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McDonald regaining confidence in win againt ETSU

By Brooke Pryor | December 8

Leslie McDonald didn’t start the game for North Carolina. He didn’t even play 10 minutes in the first half.

Dexter Strickland stepped in for the injured freshman point guard Marcus Paige and set a new career-high with nine assists. He also added 11 points in the Tar Heel win Saturday.

UNC men's basketball team blazes to a win

By Brandon Moree | December 2

Dexter Strickland played his 100th game for the North Carolina men’s basketball team in Saturday’s 102-84 win against the University of Alabama-Birmingham ...

Big second half pushes UNC past UAB

By Brandon Moree | December 1

It was a homecoming of sorts for Alabama-Birmingham head coach Jerod Haase and his director of basketball operations Bobby Frasor. But after a warm pre-game ...

Hoosiers silence young Tar Heels

By Brandon Moree | November 28

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – With a little more than four minutes to play in the first half Tuesday night, the North Carolina men’s basketball team was tied ...

The Tar Heels will have to face the top-ranked Hoosiers without P.J. Hairston, due to an injury.

North Carolina heads to No. 1 Indiana

By Brandon Moree | November 26

North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams learned a lot about his team on their trip to Hawaii last week.

Chaniel Nelson made 16 kills on Wednesday, leading the Tar Heels to a 3-2 victory against N.C. State.

What you missed in sports on Thanksgiving break

By Henry Gargan and Brooke Pryor | November 26

The North Carolina men’s basketball team went 2-1 at the Maui Invitational last week, posting dominating performances against Mississippi State and ...

James Michael McAdoo shoots the ball in UNC’s first-round Maui Invitational victory against Mississippi State in Nov. 2012.

North Carolina leaves Maui, Chaminade behind

By Kelly Parsons | November 21

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Upon completion of a four-game road trip Wednesday that culminated in a 112-70 victory for North Carolina against Division II Chaminade ...

Reggie Bullock prepares for a jump shot in UNC’s first-round Maui Invitational victory against Mississippi State on Monday.

Late comeback isn't enough for UNC against Butler

By Kelly Parsons | November 21

LAHAINA, Hawaii — As No. 9 North Carolina began to chip away at a lead that, at one time, had been as high as 29 in the second half, UNC used scrappy ...

Tar Heels set to begin Maui Invitational

By Kelly Parsons | November 18

In front of a backdrop of the clear blue Pacific Ocean, Roy Williams and the other basketball coaches representing the field of eight teams in the EA ...

Bullock shines in second game of the season

By Kelly Parsons | November 11

When Reggie Bullock took the court in Friday’s season-opener as North Carolina’s leading returning scorer, all eyes were on him to see how he’d ...

McAdoo opens 2012 with back-to-back double-doubles

By Brandon Moree | November 11

James Michael McAdoo is just a sophomore but he’s established himself as a leader on the North Carolina men’s basketball team.

James makes his case

By Brandon Moree | November 10

Just like in the exhibition game with Shaw, North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams went with sophomore Desmond Hubert to start in the post ...

McAdoo leads the Tar Heels to victory

By Kelly Parsons | November 9

It was the same routine, same Smith Center crowd. Before North Carolina’s 76-59 win against Gardner Webb on Friday, the Carolina blue clad fans behind ...

Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. speaks about the importance of voting and the impact of young voters at the Genome Science Building on Friday.

UNC wins exhibition game against Shaw easily

By David Adler | October 28

When North Carolina played its best stretches of basketball in Friday’s exhibition against Shaw, one player was on the court almost the every time. ...

UNC basketball team gets exhibition win against Shaw

By Brooke Pryor | October 26

An early five-point deficit and a halftime lead of four points in an exhibition game might be troubling for some teams. But instead of pressing the ...

Late Night with Roy kicks off the season

By Kelly Parsons | October 13

Late Night With Roy, North Carolina’s annual kickoff event for basketball season, began with an Olympic-style entrance by many of UNC’s 27 varsity ...

Both Roy Williams' tumors not cancerous

October 4

The University of North Carolina athletic department released Thursday night the tumor on head men’s basketball coach Roy Williams’ left kidney ...

Williams' tumor benign

September 25

The biopsy of the tumor removed from North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams’ right kidney revealed that the tumor was not cancerous. ...

Roy Williams had surgery Wednesday morning

September 19

Roy Williams, head men’s basketball coach for North Carolina, had surgery Wednesday morning to remove a tumor from his right kidney. Williams ...

Greater N.C. Pro-Am underway

By Brandon Moree | June 29

Leslie McDonald is back in action. After missing the entire 2011-12 North Carolina men’s basketball season with an ACL injury, the 6-foot-5-inch ...