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Armando Bacot: "I grew up a Duke fan. I hated North Carolina"
"I grew up a Duke fan. I loved Jahlil Okafor, Jabari Parker... I hated Carolina." If it wasn't for the headline, you would NEVER have guessed who that above quote belonged to. Yes, that quote was from now former UNC basketball star Armando Bacot, a player who has etched his name into the Tar Heel record books.
UNC Football Faces Challenges Despite Favorable Schedule
UNC Football is predicted to head to the Gator Bowl this season according to Sporting News, with a discussion on the team's prospects and challenges ahead. The Tar Heels are predicted to play in the Taxslayer Gator Bowl against Oklahoma. UNC's defense is ranked 23rd in EA Sports' College Football...
Look: 247Sports Predicts 11 Big 12 Teams Will Make Bowl Games in 2024
With the Big 12 Conference expanding to 16 teams in 2024, there is a greater opportunity for more representation in college football’s bowl season. In a recent list predicting each bowl game for the 2024 season, 247Sports’ Brad Crawford has 11 out of 16 teams in the league reaching bowl eligibility.
Duke offers UNC basketball recruiting target in 2025 class
The North Carolina Tar Heels basketball program will be battling a few blue bloods in a recruitment for a rising power forward in the 2025 recruiting class. Hubert Davis and the Tar Heels offered four-star power forward Nikolas Khamenia back in May, officially entering the recruitment. But the talented recruit has drawn a lot of interest since and now UNC’s rival is getting involved too. The Duke Blue Devils have officially offered the talented recruit, he announced on Sunday night, closing out a busy month of June for college basketball recruiting. With Duke offering, Khamenia has 23 offers in his recruitment including...
Carolina Basketball Scoop: Class of 2025 Snapshot
July is here, and with it comes college coaches' final opportunities for in-person evaluation before fully turning their focus to the 2024-25 college basketball season. The North Carolina staff has had a busy summer thus far, watching prospects at Nike, USA Basketball, and adidas events in May. They followed it up with NBPA Top 100 Camp, USA Basketball, and scholastic events – spread over four weeks – in June.
LOOK: Drake Powell highlights at Jayson Tatum Elite Camp
Hubert Davis got a look at his 2024-25 roster for the first time at the annual North Carolina basketball summer camp in June. While UNC doesn’t hit the court for a few more months, one incoming freshman is catching the attention during a recent run at another camp. Five-star freshman Drake Powell was one of the college players named to the Jayson Tatum Elite Camp. During a college and pro run session, Powell put together some highlight plays including scoring on future Hall of Famer Chris Paul who was in attendance. Check out some highlights of Powell at the camp during one...
Vance Honeycutt's academic success earns him Academic All-American honors
At this point, there's probably not a better way to describe UNC baseball star Vance Honeycutt, as he is the epitome of what a student-athlete should strive to be. The junior centerfielder added another prestigious award on Tuesday, but this one wasn't solely focused on his production on the baseball field.
Team USA Wins Rain-Shortened Game Two
CARY, N.C. - Team USA and Chinese Taipei were locked in a pitchers’ duel for the first few innings before Team USA broke through in the top of the fourth, and took a 3-2, rain-shortened victory on Sunday, June 30 at the National Training Complex. AS IT HAPPENED. After...
Johnson's Chip Fueled by Game-Manager Narrative
CHAPEL HILL – No magnifying glass is needed to identify the chip squarely planted on Max Johnson’s broad shoulders. It’s there in plain sight. Anyone can see it. And everyone should understand it. Johnson is on his third college stop after arriving at North Carolina last December...
Willie Lampkin Setting the Tone for UNC
Fueled by his love of the game and drive for success, the offensive lineman is seeking a major leadership role on the 2024 Tar Heels. This series of longform player feature stories is brought to you by Heels4Life, the NIL collective for UNC Football. You can learn more about how to get involved at heels4life.org.
UNC finishes seventh in Learfield Directors Cup
The end of the college baseball season also meant the end of the college sports season in general. We’re now into the dead period until the summer ends and football, field hockey, soccer, and all the rest of the fall sports start up again in August and September. The...
UNC baseball lands commit from in-state prospect
Scott Forbes and the North Carolina Tar Heels’ baseball program enjoyed a successful season in 2024, reaching Omaha and the College World Series. The Tar Heels had an exciting postseason run, going 6-3 with a regional win and a super regional win. They even took out the defending national champion LSU Tigers. While their run fell short in Omaha, Forbes and the team got the feeling of being back there and now it’s time to build on that. With a lot of production leaving after this season, Forbes and is staff are challenged with replacing that. And this week, they received a...
UNC basketball still ahead of Duke in early 2024-25 rankings
The North Carolina Tar Heels’ basketball roster is pretty much set for the 2024-25 season barring a very surprising late addition. As Hubert Davis and the staff get set for practices in a few months, they have an idea of what to expect come tipoff in November. And as we are full swing into the Summer, CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish has released his updated Top 25 and 1 rankings for the season. As has been the case for most of this offseason, Parrish thinks highly of the Tar Heels and has them ranked No. 4 in his rankings: This ranking is based...
Minor league pitcher and local HBCU grad Devin Sweet talks about his call up to the majors
Pitcher Devin Sweet grew up in Greensboro and played for the North Carolina Central University baseball team from 2014-2018 (the team has since folded). In 2023, Devin made it to the big show, playing for the Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, and the Oakland Athletics, and he currently plays for the minor league Toledo Mud Hens.
Minnesota Football Summer Preview: North Carolina
We're now into July, meaning Minnesota Football kicks off their 2024 season in less than 60 days. Rosters are set, and it's time to get to know the Gophers' opponents a little bit better. I reached out to our North Carolina site at Inside Carolina to get some insight about what this Tar Heel team will look like compared to when Minnesota fans last saw them in Chapel Hill. Jeremiah Holloway covers this team as well as anyone, so I first wanted to know how he thought North Carolina escaped the transfer portal.
On Air Today: @WCHLChapelboro Social Media Manager H’aiasi Chinfloo
97.9 The Hill and Chapelboro.com Social Media Manager H’aiasi Chinfloo spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Monday, July 1. She discussed weekend events, and the top social media moments of the week. Included are discussions of The Cheese Shop in Carrboro, the results of the NBA draft, and more.
Team USA Shows Strength, Clinches Series
CARY, N.C. - Team USA picked up a series-clinching victory over Chinese Taipei in commanding fashion, as the U.S. scored nine unanswered runs to win, 11-1, on Monday, July 1 at Coleman Field. AS IT HAPPENED. Team USA (3-0) lit up the scoreboard first in the bottom of the fourth,...
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