North Carolina Rumors & News

12 Up "North Carolina big man Armando Bacot has been outspoken on social media about the racial injustice and protests surrounding the murder of George Floyd. And in a team meeting with the rest of his fellow Tar Heels this week, Bacot expressed himself further, and revealed afterwards that his..." June 11

CBS Sports "The youth of college basketball has grown in importance as the one-and-done era has matured. Players are no longer consistently staying four years and winning championships, in part because it's no longer a prerequisite to success. 18- and 19-year-olds can make an immediate impact for..." June 03

247 Sports "Student-athletes having the opportunity to profit off of their image is becoming more and more likely. In late April, the NCAA’s Board of Governors approved recommendations that will allow players to receive payment from third-party endorsers within the next two years. This motion comes..." June 03

12 Up "Ty Lawson was a star point guard for the University of North Carolina basketball team, but he put the program on blast via his Instagram story this weeekend. He went off and insisted that he doesn't "support anything [they] do," and that head coach Roy Williams "knows..." May 26

Larry Brown Sports "Kevin Durant spent his one year in college at Texas, but it seems his heart was set on a different destination before he made his final decision. Durant was heavily recruited by the North Carolina Tar Heels in 2006, and Durant even took an official visit to see the Heels beat Duke...." May 11

CBS Sports "Daishen Nix's recent decision to play for the NBA's G League rather than join UCLA and play college basketball next season has been called a possible "sea-change moment" for the sport -- and not in a good way. That after fellow five-star prospect Jalen Green also..." May 08

Black Sports Online "Imagine, Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing teaming up at UNC. Now what would you do if I told you it almost happened? Yes, Patrick Ewing and Michael Jordan almost became teammates at UNC. Dean Williams, a legend himself, coaching arguably the greatest player in NBA history..." May 07

12 Up "In the current global climate, it's nearly impossible to imagine anything that matters less than a "Best Fans in College Basketball" poll run by FOX College Hoops. But don't tell that to BYU fans, who desperately want you to know they exist. As we all..." April 28

NBC Sports - College Basketball Talk "The Last Dance has taken the sports world by storm. In a time where we don’t actually have any access to live sports due to the coronavirus pandemic shutting down the entire world, airing 10 hours of archival, all-access, never-before-seen footage from the Chicago..." April 28

247 Sports "North Carolina’s Jeremiah Francis will become the second Tar Heel basketball player to enter the NCAA transfer portal this month. The freshman point guard confirmed the news to Inside Carolina on Thursday.  Francis was a bright spot for Roy Williams in a difficult..." April 23

TMZ "All you basketball know-it-alls got it wrong ... Michael Jordan is NOT the G.O.A.T of college hoops -- so says Bill Walton, who tells TMZ Sports that honor belongs to Kareem! We got the basketball legend just days after MJ was crowned king of ESPN's..." April 12

Yardbarker "Memories are funny things. We commonly misremember conversations and events we think know well with no malice intended.  Something of that nature may have occurred involving one of basketball's most famous coaches.  On Thursday, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski..." April 09

CBS Sports "It's called March "Madness" for a reason. The upsets that crush your bracket every year happen all month, but as the tournament goes deeper, the chances of a monumental upset in a later round get more slim. But that's not to say that there have not been upsets in the national..." April 07

Black Sports Online "Earlier this week, ESPN named Michael Jordan the greatest college basketball player of all-time on April Fools’ Day no less. Even the most diehard MJ fan knows this isn’t true and social media had some not so kind things to say after the announcement. " April 04

The Score "The NCAA decided not to grant athletes from winter sports - including basketball - an extra year of eligibility due to the coronavirus pandemic, the committee announcedMonday. "Winter sports were not included in the decision," the statement read.  " March 30

The Score "The NCAA is unlikely to grant another year of eligibility to student-athletes who participate in winter sports and had their seasons and tournaments cut short due to the coronavirus outbreak, reports Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. Spring student-athletes are still in line to..." March 18

Forbes.com "Roy Williams began his head coaching career at Kansas during the 1988-89 season when Ronald Reagan was still in office. He took over the reigning NCAA champions a season after Danny Manning left campus to become the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft. That season, the Jayhawks lost..." February 18

Sporting News "North Carolina has lost six straight games — the longest losing streak in the Roy Williams era — and the coach is clearly frustrated about it. Following UNC's 77-76 loss to Notre Dame on Monday, Williams delivered a fiery postgame news conference and immediately..." February 18

CBS Sports "There can't be a way to truly measure how unlikely Duke's 98-86 overtime winSaturday at North Carolina is, was or ever will be.  The variables are too ridiculous. The probabilities to unearthly. The coincidences, well maybe there can't be any when..." February 09

CBS Sports "Special edition jerseys for Duke and North Carolina's 100th anniversary meeting on Saturday were revealed Thursday, and the reaction to the new threads have gone over about as poorly as possible given the rivalry's relevance within the sport. The official retail jerseys aren't..." February 06

CBS Sports "North Carolina's outlook continues to brighten, and with consecutive wins after a dreadful five-game skid to start January, Roy Williams' club looks like it'll be getting an injection of talent Saturday with star guard Cole Anthony eyeing a..." February 01

CBS Sports "North Carolina's outlook continues to brighten, and with consecutive wins after a dreadful five-game skid to start January, Roy Williams' club may be getting an injection of talent soon with star guard Cole Anthony eyeing a return. Anthony's been out for..." January 31

12 Up "North Carolina is a complete shell of themselves after the likes of Cole Anthony and Anthony Harris were lost due to injury, but that didn't stop the Tar Heels from beating up on rival North Carolina State in Raleigh 75-65. Roy Williams continued his dominance of..." January 28

CBS Sports "North Carolina is on pace to miss the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in Roy Williams' 17 seasons as coach. But Thursday's release of the McDonald's All-American Game rosters brought a reminder that this rut should only be temporary for the Tar Heels. Four of..." January 23

The Score "North Carolina guard Brandon Robinson will be out indefinitely after being involved in a two-car accident over the weekend, the school announced Monday. The 6-foot-4 senior wasn't seriously injured or issued any citation. The driver of the other..." January 13

ESPN "Year after year, every Clemson team that played at North Carolina left the court in the same fashion: By throwing another loss onto what had grown into a bizarrely long streak. No longer. For once, after a 79-76 overtime win in Chapel Hill, the Tigers were the ones..." January 12

ESPN "The former women's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina has been charged in connection with an accident that killed an elderly pedestrian, police said Friday. Durham police said in a news release that Sylvia Hatchell, 67, was cited for misdemeanor death by vehicle..." January 11

ESPN "North Carolina is off to an 8-6 start to the season, and in the wake of a 96-83 loss to Georgia Tech on Sunday, a frustrated coach Roy Williams called his squad "the least gifted team I've ever coached in the time that I've been back..." January 08