North Carolina (15-1, 1-2) could have been 3-0 in the ACC. It also could have been 0-3.
After winning their first four ACC games by a combined 17 points, the Tar Heels took a different approach to winning Sunday against Georgia Tech.
Hairston did his part and then some as North Carolina defeated the defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion Seminoles 77-72 Saturday, almost a year to day after being humiliated by 33 points on the same Tallahassee, Fla., court.
North Carolina junior midfielder Crystal Dunn was awarded the 2012 Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy, presented by the coaches to best female player in NCAA Division I soccer.
Last season’s game at Florida State proved to be a turning point for North Carolina. After a 33-point loss, UNC’s most lopsided defeat in the Roy Williams era, the Tar Heels wrote the number “33” on the whiteboard in their locker room as motivation before every remaining game.
The road to a second straight bowl game should be slightly easier for Duke next season.
With a 3-point lead and just 49.4 seconds remaining in a see-saw ACC women’s basketball game at Reynolds Coliseum, the Tar Heels made the Pack pay with a five-second violation that turned the tide in UNC’s favor on its way to a 70-66 victory.
The last time North Carolina lost its first two conference games, it won the 2009 NCAA title. The last time UNC started 0-3 in the ACC, it made the 1997 Final Four. That’s little consolation to this year’s group, which fell to Miami 66-57 Thursday night at the Smith Center and will struggle to even qualify for the tournament without a big turnaround.
North Carolina junior forward Reggie Bullock didn’t want to look back on the season and wonder if he could have done more.
Hillside graduate Khris Francis was one of four football players who enrolled early at North Carolina, the school announced Wednesday.
Finishing in the top 10 nationally in each sport, academically and athletically, while developing a culture of compliance and building a stronger relationship with the university community — those are some of the goals that the North Carolina has set as part of a strategic plan announced Wednesday that will guide the athletic department’s decision-making over the next four years.
First conference game, on the road, against an opponent with a unique and frustrating slow-down style.
Virginia shot 52 percent in the second half and held UNC to 16 points in the final 16:25 as the Cavaliers opened the conference season with a 61-52 win.
The Tar Heels came out on the winning end of a close one on Sunday, edging Virginia Tech, 48-45, at Carmichael Arena.
North Carolina’s ACC opener today at Virginia (8 p.m., ESPNU) will feature two completely different styles of basketball. While the Tar Heels (10-3) like to speed up the game, the Cavaliers (10-3) prefer to slow it down.