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How Luke Maye has convinced the college basketball world that he belongs

By Alex Zietlow | February 6

Perhaps it’s easiest to package and deliver his story to the dumbfounded majority of college basketball fans in the phrase he wore verbatim on a black, ...

Clay Browning, a former graduate assistant coach for UNC football, crowd surfs in the bleacher level student section of the Dean Smith Center before the UNC men's basketball game vs. Duke on March 4, 2017.

Here are the best places to watch the UNC-Duke game

By Cy Neff | February 6

Want in on the action? Well then, there’s this thing called the Dook - UNC game, and here’s where you should watch it...

Luke Maye named to Wooden Award late-season watch list

By Jack Frederick | February 5

Forward Luke Maye was named as only one of two ACC players to appear on the John R. Wooden Award late-season watch list on Monday night.

The great K-Ville epidemic: Duke students given grace-period after flu outbreak

By Emily Davis | February 4

Duke's annual Krzyzewskiville tenting was put on pause after a flu outbreak.

In his first game against Pittsburgh since transferring, Cameron Johnson scores 14

By Jordanna Clark | February 4

The last time that the Pittsburgh men’s basketball team came to Chapel Hill was on Jan. 31 of last year. In that game, Cameron Johnson scored 24 points ...

No. 19 UNC finds a sense of urgency in blowout home win over Pittsburgh

By Jonah Lossiah | February 4

Joel Berry II deflected the pass right around UNC's free throw line, and it kept rolling.

North Carolina guard Cameron Johnson (13) drives to the basket against Clemson on Jan. 30 in Littlejohn Coliseum.

ANALYSIS: Loss to Clemson shows UNC's reliance on two-man offense in ACC play

By Chapel Fowler | February 1

“I don’t like it to just be two guys. Our best teams? It’s never been just two guys. Our best team — it’s going to be four or five ...

Tar Heels in the Pros: Johnson joins Bullock in Detroit in trade deal

By Keaton Eberly | January 31

The last time basketball players Brice Johnson and Reggie Bullock were on the same team, North Carolina made it to the round of 32 in 2013. Since then, ...

Clemson's 3-point barrage hands UNC its first three-game losing streak since 2014

By Chapel Fowler | January 30

CLEMSON, S.C. — A day or two ago, Joel Berry II asked his head coach a question.

First-year guard Jalek Felton suspended from university

By Corey Risinger and Chapel Fowler | January 30

First-year guard Jalek Felton of the North Carolina men's basketball team has been suspended from the university, the team announced on Tuesday morning ...

ANALYSIS: How much of a factor is fatigue in UNC's ACC struggles?

By Chris Hilburn-Trenkle | January 29

The subject of fatigue is one that makes all coaches sweat, both young and old. The dilemma centers on how much to play your star athletes, while making ...

Outside shooting sinks No. 10 UNC in overtime loss to N.C. State

By Kirk Meyer | January 27

Two main reasons the North Carolina men's basketball team downsized its starting lineup were to make more 3-pointers, and improve on defending them.

Theo Pinson's career day not enough as N.C. State upsets No. 10 UNC, 95-91, in overtime

By Brennan Doherty | January 27

Throughout his career, good games by Theo Pinson have usually led to good results for the North Carolina men's basketball team. But against the odds, ...

Q&A with The Technician's Nick Sinopoli

By Parth Upadhyaya | January 27

Daily Tar Heel writer Parth Upadhyaya interviewed assistant sports editor Nick Sinopoli for The Technician before UNC and N.C. State meet on Saturday ...

COLUMN: Let's cool it with the 3-pointers, NBA big men

By Chapel Fowler | January 25

Over the last NBA season and the start of this one, I kept noticing something when it came to power forwards and centers. Over and over, time after time, ...

In NC, Clinton voters pull for Tar Heels while Trump voters root for Duke

By Ana Irizarry | January 24

A new poll found Democrats have an edge in North Carolina in the upcoming midterm elections. The poll found Clinton supporters are cheering for UNC, and ...

Tar Heels in the Pros: Checking in on Wayne Ellington, 2017 national champions in NBA

By Holt McKeithan | January 24

As the NBA approaches All-Star Weekend, former North Carolina men's basketball player Wayne Ellington is having a breakout season with the Miami Heat, ...

Lack of effort a recurring theme as No. 10 North Carolina falls to Virginia Tech, 80-69

By Chris Hilburn-Trenkle | January 23

Blacksburg, Va. — The look of dejection on the face of North Carolina men’s basketball head coach Roy Williams said it all.

ANALYSIS: Roy Williams is deviating from his traditional ways — and it’s working

By Alex Zietlow | January 22

As a coach who has built a reputation on staying the course — even when it means valuing a lesson during a regular season game that could pay off come ...

Sterling Manley's first-half burst energizes No. 15 North Carolina in win over Georgia Tech

By Chapel Fowler | January 20

Sterling Manley isn’t superstitious. So, no, it wasn’t his new haircut — mini dreadlocks, inspired by an Isaiah Hicks style from last year — that ...