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May 14, 2026

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Coach hot seat report for NC CBB

November 10, 2024 The North State Journal
UNC Wilmington head coach Takayo Siddle enters his fifth season with the school, but he seems to be in a good position. (Nick Wass / AP Photo) Five years. That’s how long you get. Obviously, […]
Sports

Rematch with Kansas could exorcise 1991 demons for Hubert Davis

April 3, 2022 The North State Journal
North Carolina’s Hubert Davis celebrates on the court with teammates after the Tar Heels defeated Temple 75-72 in the NCAA East Regional championship game at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J., on March 24, 1991. […]
Sports

UNC hires Hubert Davis as head coach

April 5, 2021 The North State Journal
North Carolina’s Hubert Davis celebrates on the court with teammates after the Tar Heels defeated Temple in the 1991 NCAA East Regional final. Davis will be the successor to Roy Williams as head coach of […]
Sports

Tar Heels shoot down Blue Devils in rivalry game

February 6, 2021 The North State Journal
The Tar Heels defeated rival Duke 91-87 Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium in the first of two scheduled meetings this season. North Carolina jumped out to an early lead on Duke then held off a […]
Sports

UNC-Syracuse ACC’s latest basketball postponement

December 23, 2020 The North State Journal
Coach Roy Williams’ Tar Heels are 5-3 this season (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) North Carolina’s scheduled game against Syracuse at the Smith Center on Saturday, January 2 has become the latest ACC basketball game to be […]
Sports

Black helps No. 14 UNC top Stanford in Maui semifinals

December 1, 2020 The North State Journal
North Carolina guard Leaky Black drives to the basket in the second half of the Tar Heels’ win Tuesday over Stanford in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational in Asheville. (Kathy Kmonicek / AP Photo) […]
Sports

UNC’s Williams: ‘Everything we touched turned bad’

March 12, 2020 The North State Journal
UNC’s Cole Anthony (2) fouls Syracuse guard Joseph Girard III during the second half of Wednesday’s ACC tournament game in Greensboro (AP Photo/Ben McKeown) GREENSBORO — Roy Williams was making reference to Wednesday’s 81-53 loss […]
Sports

Frustrating regular season comes to frustrating conclusion for UNC

March 8, 2020 The North State Journal
UNC coach Roy Williams reacts during the second half of Saturday’s regular season ending loss to Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) DURHAM — North Carolina’s 2019-20 basketball season can be summed up […]
Sports

UNC’s woes continue, lose at Louisville

February 23, 2020 The North State Journal
Louisville forward Jordan Nwora drives to the basket as he’s defended by North Carolina guard Brandon Robinson during the Cardinals’ win Saturday. (Wade Payne / AP Photo) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jordan Nwora holds himself to […]
Sports

Duke, Jones stun UNC to add another memorable chapter to storied rivalry

February 8, 2020 The North State Journal
Duke’s Tre Jones takes the shot that forced overtime in the Blue Devils’ dramatic victory at UNC on Saturday (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) CHAPEL HILL — Wendell Moore made the winning shot as time expired in […]

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