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Reeling Tar Heels Enter Midweek Break At 'Perfect Time'

Fresh off Saturday night's lopsided defeat against No. 2 Duke on the road, it's regrouping time for North Carolina. UNC does not have a midweek game this week, with its next game coming on Saturday against Pitt. In his weekly ACC head coaches teleconference availability Monday, spoke about the much-needed gap between games. (Inside Carolina)

Brooklyn Walker-Welch Tabbed Nike Lacrosse Preseason All-America

North Carolina women's lacrosse standout Brooklyn Walker-Welch, one of the best defenders in the country, has been named to the Nike Lacrosse Preseason Women's Division I Media All-America First Team. A redshirt-junior, Walker-Welch missed the entire 2024 season due to injury after earning ILWomen First Team All-America accolades in 2023. (GoHeels.com)

Video: Locked On Tar Heels - A sign of hope in UNC's late-game surge in loss to Duke?

Were there positive signs for UNC late in the game during the Tar Heels' loss to Duke? Carolina outscored the Blue Devils 45-40 in the second half. The episode also celebrates Ethan Strand's record-breaking mile in track and field and women's tennis' win over No. 1 UGA. (View Video)

Hubert Davis says there’s time to turn UNC's basketball season around

Even with UNC mired in a stretch of four losses in the last five games heading into Saturday’s 4 p.m. home game with Pittsburgh, he said that he emphasizes that there is plenty of time to turn the season around. "This team still has a chance to achieve and experience everything that this team wants to achieve and experience," Davis said Monday. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Video: Hubert Davis Monday Post-Duke ACC Basketball Coaches Conference Call

North Carolina head men's basketball coach speaks with the media on Monday morning as part of the weekly ACC basketball coaches conference call to discuss the Tar Heels' performance against Duke on Saturday night, 's role, UNC's off-week schedule, and more. (View Video)

Recurring Issues Leave Tar Heels Powerless vs. Duke

North Carolina warmed up before Saturday night's game against No. 2 Duke with merciless chants from the Cameron Crazies that poked fun at the team's potential postseason destination. "N-I-T! N-I-T! N-I-T!" the crowd shouted. UNC didn't do itself any favors in dispelling that notion on Saturday, as it looked several notches below the Blue Devils. (Inside Carolina)

Video: Coast To Coast Podcast - Group Therapy Session for UNC Basketball

UNC finds itself mired in a rough stretch, having dropped four of its last five basketball games, the most recent at the hands of rival Duke. Sean Moran, Sherrell McMillan, Joey Powell, and special guest 2017 national champ help make sense of where the Tar Heels stand at this point. (View Video)

UNC alumna, Army captain Rebecca Lobach killed in midair collision was ‘brilliant and fearless’

U.S. Army Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, who died in Wednesday’s collision of a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet was "brilliant and fearless," friends and fellow soldiers said. Lobach had served as an Army aviation officer since 2019, earning an Army commendation medal after graduating from UNC as a distinguished military graduate. (Associated Press)

UNC Basketball Slipping Further Toward Agonizing March to Nowhere

UNC Basketball coach said he repeatedly emphasized the message "stay together and stay the course" during Saturday's game at Duke, with the Tar Heels having fallen into a mineshaft of a deficit. Outside of those heated in-game moments, the course this UNC team is traveling could be on the brink of an agonizing march to nowhere. (Inside Carolina)

ESPN column predicts Bill Belichick gets UNC into College Football Playoff next season

UNC making the College Football Playoff in ’s first season as coach? That’s the prediction of ESPN’s Bill Connelly in a column published last week, listing the Tar Heels as one of the at-large bids. That prediction comes after ESPN’s Mark Schlabach left UNC off of his “Way-too-early Top 25” list. Connelly has the Tar Heels as the No. 11 seed. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Video: Big Hitters Podcast - What Now For UNC Basketball?

Duke dominated the Tar Heels on Saturday, 87-70, in a game that was over 5 minutes into the contest. , Mike Hardison, and Ross Martin discuss the beatdown, look towards the rest of the season, and examine the UNC basketball program and the future of at Carolina. (View Video)

Scott Forbes evaluates how confident he is in UNC's starting rotation behind Jason DeCaro

Entering the 2025 college baseball season, UNC Tar Heels head coach knows that he has a special member of his rotation in . The questions, however, begin with who he’ll turn to in the rotation after that. As Forbes recently explained, while he doesn’t want to have to deal with injuries, he is confident in his team’s depth. (On3.com)

After lopsided loss to Duke, struggling UNC running out of time to salvage season

North Carolina is 13-10 overall, 6-5 in the ACC standings and in danger of missing the most important event in the sport for the second time in three seasons. The Tar Heels never had a chance against the Blue Devils, who led 23-6 less than seven minutes in and didn't look back. North Carolina never led. Perhaps the worst part: It was kind of expected. (WRAL Sports Fan)

UNC-Duke rivalry almost always delivers, but it didn’t this time. Not that we should be surprised

As rivalries go, Duke-North Carolina basketball almost always delivers. With an emphasis on almost. Because even in a matchup so balanced that each team had scored exactly the same number of points in regulation play (1,099) over their past 14 meetings at Cameron Indoor Stadium before Saturday, there’s bound to be an outlier. (Saturday Down South)

Hitting Dominates UNC Baseball's Intrasquad Scrimmage Saturday

The Blue squad scored in each of the first six innings as they rolled to a 9-3 win over Navy in a seven 1/2 inning scrimmage on Saturday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium. Blue outhit Navy by a whopping 12-4 margin. Four players had multiple base hits. Kane Kepley was 2-4 with a pair of doubles and also scored two runs. Tyson Bass was 2-3. (GoHeels.com)
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