The North Carolina men’s basketball team (9-3, 1-0 ACC) defeated Appalachian State (6-7, 0-0 Sun Belt) on Tuesday, 70-50, putting the Tar Heels back in the win column after a blowout loss to Kentucky on Saturday.
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“Rebounding is really not about technique, whether you're going off their offensive glass or you're boxing out, it's all about will and want to, it's about toughness,” head coach Hubert Davis said. “(Kentucky) played harder than us. And if you want to compare it to Tennessee, from my perspective, that's the part that I was shocked by.”
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“Right away they stunned us,” junior forward Armando Bacot said. “They hit us with a knockout punch early in the game and we just never recovered.”
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This game marks UNC’s biggest loss since 2012, which was a 33-point loss against Florida State. This was also the most points allowed by the UNC defense all season, win or loss.
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North Carolina's men's basketball team will face the No. 21 Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday at 5:30 p.m., replacing its original matchup against No. 4 UCLA, according to CBS Sports.
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“I really feel like we have an advantage down low on the block,” head coach Hubert Davis said. “You have to attack the basket, and our bigs have been really good all year being a post presence consistently on the offensive end.”
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“I said at halftime, I felt like they were more physical than us on both ends of the floor, so from a defensive standpoint, that had to change,” head coach Hubert Davis said.
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Garcia had the best game for the Tar Heels, leading the team with 20 points and a 58.3 percent shooting mark. He also grabbed 10 boards, with four resulting in second chance opportunities for the UNC offense.
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After four games of allowing opponents to score over 80 points per game earlier in the season, the Tar Heels have responded by holding teams to under 65 points in each of the last four games.
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“Basically, it’s just my confidence level,” sophomore guard Caleb Love said. “Through each workout I just gained more and more confidence, and then in the game, I got the ultimate confidence to shoot.”
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The North Carolina men’s basketball team (7-2, 1-0 ACC) defeated in-state opponent Elon (2-8) this Saturday night at home in the Dean Smith Center, 80-63.
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But two impressive wins in a row? Well, that just hasn’t happened. But on Sunday, that trend of inconsistency showed signs that it might just be coming to an end, as the Tar Heels put on a second half clinic in Atlanta, beating ACC contender Georgia Tech, 79-62.
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A year removed from an underwhelming first year in Chapel Hill, sophomore guards RJ Davis and Caleb Love seem to be finding their groove early for the UNC men's basketball team this season.
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The North Carolina men’s basketball team (6-2, 1-0 ACC) picked up its first conference win Sunday in Atlanta with a 79-62 blowout victory over Georgia Tech (5-3, 0-1 ACC).
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In a throwback championship rematch, in a throwback atmosphere – with nearly 20,000 fans in the Smith Center for the first time in almost two years – Hubert Davis turned to a throwback approach.
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“We’re a very talented team, but putting it together, we got a lot of new faces,” junior center Armando Bacot said. “It’s not gonna be easy starting off, but this is definitely something good to build off of.”
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After falling out of the top-25 rankings two weeks ago, the North Carolina men’s basketball team (5-2) topped the No. 24 Michigan Wolverines (4-3) 72-51 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Wednesday.
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Following in the footsteps of a legend is never easy, and for someone with no previous head coaching experience, that task is harder than ever. But UNC men's basketball coach Hubert Davis knows there is still room for his team to grow, and for him to prove his coaching skill.
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“We played defense tonight and we didn’t really play offense. We gotta play both,” graduate transfer Brady Manek said. “We can’t just pick one. We gotta play both.”
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Coming back from a two-game losing streak in the Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament, the Tar Heels responded by returning to the Dean E. Smith Center to defeat UNC Asheville, 72-53, on Tuesday.
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