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North Carolina forward Luke Maye, one of the heroes of the Tar Heels' 2017 NCAA tournament men's basketball championship, was uninjured after his car flipped several times and came to rest upside down on a North Carolina Interstate. Maye's parents told the Charlotte Observer that their son walked away with no more than a few bumps…
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Most basketball coaches have incentives built into their contracts for making the NCAA Tournament as well as getting their team up to a specific academic standard. Well, North Carolina’s Roy Williams hit all the benchmarks by winning a national title and getting his team to a strong Academic Progress Rate of 985. Roy Williams picks up…
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Newly released records show three attorneys billed UNC-Chapel Hill for representing football players the State Bureau of Investigation had sought to interview as part of a criminal investigation into what turned out to be hundreds of bogus classes and independent studies. The bills were small — a combined $2,500. That's because the attorneys told the SBI…
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North Carolina junior forward Justin Jackson declared for the NBA draft on Thursday and plans to sign with an agent. Jackson helped lead the Tar Heels to the national title while likely improving his draft stock in the process. The 6-foot-8 Jackson, who was named the ACC Player of the Year, averaged a team-leading 18.3 points…
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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- It's the blue blood vs. the new blood. The contrast in the NCAA Tournament championship game is clear: North Carolina, winners of five titles and appearing in its record 20th Final Four, is in one corner. Gonzaga, in its first Final Four after spending almost two decades chugging up the mountaintop, is in…
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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- North Carolina showed why it's the best rebounding team in the country at exactly the right time. Despite missing four free throws in the final 5.8 seconds, the Tar Heels finally subdued Oregon in a cold-shooting Final Four game Saturday. Center Kennedy Meeks dominated inside and came up with the game-clinching rebound in…
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North Carolina junior point guard Joel Berry II termed his injured ankles as 85 percent healed on Friday, one day before the top-seeded Tar Heels face third-seeded Oregon in the Final Four. Berry sprained his left ankle in last Sunday's victory over Kentucky. He also has been dealing with a sprained right ankle since tweaking it…
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North Carolina is the best rebounding team in the country. Oregon is down a big guy. The Tar Heels reek of old-school. They are the only blue-blood in the Final Four. They have an old-school coach in Roy Williams. They have an old-school, low-post big man in Kennedy Meeks, who dominated Kentucky in the South Regional…
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Many college basketball fans and experts had No.1 North Carolina reaching the Final Four in their NCAA bracket predictions, but No.3 Oregon wasn’t exactly expected to win the Midwest region. That’s why it’s no surprise the betting odds favor the Tar Heels in Saturday’s matchup, even though the Ducks have looked like a national championship caliber…
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The March Madness 2017 Final Four is set, and it doesn’t exactly fall in line with many of the predictions made before the start of the NCAA Tournament. Two No.1 seeds are still in the hunt to win college basketball’s national championship, though two unexpected teams are also vying for the title. No.1 North Carolina has…
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On Sunday night, Luke Maye helped the University of North Carolina make the Final Four with a buzzer-beating shot in the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament. On Monday morning, he was in class. A Snapchat shared by UNC student Jack Sewell showed Maye, in a ballcap and track pants, receiving a standing ovation as he arrived…
North Carolina, Gonzaga, Oregon and South Carolina are all headed to the Final Four after winning their respective regions in March Madness 2017. According to the early betting lines at Las Vegas sportsbooks, the Bulldogs have the best chance of reaching the national championship game. In Saturday night’s game against No.7 South Carolina at University of…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- In a Final Four overrun by fresh faces, North Carolina is the one old hand that maneuvered through all the minefields to make it to Glendale, Ariz. Luke Maye's 18-footer from the left wing with 0.3 seconds left lifted the top-seeded Tar Heels to a 75-73 win over second-seeded Kentucky for the South…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- After avenging a December loss to UCLA on Friday night in the South Regional semifinals at FedEx Forum, Kentucky tries to keep North Carolina from evening the score with a Final Four berth on the line. Two of the sport's bluebloods meet Sunday in a rematch of perhaps the game of the regular…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Top-seeded North Carolina certainly looked the part Friday night in the South Regional semifinals at FedEx Forum. Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year Justin Jackson's 24 points, five rebounds and five assists led the Tar Heels to a 92-80 elimination of fourth-seeded Butler, advancing them to Sunday's regional final against the UCLA-Kentucky…
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Justin Jackson, who struggled with perimeter shooting the past few weeks, broke out by scoring 19 of his 21 points in the first half as North Carolina bullied Texas Southern in a 103-64 romp in the NCAA Tournament's first round Friday at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Jackson made five of eight shots from…
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PITTSBURGH — As stoic as he is, Justin Jackson, the North Carolina junior guard, didn't provide much of a reaction when he beat the shot clock with a long 3-pointer late in the first half on Saturday at Pittsburgh. Nor did he show much of one when he made another long 3 in the final seconds…
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A fan who reportedly shouted an insult at Louisville coach Rick Pitino during halftime of the Cardinals game against North Carolina Wednesday was told he could return after being tossed from the Smith Center, a UNC official said. The fan was sitting in a seat near the court that belongs to season…
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Justin Jackson scored 21 points as No. 8 North Carolina pulled away from No. 7 Louisville to win 74-63 on Wednesday night at the Smith Center, putting a stranglehold on the ACC regular-season title. Joel Berry poured in 15 points, Kennedy Meeks added 14 points and Theo Pinson had 13 for North…
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Joel Berry scored 18 points as No. 10 North Carolina pounded rival North Carolina State for the second time this season, winning 97-73 on Wednesday night at sold-out PNC Arena. Kennedy Meeks had 17 points, Justin Jackson added 14 points, sophomore Luke Maye racked up a career-high 13 points and Theo Pinson supplied…
