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Heel Tough Blog: What 2 Watch 4 - Winston-Salem State Exhibition
@UNC_Basketball Tonight, the Tar Heels will play in their final preseason exhibition ahead of the 2025-26 season, which gets started on Monday against Central Arkansas. Last Friday, Carolina lost on the road against #8 BYU, 78-76, in a game that they played without projected starter Luka Bogavac. Freshman Caleb Wilson went toe to toe with BYU’s AJ Dybantsa, totaling a 22-point, 10-rebound, double-double. Seth Trimble added 17 in the loss, but Carolina more than looked the par

Joshua Marlow
Oct 293 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Seth Trimble Named to the Preseason Jerry West Award Watch List
The 2025-26 college basketball season is officially less than a week away, with Carolina set to open the season against Central Arkansas next Monday in the Smith Center. The Tar Heels are set to host Winston-Salem State tomorrow night, in the final preseason exhibition, after losing to BYU in exhibition competition last Friday night. With the season right around the corner, all the preseason watch lists are in the process of being unveiled, and earlier today, senior guard Se

Joshua Marlow
Oct 281 min read


Heel Tough Blog: BYU Exhibition Takeaways
KSL News Last night, the Tar Heels traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah, to take on the preseason-ranked #8 BYU Cougars in an exhibition matchup, and ultimately fell short 78-76, in a game that showed a lot of promise for a UNC roster featuring 11 new players. One of those 11 newcomers, Luka Bogavac, was not in uniform, as he awaits clearance from the University after being deemed eligible by the NCAA. With that in mind, Hubert Davis started a bigger lineup, going with Kyan Evans

Joshua Marlow
Oct 254 min read


Heel Tough Blog: What 2 Watch 4 - BYU Exhibition
@UNC_Baksetball For the first time since March, the Tar Heels will take the floor and play a competitive game of basketball, although tonight’s game is technically an exhibition. A few years ago, the NCAA voted to allow schools to play in two exhibitions per preseason, as long as one of the exhibitions benefits a charity foundation. Last year, UNC played at Memphis, in an exhibition that benefited St. Jude’s hospital, and tonight they’ll travel to Salt Lake City, Utah, to tak

Joshua Marlow
Oct 243 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Luka Bogavac Cleared by NCAA, But Facing New Hurdle In Order to Play
Bob Donnan- Imagn Images We have been waiting for an update on Luka Bogavac and on Wednesday, head coach Hubert Davis gave it to us. According to Davis, Bogavac has been cleared to play by the NCAA, but still faces a new challenge when it comes to getting on the court. Per Inside Carolina, Bogavac still must overcome “internal steps” before he is actually able to join the team on the court officially this season. It’s not that he has been admitted to the school; that step was

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 222 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC Picked to Finish 3rd in the ACC in 2025-26
Sports Illustrated Last week, the ACC held its annual preseason event in Charlotte, where coaches and players met with the assembled media ahead of the 2025-26 season. It’s during that time that the preseason voting takes place, and today the results were released, and they set the bar of expectations for the UNC program from a media perspective going into this season. Despite a roster that features 11 new players, and a coach that is believed to be coaching for his job, the

Joshua Marlow
Oct 142 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC Cracks Preseason AP Top 25
GoHeels With ACC Tip-Off behind us, we’re getting closer and closer to the college hoops season, and another sign of that is the annual preseason poll, which was released earlier today, and to no surprise, it contained Hubert Davis and the UNC Tar Heels. After an off-season overhaul that saw Carolina bring in 11 new players, UNC will begin the 2025-26 season, #25 in the AP Poll, meaning the program will begin the season preseason ranked for all 5 of Hubert Davis’s seasons on

Joshua Marlow
Oct 132 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Blue/White Scrimmage Takeaways
Maggie Hobson - GoHeels 2025-26 figures to be a big year for Hubert Davis, who is looking to silence his doubters and establish himself...

Joshua Marlow
Oct 44 min read


Heel Tough Blog: What 2 Watch 4 - Blue/White Scrimmage
Sports Illustrated Preseason practice is well underway in Chapel Hill, with the first of two exhibitions, not too far away for Hubert...

Joshua Marlow
Oct 33 min read


Heel Tough Blog: 2025-26 ACC Basketball Schedule Officially Released
@UNC_Basketball While the main focus on campus is on Carolina Football, the basketball season isn’t too far away, with the start of...

Joshua Marlow
Sep 93 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels in Contact With Chattanooga Transfer Guard
John Byrum- Icon Sportswire The Tar Heels are searching for their scoring guard and their next target to answer that need might be a...

Anthony Pagnotta
Apr 52 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Wake Forest Preview - ACC Tournament Quarterfinals
Bob Donnan- Imagn Images After dispatching Notre Dame yesterday, the Tar Heels are back in action later today, as they take on Wake...

Anthony Pagnotta
Mar 133 min read


Heel Tough Blog: La Salle Recap
The Tar Heels returned to the court on Saturday afternoon as they welcomed legendary coach Fran Dunphy and the La Salle Explorers to the...

Anthony Pagnotta
Dec 14, 20244 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Alabama Recap
After a week off, the Tar Heels still played the same lethargic defense and struggled to get great guard play, and it resulted in a 94-79...

Joshua Marlow
Dec 5, 20244 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Alabama Preview
After a week off, the Tar Heels return to the hardwood later tonight, as they host Alabama, in the second annual ACC/SEC Challenge. The...

Joshua Marlow
Dec 4, 20243 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Elliot Cadeau Shines in Geico Nationals Sparking Push for Reclassification
The Geico Nationals is the premier high school basketball showcase in the country each year as the nation’s top prep academies meet to...

Anthony Pagnotta
Apr 2, 20233 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Georgia Tech Recap
After a four game losing streak, the Tar Heels got back to their winning ways with a 75-59 win over Georgia Tech in the ACC opener....

Joshua Marlow
Dec 10, 20223 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Opponent Set for 2022 ACC/Big Ten Challenge
After the ACC revealed the conference home/away matchups for the next three seasons last week, the Tar Heels got some important news...

Anthony Pagnotta
Jun 24, 20222 min read


Heel Tough Blog: ACC Announces Home/Away Opponents for Next 3 Years
The college basketball season is roughly 5 months away, but we’re starting to get a clearer picture of the ACC schedule, Carolina will be...

Joshua Marlow
Jun 16, 20222 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Hubert Davis 06/15 Press Conference Takeaways
For the first time since the season came to an end with a loss in the national championship game, Carolina Basketball head coach Hubert...

Joshua Marlow
Jun 15, 20223 min read
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