready to move forward with improvements.
“If I tell you something, you ought to take it to the bank because I’m going to tell you the freaking truth,” UNC men's basketball head coach Roy Williams said. “I think we’ll rebound the basketball this year like North Carolina teams usually rebound the basketball: better than last year.”
With Los Angeles Lakers forward Danny Green being the only Tar Heel left standing in the NBA bubble, the 10-year league veteran could add a third ring to his collection with one more win.
One of the top shooting guards in the 2021 class chose the Tar Heels over Vanderbilt, Clemson, Arizona, Louisville, Texas and Georgia.
From UNC’s infamous 8-20 season to winning the 2005 national championship, Jackie Manuel had a roller coaster of a playing career during his time in Chapel Hill.
"For the most part, we tried to do a large majority of our interviews in person and that, for the moment, has slowed way down," Jones Angell said. "We went almost exclusively either on the phone, Skype interviews or Zoom interviews as well. We have tried to do a lot of different stuff, maybe in a different way than we've done in the past."
The NCAA announced on Wednesday that college basketball would start on Nov. 25, with a reduced number of games for the upcoming season.
"With Jackie being a former player, national champion and an experienced coach at various institutions, he will certainly make an impact on the team," UNC women's basketball head coach Courtney Banghart said.
Roy Williams has been asked a lot of questions, but we (almost) guarantee that he's never been asked these questions before.
Stephen Demorest said his book details how Larry Miller’s career follows the arc of sports development in culture, where basketball went from a local enthusiasm to a national mania. Responsibility for that change lies in part with charismatic players like Miller and the role they play in creating fan loyalty, he said.
"There are simply too many people that have no problem cheering for the athlete that wears the number 7 on their back when they compete but have difficulty with speaking up about how wrong it was for Jacob Blake to get shot by police 7 times in the back."
"For us, they’re a national household brand,” Beale said. “They value UNC because of our large national fan base. They have partnered with multiple NBA and college teams by showcasing their products in game with the Libman 'Mop Crew' we have here.”
“The student-athletes don’t have to agree with the athletic department every time they make a statement," Steve Kirschner, senior associate athletic director for communications at UNC, said.
With the NBA's regular season coming to a close on Friday, here's how some former Tar Heels have fared in the bubble.
The donation will go to fund scholarships for student-athletes in spring sports including men’s and women’s lacrosse, baseball, softball, men’s and women’s outdoor track, men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s golf.
“It was just the frustration and realization of why [the effigy] was up there,” Billy Cunningham said. “The feelings I had towards coach Smith, that this was so unfair and that goes for the whole team. We were all just so frustrated.”
Following the NBA's cancellation in March, a conclusion to the 2019-20 season once seemed uncertain. With the league's plan to resume play on July 30, here's a look at where some former Tar Heels stand entering play in the Orlando bubble.
Makur Maker, the cousin of Detroit Pistons center Thon Maker, recently committed to play for the Howard men's basketball team. ESPN’s 16th-ranked recruit selected Howard over powerhouse programs such as Kentucky, Memphis and UCLA.
Following a tumultuous 2019-20 season, UNC men's basketball will look to these three veterans to guide it back to national prominence.
North Carolina features some of the most prominent college sports programs in the country. If students want to attend men’s basketball games, football games and other athletic events, here is a guide on the student ticket policies and how to secure a spot.
