North Carolina Rumors & News

ESPN "Potential preseason No. 1 team North Carolina has landed Northwestern transfer Pete Nance, the best available player in the men's basketball portal. Nance visited Chapel Hill earlier this week and announced his decision via Twitter on Saturday..." June 18

The Athletic "Hubert Davis never shied away from the inevitable last season. No matter what, he’d only have Brady Manek in a Tar Heels uniform for a matter of months. And unfortunately for North Carolina fans, time’s up. Reality hit home in full last week..." June 16

Bleacher Report "UNC forward/center Armando Bacot will appear in the third season of the Netflix series Outer Banks, per Ross Martin of Inside Carolina. Bacot shared images on a recent Instagram story. Bacot broke out in his third season at UNC with 16.3 points and 13.1..." May 04

247 Sports "GG Jackson, an elite prospect in the 2023 class who is in strong consideration as the No. 1 player in the class, has committed to the North Carolina Tar Heels, he tells 247Sports. The 6-foot-9, 215-pound power forward out of Columbia (S.C.) Ridge View committed to the Tar Heels..." April 27

Tar Heel Blog "Today we received the good news that everyone has been waiting for: junior big man Armando Bacot has announced that he is returning to UNC for his senior season. The first-team All-ACC big man is coming off of not only his personal best season, but one of the best seasons any UNC big man has..." April 13

ABC News "The manufacturer of the court at the men's college basketball Final Four told ESPN on Tuesday that the spot on the floor where North Carolina star Armando Bacot injured himself during Monday night's championship game didn't have any structural..." April 06

TMZ "Hubert Davis is getting Kenny Smith's stamp of approval after his first year at North Carolina -- the former Tar Heels star tells TMZ Sports he's "super proud" of his team's new coach. Davis and the 8-seed Tar Heels were 20 minutes away from..." April 06

USA Today "Trailing by 15 at halftime, Kansas stormed back to escape North Carolina 72-69 in a thrilling game of momentum swings to win the national championship game Monday before 69,423 at the Superdome.  The Jayhawks won their fourth national championship and second under coach Bill..." April 05

Larry Brown Sports "Mike Krzyzewski managed to share a nice message to Armando Bacot despite Duke’s disappointing ending on Saturday. Bacot got injured with just over five minutes left in the close Final Four game between North Carolina and Duke. Bacot is UNC’s leading scorer (16.3 points per..." April 03

The Score "The legendary career of Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski has come to an end at the hands of bitter rival North Carolina. The eighth-ranked Tar Heels downed the Blue Devils 81-77 in an epic thriller on Saturday to book a trip to the national title game against Kansas. The..." April 03

Bleacher Report "North Carolina big man Armando Bacot limped off the court with an ankle injury for a stretch during the second half of Saturday's win over Duke, but he plans on playing in Monday's national title game against Kansas. "My status right now is that I'm playing,"..." April 03

Larry Brown Sports "North Carolina knocked off Duke on Saturday to end Mike Krzyzewski’s Duke coaching career. Coach K didn’t even seem to be too bitter about it. The Tar Heels beat the Blue Devils 81-77 in their Final Four matchup at the Superdome in New Orleans to advance to the..." April 03

Clutch Points "The North Carolina Tar Heels handed Mike Krzyzewski a disappointing end to his time with Duke, as UNC took down the Blue Devils in their Final Four showdown on Saturday. Of course it sparked plenty of reactions from the NBA world, with former Tar Heels like Vince Carter and Danny..." April 03

TMZ "It was bedlam on the streets of Chapel Hill Saturday night, after the Tar Heels snagged a spot in the NCAA men's basketball National Championship game. 10 people, and maybe more, were hurt after the game ... 4 were injured badly enough to require hospitalization. Chapel..." April 03

Yardbarker "Duke’s NCAA Tournament run is officially over, and it turns out that they may have been the latest victims of one of sports’ most notorious curses. Rapper Drake posted to his Instagram Story on Saturday that he had bet $100,000 in Canadian dollars (roughly $80,000 U.S...." April 03

TMZ "Got plans tonight that don't involve Duke vs. UNC? Chris Duhon clearly thinks you're going to regret that -- telling TMZ Sports the Final Four game could be one of the biggest contests in sports history. The Blue Devils are slated to play the Tar Heels in..." April 02

Bleacher Report "One way or the other, the illustrious career of Duke's men's college basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski will be coming to an end this weekend in New Orleans. (Unless he pulls a Tom Brady and unretires in a month.) (I'm..." April 01

TMZ "Eric Church has cancelled a huge concert this weekend so he can watch his beloved UNC basketball team play Duke in the Final Four ... and the country music superstar's fanbase is not happy with his decision. Church announced the cancellation in a message to his supporters..." March 30

CBS Sports "On Saturday in a gleaming palace built for basketball that they call the Chase Center, Mike Krzyzewski will coach in his 1,437th college game. What awaits? Glory or defeat?  No. 2 seed Duke is a win away from making the Final Four and sending Krzyzewski there for the..." March 26

The Athletic "As Jim Phillips glad-handed his way toward a United Center tunnel and a shortcut to a jubilant Miami locker room late Friday night, a young man wearing a green-and-white striped rugby shirt and a perma-smile caught his attention. Phillips probably didn’t know who the kid was. But the..." March 26

Larry Brown Sports "Duke assistant coach Chris Carrawell appeared to show some poor sportsmanship after his team’s loss to rival North Carolina on Saturday. The Blue Devils lost 94-81 in what was Mike Krzyzewski’s final home game as Duke’s coach before he retires. Though it was a close..." March 06

Clutch Points "All eyes will be on the Duke Blue Devils vs. North Carolina game this Saturday night for reasons bigger than the rivalry matchup itself. Any time Duke and North Carolina meets is an event, but this one takes on a more special meaning, as it will be Mike Krzyzewski’s final game..." March 05

Clutch Points "The end of an era in college basketball is near, as Saturday’s contest against the North Carolina Tar Heels will be the final game of Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s coaching career. Krzyzewski’s final game has prompted many in the sports world to weigh..." March 04

The Score "Ticket prices are soaring on the secondary market for Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski's final home game Saturday against North Carolina.  As of Sunday, a single ticket to the game was selling for an average of $5,392 on StubHub to $7,498 on SeatGeek, according..." February 28

Bleacher Report "Preseason polls are the pinnacle of expectations. If your favorite team is included in that initial AP Top 25, that undoubtedly means the assumption is a trip to the NCAA tournament. To the surprise of zero sports fans, those predictions don't always come true. For a handful of..." February 17

The News & Observer "North Carolina sophomore forward Dawson Garcia will miss the remainder of the season so that he can stay in Minnesota as his grandmother deals with a serious illness. Garcia, a native of Prior Lake, Minnesota, has missed the past six games for the Tar Heels, starting with their Jan...." February 11

ESPN "North Carolina basketball must be in real trouble. Spend enough time on social media and you'd think the Tar Heels were dropping the sport. Heck, one website has the Tar Heels as a No. 1 seed ... in the NIT. I'm not buying it. North Carolina is in trouble -- bubble..." February 08