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Who and What Defined Men’s College Basketball’s First Month?

Our writers talk teams they’re high on, who might be overrated and more.

Sports Illustrated

UNC basketball losing streak reaches four after loss to Virginia Tech in ACC opener

BLACKSBURG, Va. — North Carolina coach Hubert Davis tried a little bit of everything and everyone at Virginia Tech in the teams’ ACC opener.

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UNC basketball slide continues, Tar Heels fall to Indiana 77-65 in ACC/Big Ten Challenge

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — When No. 18 North Carolina talked in the preseason of repeating last season’s run to the Final Four, it wasn’t supposed to include a repeat of last year’s losses in all of its marquee non-conference matchups.

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UNC football freshman quarterback Drake Maye named ACC rookie and player of the year

North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye made a clean sweep of the ACC’s Player of the Year awards on Wednesday. The redshirt freshman from Huntersville collected the league’s Rookie of the Year, Offensive Rookie of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year and the coveted Player of the Year honors.

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Heel, yes: Pete Nance — from Northwestern to North Carolina — takes a shot at the big time

The past four seasons are in the rearview. It’s here and it’s now for Nance, and there’s nothing more here-and-now in all of college basketball than the Tar Heels.

Chicago Sun-Times

UNC basketball falls to Alabama in 4OT stunner, suffering second loss in three days

PORTLAND, Ore. — Alabama coach Nate Oats said on Friday after both the Crimson Tide and North Carolina lost games in the Phil Knight Invitational that Sunday’s matchup would be as close to a must-win game as one could be in November.

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UNC Isn't (Yet) Living Up to the Preseason Hype

The Tar Heels earned their No. 1 ranking based on last March, but this year's group has yet to play up to that level.

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No. 1 UNC falls to Iowa State in Phil Knight Invitational semifinals

PORTLAND, Ore. — The experience that was supposed to help No. 1 North Carolina in tough games was no help at all in its 70-65 loss to Iowa State on Friday in the Phil Knight Invitational.

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NC State upsets North Carolina, 30-27 in double overtime

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — In one of the classic games in what has been a classic football series through the year, N.C. State won in overtime Friday at Kenan Stadium.

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UNC basketball escapes with 89-81 win over Portland at Phil Knight Invitational

PORTLAND, Ore. — No. 1 North Carolina played Portland on Thursday to open the Phil Knight Invitational like it won’t be keeping that top ranking much longer.

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NFL Scouting Notes: Caleb Williams, Blake Corum

Plus more notes on Week 12 of the college football season, including thoughts on Michigan RB Blake Corum and Georgia lineman Jalen Carter.

Sports Illustrated

UNC basketball beats JMU 80-64

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A laminated piece of paper now residing in North Carolina coach Hubert Davis’ office just may be the key to the Tar Heels’ season. In the short term, it was definitely what inspired their 80-64 win over James Madison on Sunday at the Dean E. Smith…

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UNC basketball moves to 3-0. What we learned in Tar Heels’ 72-66 win over Gardner-Webb.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Pete Nance shouldn’t be compared to Brady Manek. But after No. 1 North Carolina’s tougher-than-expected 72-66 win over Gardner-Webb, the graduate transfer from Northwestern proved, just like Manek did last season, why he was a coveted addition to the lineup.

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Tar Heels clinch ACC Coastal with another close road game. UNC beats Wake Forest 36-34

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — It seems each week No. 15 North Carolina plays a game that begs the question: Surely it can’t continue to win games this way?

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What we learned about UNC in its 102-86 win over College of Charleston

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — No. 1 North Carolina beat down a spirited effort from the College of Charleston for a 102-86 victory Friday in a game that the final score disguised just how tough it was.

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Andrew Carter: This is NC’s weirdest college football season in recent memory — and maybe its most fun

Well, things are officially getting weird. Have been for a while, actually, but Saturday cemented it: This is now the wildest, strangest college football season in recent memory in North Carolina.

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Tar Heels open season with 69-56 win over UNC Wilmington. What we learned from game

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — No. 1 North Carolina didn’t show much of the offensive explosiveness that helped it reach the national championship game last season in its opener against UNC Wilmington on Monday night.

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UNC comes from behind on road to beat Virginia, 31-28

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — No. 17 North Carolina trailed at halftime for the third consecutive game and for the third straight time owned the second half as it won, 31-28, at Virginia on Saturday at Scott Stadium.

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UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis haunted — and energized — by national title loss

North Carolina’s 1991 Final Four loss to Kansas antagonized Hubert Davis as a player so much that he said he repeatedly watched a replay of it annually until he, as an assistant coach under Roy Williams, was part of the Tar Heels’ 2017 national title team.

Sports Illustrated

SI’s Expert Picks for Men’s Final Four, Champ and More

Plus, we predict the Player of the Year, mid-major to watch and overrated teams.

Sports Illustrated

Ticket Prices Peak Ahead of College Football Playoff Rankings

National Championship Game ticket reservation prices for Tennessee rose 50% ahead of the team’s clash with Georgia.

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Andrew Carter: Surprises and disappointments midway through college football season in North Carolina

And just like that, a season that was once young is all grown up now. Suddenly it has arrived at middle age. Blink, and it’ll all be over. We’ve already reached the halfway point of the 2022 college football season.

Tribune News Service

UNC defense gets it done as Tar Heels hold on to beat Miami, 27-24

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — North Carolina’s defense — yes its defense — got it done.

Sports Illustrated

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, but These Teams May Need To

From Iowa’s offensive woes to the ACC’s road trips, it could be time to rethink these longstanding approaches.

Tribune News Service

UNC escapes Appalachian State to snap road losing streak and move to 2-0 on season

BOONE, N.C. — North Carolina escaped from Boone and its record-setting crowd of 40,168 with a 63-61 victory over Appalachian State in a game that featured wild swings and big plays.

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