featured photo courtesy of goheels.com//Peyton Williams 8 Things from UNC’s Tar Heels easy test vs. Western Carolina heading to their exam break By R.L. Bynum What happened? CHAPEL HILL — Combining North Carolina’s rebounding domination (53-25) with incredible proficiency from 3-point range doomed Western Carolina, even after the Catamounts jumped to a 5-0 lead. The… Read more »
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Defensive Tar Heels ride the Green Wave
featured image by Jeffrey Camarati/goheels.com 8 Things From UNC’s Win Over Tulane By R.L. Bynum What happened? CHAPEL HILL — As probably the least-talented opponent that North Carolina has faced this season, Tulane (6–25 last season) gave the Tar Heels a chance at an easy victory. They pounced on that opportunity early on the way… Read more »
Michigan Can’t Top UNC This Time Out
8 Things From UNC’s Win over Michigan by R.L. Bynum What happened? CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina’s 86–71 blowout of Michigan on Wednesday was as much of a feel-good game — for the most part — as the Tar Heels’ loss to Michigan State on Sunday was a nightmare. Senior guard Joel Berry, who… Read more »
Tar Heels Buck-nell: 8 Things From UNC’s Home Win Over the Bison
8 Things from UNC’s win over Bucknell by R.L. Bynum General Summary CHAPEL HILL — The history from North Carolina’s 93–81 victory over Bucknell was Coach Roy Williams’ 400th win as the Tar Heels’ coach, and his 200th at the Smith Center. UNC just hopes that injury issues also become history before the basketball team… Read more »
The Supportive Minute with guest Brett Thompson
Supportive Guy is a bright spot in a world of social media negativity. To learn more about him, check his write-up in the Charlotte Observer. Supportive Guy talks with the (bus-riding? driving?) Brett Thompson about what uplifted him the most about UNC’s national championship.
Phinal Phour in Phoenix: Championship Game Photo Gallery
I’m gonna let my thoughts on Monday night marinate for a bit. For now check out Ben’s 2017 college hoops wrap-up, and these sick pics from Monday night by Smith Hardy (smithcameronphotography.com) ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]
Tar Heels make “University of National Champs” ring true again
Who Won: UNC beat Gonzaga 71-65 to win the National Championship Why: Tar Heels were able to navigate through a sloppy game marred by fouls and bad shooting. Ultimately UNC just had more better players. GIF: via GIPHY What will people be talking about? Fouls. There were a lot of them. What should people be… Read more »
Phinal Phour In Phoenix: Day 3 Notebook and Photo Gallery
First things first: check out an absolutely incredible photo gallery from our guy Smith Hardy/smithcameronphotography.org ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Seeing the Final Four for the first time was an incredible experience. There are bigger events…Olympics, Super Bowls, the Masters, perhaps. But for someone who grew up in Raleigh, NC shooting hoops on the outdoor… Read more »