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Much like they did with Bill Belichick for their football program, the North Carolina Tar Heels are venturing outside their own circle with their next head coach–and they’re pulling a…
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There are no greater legacy teams left in 2026’s NCAA Tournament than East Region No. 1 and No. 2 seeds Duke and UConn, respectively, and Midwest Region No. 1 seed…
Kurt Boyer
Carolina basketball fans will do something they never expected to on Saturday, when No. 1-seeded Duke meets No. 9-seeded TCU in an NCAA Tournament second-round matchup set in Greenville at…
Kurt Boyer
The Atlantic Coast Conference is not sending an especially strong roster of teams to the NCAA Tournament this year. Duke and Virginia are the 2026 NCAA Tournament’s only two ACC…
Kurt Boyer
There’s a price to be paid for ending your conference slate 2-4, although it’s not a prohibitive one. The No. 11-seeded NC State Wolfpack meets the No. 11-seeded Texas Longhorns…
Kurt Boyer
The Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels are set for the first round of the NCAA Tournament after Selection Sunday, and now they know who stands in their…
Matt Dolloff
Two teams who survived anxious ACC Tournament quarterfinals will meet in a Friday semifinal when the No. 1-seeded Duke Blue Devils battle the No. 5-seeded Clemson Tigers in Charlotte at…
Kurt Boyer
The 2026 ACC Tournament is going more or less as expected, except that no one knows quite what to expect from North Carolina with blue-chip forward Caleb Wilson out for…
Kurt Boyer
North Carolina has two teams in the second round of the ACC Tournament, but only under duress. No. 13 seed Wake Forest was extended into overtime by scrappy No. 12…
Kurt Boyer
Basketball games between the Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels are part of the fabric of NCAA sports. The schools will have played 156 times as of their season-ending showdown…
Kurt Boyer
The Atlantic Coast Conference looks like the best in basketball every so often. In other seasons, the ACC takes on criticism for not fielding enough strong squads. The conference’s issue…
Kurt Boyer
With the calendar flipped to March, intensity in the Atlantic Coast Conference is peaking as teams jostle for postseason positioning. With No. 1 Duke tightening its grip on the regular-season…
Laura Bernheim
Not too many programs in college basketball can match the championship pedigree of the North Carolina Tar Heels at Chapel Hill. For decades, UNC has produced star players who defined…
Michael Garaventa
