For the final time, the Tar Heels will take the floor in preseason exhibition competition tonight, as they host the Charlotte 49ers, before next Monday’s season opener. Carolina has gone 1-1 in the preseason, with an impressive win over USC two weeks ago and a lopsided loss to Indiana a week ago. This is the final tuneup before the home opener against Western Carolina next week, which will officially kick off the Michael Malone Era in Chapel Hill. Charlotte will arrive tonig

Cory Knowlton- Imagn Images The Tar Heels faced a trap game on Saturday night against a struggling, beat up Syracuse team and fell victim to it. After racing out to a 10-0 lead early and looking like they were in control when they led 20-10 heading into the 4th quarter, a desperate Syracuse Orange team would make enough important plays to tie the game at 23. A missed extra point, though, sent the game to overtime, where the Tar Heels would score first to put the pressure back

UNC Athletics The Tar Heels didn’t make it easy on themselves on Saturday, but they went into Durham and took the Victory Bell back from Duke with a 24-20 win. As the team now turns its attention to the first nighttime kick of the season against the Syracuse Orange on Saturday, here is a look at who is trending up and who is trending down around Tar Heel football. ⇧Jaylen McGill McGill had been rather quiet since the East Tennessee game, but he was called upon on Saturday aga

Robert Goddin- Imagn Images It wasn’t the result, let alone the effort, that Carolina was looking to put together last night, as the Tar Heels fell in exhibition play, 76-58 to the Indiana Hoosiers, in a game that at times wasn’t even that close. A week after scoring 88 points in a win over USC, Carolina scored 58 points and shot just 36% from the field, 32% from behind the arc, 54% from the free-throw line, and committed 15 turnovers, leading to 19 points for Indiana. But th

@UNC_Basketball For the second time under Michael Malone, the Tar Heels are set to play a preseason exhibition game, this time against the Indiana Hoosiers, in Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Sunday evening. The Tar Heels opened preseason play with an impressive 88-70 win over USC last Friday against USC, in a game where Carolina’s defensive intensity fueled a big second half, leading to the comfortable win. The Trojans were without three key members of their rotation, on a team tha

UNC Athletics Billy’s first words were “Beat Duke” and he did just that on Saturday. After racing out to a 17-0 lead in the first half, the Tar Heel offense fell silent, allowing Duke to storm back and take a 20-17 lead with 4:39 to go in the game. The offense would respond with their first scoring drive since the middle of the second quarter, capped by a 24-yard touchdown run by Jaylen McGill with 1:53 remaining which gave the Tar Heels the lead back. The defense would conce

UNC Athletics The Tar Heels entered Saturday looking for the first ranked win under Bill Belichick and the first win against a ranked opponent on the road since 2020. Despite a slow start on both sides of the ball, the team would scrap their way to a huge 21-17 over the No. 25 Pittsburgh Panthers. As the team now prepares for a trip to Durham to try and win back the Victory Bell, here is a look at who we have trending up and trending down around Tar Heel football. ⇧Shamar Eas

UNC Athletics The Tar Heels came into Saturday looking for the first ranked win under Bill Belichick and the first ranked win on the road since 2020. While it may have been ugly, the team was able to do enough to pick up a win that makes the hopes of making a bowl game very realistic. Here is a look at our biggest takeaways from the Tar Heels’ 21-17 victory of No. 25 Pittsburgh. Defense Played a Very Similar Game to TCU Saturday’s performance from the Tar Heel defense felt ve

University of North Carolina Athletics For the first time under Michael Malone, the Tar Heels took the floor in preseason exhibition play last night, taking down USC 88-70 in Greensboro, behind a big game from Jarin Stevenson and contributions from Neo Avdalas, Isaiah Denis, and Maximo Adams. Carolina trailed at the half, 39-37, but behind a big second half, sparked by improved defense, UNC outscored the Trojans 51-31, as the Trojans shot just 27% in the second half, to pull

University of North Carolina Athletics The Michael Malone Era unofficially gets started tonight, as Carolina Basketball takes the floor in preseason exhibition play against the USC Trojans in Greensboro. This is the first time we’ve seen the Tar Heels since they blew a 19-point lead to VCU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, which ultimately led to the firing of Hubert Davis and the hiring of Malone, a former NBA champion with the Denver Nuggets. As is the case after a

