Tierra Ruffin-Pratt scored 24 points and No. 17 North Carolina pulled away in the second half to beat East Carolina 76-67 in the Beach Ball Classic.
Dexter Strickland never played point guard in high school and has started once at that position during his four years at North Carolina. Yet the UNC senior is fourth in the ACC in assists at 5.0 per game entering today’s game at Texas (9 p.m., ESPN2).
Hillside senior defensive back Korrin Wiggins was the only area player chosen to the 2012 all-state football team for North Carolina, which was announced Monday by The Associated Press.
Nine months after the indignity of an early round exit from the NCAA Tournament, Duke is on top of the men’s college basketball world again.
J.P. Tokoto played all five positions in high school, and coach Roy Williams told the 6-foot-5, 185-pound forward to expect the same treatment when he came to North Carolina.
No. 19 North Carolina bounced back from a miserable offensive showing with a 75-49 victory over Coastal Carolina on Sunday.
ECU scored 61 second-half points — four more than a Roy Williams-coached UNC team had ever allowed in a half — and cut a 16-point halftime deficit to four before the 21st-ranked Tar Heels came away with a 93-87 win.
N.C. State fans don’t have to worry about Giovani Bernard breaking their hearts with another game-changing punt return for a touchdown.
At the end of a 15-minute news conference Thursday, North Carolina coach Roy Williams stayed at his seat even after reporters had exhausted their list of questions.
Jeff Lebo is bringing his East Carolina program to the same court where he starred for North Carolina under Dean Smith and Roy Williams.
Area football fans watching Saturday’s NCAA Division II national championship game between Winston-Salem State and Valdosta State (1 p.m., ESPN2) will be familiar with many faces on the field.
A depleted No. 19 North Carolina women’s basketball team still had plenty in the reserve tank to drive past N.C. Central for a 49-21 win at Carmichael Arena on Wednesday.
North Carolina guard Jonathan Cooper was one of two ACC players chosen as a first-team selection on The Associated Press All-America team that was announced Tuesday.
The suspense for No. 20 North Carolina On Saturday didn’t come from anything that happened on the Smith Center floor against East Tennessee State – the Buccaneers scored just 12 first-half points in UNC’s 78-55 win.
No. 20 North Carolina held the Buccaneers to 12 points, which set the mark for the lowest output ever by an opponent in a half at the Smith Center and for an opponent at any site in the Roy Williams era, and the Tar Heels cruised to a 78-55 win.