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UNC Facing Tricky Timetable With Ongoing Coaching Search
13+ hour, 9+ min ago (846+ words) That same principle has been a necessity for Carolina basketball fans virtually every day since UNC's 2025-26 season ended March 19, when VCU came back from 19 points down to post a shocking 82-78 overtime victory over the Tar Heels in the first round…...
Spring 2026 ACC Basketball Transfer Portal Snapshot (OUTGOING)
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (269+ words) BC, Clemson, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Wake First To See Players (Some Starters) Enter Portal In short, the speed-dating aspect of recruiting major college transfers is now more fast-paced than ever, and starting in March, ACC players began announcing their…...
Five Things To Know About UNC’s Coaching Change/Search
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (1110+ words) Five Things To Know About Carolina's Coaching Change Here are five things to know about North Carolina's decision to end Hubert Davis' head coaching tenure in Chapel Hill and seek out his successor: 1. The roughly five-day period stretching from UNC's…...
Why Duke Wins (In Many Sports): Long-Time Athletic Director Explains
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1533+ words) This is no longer an industry where a proud logo, a famous arena and a legendary coach's shadow are enough to carry the day. Modern college athletics is a performance business, a media business, a talent-acquisition business, a donor business,…...
CLONE WARS: Why Blue-Blood Programs Keep Losing To Their Own Past
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1761+ words) Why Blue-Blood Programs Keep Losing To Their Own Past Why has it been so difficult for college basketball legacy programs such as UCLA, Kentucky, North Carolina and Indiana to keep winning at that "program standard" from before the Name-Image-Likeness era?...
2026 ACC Tournament Notebook: UNC, NC State, Duke, More!!
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (1026+ words) UNC's Longest ACC Tournament Drought, Other Notes On League's Signature Event UNC's relationship with the Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament is a long, impressive and fairly consistent one. Since the league's creation in 1953, the Tar Heels have the second-most…...
March Madness Contender: Louisville (2026 Overview, 10-Year Snapshot)
3+ week, 2+ day ago (983+ words) 2026 North Carolina Sports Network March Madness Spotlight, 10-Year Snapshot Picked To Contend For ACC Title, Louisville Remains Plenty Dangerous ACC Member Since: 2014-15 ACC Ranking Among 31 Leagues (KenPom): 4th (2026), 5th (2025), 5th (2024), 7th (2023), 5th (2022), 5th (2021), 4th (2020) NCAA Tournament Bids: 44 (1951, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2025) NCAA Titles: 3 (1980, 1986, 2013) Final Fours: 10 (1959, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 2005, 2012, 2013) Conference Titles: 17 (1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995 in Metro; 2003, 2005 in CUSA;…...
March Madness Contender: Queens (2026 Overview, 10-Year Snapshot)
3+ week, 3+ day ago (817+ words) 2026 North Carolina Sports Network March Madness Spotlight, 10-Year Snapshot Formerly A Division Two Power, Queens Quickly Makes D1 Splash NCAA Division One Member Since: 2022-23 (started 4-year transition period) ASUN Member Since: 2022-23 ASUN Ranking Among 31 Leagues (KenPom): 24th (2026), 24th (2025), 26th (2024), 18th (2023), 21st (2022), 26th (2021), 26th (2020) NCAA Tournament Bids: 1 (in Division…...
2026 North Carolina Sports Network March Madness Spotlight, 10-Year Snapshot
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1024+ words) 2026 North Carolina Sports Network March Madness Spotlight, 10-Year Snapshot After Decades With Famous Dad, Coaches, Lucas Making Year-One Splash At Miami School: University of Miami Location: Coral Gables, Fla. ACC Member Since: 2004-05 ACC Ranking Among 31 Leagues (KenPom): 4th (2026), 5th (2025), 5th (2024), 7th (2023), 5th (2022), 5th (2021), 4th (2020) NCAA Tournament Bids:…...
UNC’s “General Manager” Era: Strategic Move Or Structural Overreach?
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1325+ words) After years of cautiously exploring the general manager model, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is no longer treating the role as an experiment. In the Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) and transfer portal era, the GM has become a defining…...