Bob Donnan- Imagn Images The Tar Heels competed hard on Saturday in Kenan Stadium against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the No. 3 team in the country, but ultimately fell short. Now, the team turns its attention to another undefeated team, the Pittsburgh Panthers. Here is a look at who we have trending up and trending down going into that road trip to Acrisure Stadium. ⇩Kaleb Cost The Tar Heel secondary struggled as a whole, but no one struggled more than Cost on Saturday. W

The clock is ticking. We are now a week away from seeing this new version of the Tar Heel basketball squad take the court in an exhibition matchup against USC. Michael Malone has had a couple of weeks of full practice implementing his system, and things appear to be coming together for this team. I wrote an article a while ago talking about some of the questions that this team and coaching staff face leading into the 2026-27 season. While that article focused more on potentia

Bob Donnan- Imagn Images The Tar Heels faced a monumental task on Saturday when they welcomed Notre Dame, the third ranked team in the country to Chapel Hill. The Fighting Irish had a chance in the middle of the second quarter to take the Tar Heels completely out of game, but back-to-back touchdowns allowed the Tar Heels to flip the script and battle into the fourth quarter. While moral victories aren’t something we love, this was a needed one for the Tar Heels as they head i

Ashley Tumlin- Imagn Images The Tar Heels are coming out of their second bye week of the season and beginning to get ready for the game against Notre Dame this Saturday in Kenan Stadium to kick off a nine game stretch to finish the season. As they begin those preparations, here is a look at the five biggest storylines around the team heading into a difficult stretch of games. Quarterback Job Will Still Be Billy Edwards’ For Now Many fans were calling for the Tar Heels to turn

Ashley Tumlin- Imagn Images Despite a rough showing against the Clemson Tigers and calls for a new quarterback from the fanbase, the staff is sticking by fifth year senior Billy Edwards Jr. heading into the game with Notre Dame. Head coach Bill Belichick confirmed that Edwards will be the guy against the Fighting Irish on Monday morning during his presser. When asked if he expects to move forward with Edwards as the starting quarterback, the second-year Tar Heel head coach si

Ashley Tumlin- Getty Images The Tar Heels suffered their first setback of the 2026 season last Saturday, as Clemson stormed back from down 17-3 late in the second quarter to stun them 28-20. As the team sits in the middle of their second bye week of the season before a nine game sprint to the finish, here’s a look at the stock report around the Tar Heel football program. ⇩Coleman Bryson Bryson had a really rough day for the Tar Heel on Saturday to say the least. While he did

It’s been a long offseason, but basketball is on the precipice of being back. As official practices begin today, we begin to prepare for the beginning of the basketball season. We have weathered a coaching change, a tumultuous transfer portal cycle, and a football program that at times has looked to be crumbling from the inside out. But now, less than a month from now, we get to watch the pride of North Carolina athletics take the floor of Greensboro Coliseum (I will not call

UNC Football The Tar Heels handled business on Saturday in Chapel Hill against East Tennessee State when they won 35-3 over Will Healy’s crew. While it may not have been the biggest margin of defeat that we have seen from the program against an FCS program, there were a lot of promising performances across the board. Here is a look at who’s trending up and who’s trending down heading into the game in Death Valley against Clemson. ⇧Jelani Thurman Thurman followed a breakout pe

UNC Athletics The Tar Heels kicked the 2026 season off with a bang by picking up the biggest win of the Bill Belichick era in Dublin, Ireland over TCU. This win readjusts the expectations for this season and provides a spark for a program and fanbase that was sorely needed. Here is a look at the stock report after an encouraging start to the 2026 season. ⇧Xavier Lewis Lewis, a former walk-on, was the best player on the field on Saturday. Last year, Lewis was a guy that the te

We are officially less than one week away from the Tar Heels opening the season in Ireland against TCU and it is time to do a couple of our favorite preseason prediction articles. We’ll start by giving you our five breakout players for this upcoming season. Anthony Jelani Thurman @uncfootball- Instagram There might not be a player on the roster that has received more positive buzz about them than Thurman this offseason and with that, expectations are growing. While Thurman ha