"Every person has their own unique story, whether it be from meeting Smith personally, or from watching his actions on TV. Yes, he was a Hall of Fame coach, but he was also so much more."
“I think I was just trying to make plays and do what I needed to do,” Maye said. “Kind of make sure that everybody was moving, the ball was moving and everybody was getting to the right spots.”
In a wire-to-wire battle, the No. 5 North Carolina men's basketball team (23-5, 13-2 ACC) survived an upset bid against Syracuse (18-10, 9-6 ACC), and earned a 93-85 win to remain tied for first place in the ACC.
At halftime in Chapel Hill, the No. 5 North Carolina men's basketball team trails Syracuse, 46-43.
A little more than five minutes into the second half of the game, Little made a slam dunk that sent crowds roaring.
Back in January, when North Carolina suffered its largest home defeat since 2002, UNC head coach Roy Williams said his team needed to learn how to win games “ugly.”
There was no reprieve for No. 8 North Carolina after winning at No. 1 Duke on Wednesday – not with a team riding an eight-game winning streak coming to town.
“I just feel like I'm a younger version of him, almost,” K.J. Smith said with a laugh. “There's a picture my sister took on the couch and we're both just like doing the same exact thing.” It isn’t hard to tell K.J. now fully embraces his dad’s legacy, to the point of letting his teammates call him “Baby Jet.” But it wasn’t always easy for the 22-year-old to be the namesake of the two-time NBA champion.
The UNC men’s basketball team beat Duke Wednesday night by a 16-point margin. Nine statistics contributed to the victory.
Johnson hung 26 points on the Blue Devils Wednesday night en route to a 88-72 win — North Carolina’s biggest in the series since 2012. His scoring outburst was critical in a 17-5 run to start that second half, a run that put UNC firmly in control.
Senior Luke Maye, graduate Cameron Johnson and sophomore Garrison Brooks stole the spotlight from the No. 1 team in the nation, a squad that Roy Williams said on Monday was, in many regards, "the most gifted” Duke team he has seen in his 16 years as the North Carolina head coach.
Fueled by a 10-point lead at halftime, the No. 8 North Carolina men’s basketball team powered past top-ranked Duke, 88-72, for a second straight win over the Blue Devils.
Halfway through the 249th meeting between the No. 8 North Carolina basketball team and No. 1 Duke, the Tar Heels lead, 42-32.
"Can you smell it? That sweet, sweet mixture. The sweat of thousands of people who just sprinted from every direction. The smoke of a freshly lit bonfire burning on Franklin Street. The putrid scent of misery and despair drifting down 15-501 from 10 miles away."
On Monday, the Daily Tar Heel profiled former UNC basketball player Vasco Evtimov. Here are some extra stories from that wide-ranging, exclusive 30-minute interview.
Against the Blue Devils, the Tar Heels may have trouble filling in for Black's versatility in offensive and defensive plays if he remains on the bench due to injury.
Kenny Williams seems to have inherited the role as the emotional leader of No. 8 UNC’s experienced squad.
North Carolina won’t beat Duke without White. But if he’s going to be on the court, the Tar Heels can’t afford anything less than his best in both scoring and handling the ball.
On Jan. 29, The Daily Tar Heel interviewed former UNC men’s basketball player Antawn Jamison regarding the significance of the UNC-Duke rivalry. Jamison was the unanimous 1998 National College Basketball Player of the Year and his No. 33 jersey was retired in 2000.
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