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Heel Tough Blog: ACC/SEC Challenge Opponent Revealed
GoHeels.com The 2026-27 non-conference schedule is still in the works, and it took a step towards being completed late last night, as the ACC/SEC Challenge matchups were revealed. According to Inside Carolina and confirmed by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports, the Tar Heels will host the Arkansas Razorbacks in the fourth year of the event. Last year, Carolina won at Kentucky to improve to 2-1 in the ACC/SEC Challenge, with a previous win over Tennessee, coupled with a loss to Alaba

Joshua Marlow
6 days ago1 min read
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Heel Tough Blog: Four-Star Wing Commits to North Carolina
On3 It was announced reported earlier this week that Michael Malone and the Tar Heels would host a four-star small forward in the 2026 class, by the name of Kevin Thomas, as they continued to fill out the roster for the upcoming season. Thomas was on campus today for his official visit to UNC, and has committed to play for North Carolina for the upcoming season, becoming the first high school prospect to commit to the UNC program under Michael Malone, who was hired back in Ap

Joshua Marlow
May 132 min read
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Heel Tough Blog: Former 4-Star LSU Commit to Visit UNC This Weekend
247Sports The Tar Heels are still working to finalize the roster for the 2026-27 season, and with all the focus primarily on the transfer portal and the international landscape, you may have forgotten that UNC could add from the high school ranks if prospects haven’t committed yet. Michael Malone and the UNC coaching staff are working to add at least one, if not two more big men to the roster for next season, with the hopes of adding at least one more shooter, to round out th

Joshua Marlow
May 112 min read
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Heel Tough Blog: UNC Agrees to Home-And-Home Series With SEC Opponent
While the focus for Carolina Basketball is on ETSU tonight, the program was busy adding to its schedule for the 2026-27 season, adding a home-and-home with the Georgia Bulldogs out of the SEC. This is a two-game agreement that will be completed with a return trip to Athens for the 2028-29 season. UGA is set to visit Chapel Hill on November 13th of next season, making it the third straight season that UNC will play a marquee non-conference opponent in the first week of the reg

Joshua Marlow
Dec 16, 20252 min read
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Heel Tough Blog: Kentucky Recap
ESPN.com Looking to bounce back, against a desperate Kentucky team, UNC went on the road, into a hostile Rupp Arena and earned a 67-64 win, in the ACC/SEC Challenge, to give Carolina their first win in Lexington since 2007, and arguably the biggest win since winning at Duke back in March of 2024 to clinch the ACC regular season title. And while Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar both recorded double-doubles, it was freshman Derek Dixon, not even a starter, who came to the rescue,

Joshua Marlow
Dec 3, 20255 min read
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Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Add Familiar Face at QB From the Transfer Portal
As spring practice was winding down, and the second transfer portal window was set to open up, Mack Brown made it known that the Tar...

Joshua Marlow
Apr 30, 20242 min read
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