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 return home for the first time in three weeks on Saturday when they’ll look to extend their winning streak to three games against the Syracuse Orange. With the Orange struggling and a nighttime kick on the horizon next week against the top-ranked team in the country, this has all of the making of a trap game if the Tar Heels aren’t careful. Here is a look at everything you need to know about this one that will take place in front of a sold out Kena

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

Laszlo Geczo- Imagn Images With the Tar Heels playing their sixth game of the year, we have officially reached the halfway point of the college football season and some Tar Heels are starting to get some midseason recognition. The Sporting News released their midseason All-American team and a Tar Heel who is off to a great start to the season was among those recognized. Sophomore defensive tackle Xavier Lewis is a member of Bill Bender’s All-American team after collecting 30

@tn1_ant- Instagram The Tar Heels are building some nice momentum on the field, but the team did lose one of its commits in the 2027 recruiting class. As first reported by Inside Carolina, 2027 3✮ WR Anthony Williams is no longer committed to UNC. Williams, the No. 942 overall prospect and No. 116 wide receiver in the class according to 247Sports Composite Rankings, had been committed to the Tar Heels since June 14th following his official visit to Chapel Hill on June 5th. Wi

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

Charles LeClaire- Imagn Images The Tar Heels will travel to Duke on Saturday for the 113th meeting of the Battle for the Victory Bell. The Tar Heels will be looking to build off the first ranked win of the Bill Belichick era in this one, while Duke will be hoping to get back on track after a headscratching loss to Georgia Tech. Here’s everything you need to know heading into this rivalry matchup. Team Breakdowns Tar Heels The Tar Heels come into this game looking to generate

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

University of North Carolina Athletics Last week, the ACC held its annual preseason basketball event in Uptown Charlotte, as all the schools made their way to the Queen City for a media event designed to promote the upcoming season. During that time, a select number of media members were chosen to vote on the awards for the upcoming season and pick their preseason champion for the 2026-27 season, which starts in less than three weeks. Today those voting results were made publ

UNC Athletics For the first time under Bill Belichick, the Tar Heels beat a ranked opponent after taking down #25 Pittsburgh, 21-17 on Saturday, improving UNC to 3-2 on the season and 1-1 in the ACC. The Panthers may have been without their starting QB, but they still led UNC 10-7 at the half and 17-14 in the 4th quarter before a touchdown pass from Billy Edwards Jr. gave Carolina the lead for good, giving the UNC program their first win over a ranked opponent since 2020 unde

Charles LeClaire- Imagn Images The Tar Heels came into Saturday afternoon with some major injury issues on the defensive side of the football and suffered two important ones in the secondary during the win over Pittsburgh. It started with nickel corner Kaleb Cost, who ran into the concrete wall behind the end zone on a first quarter pass play where he was making a play on the ball. He crashed hard hitting his right leg and face against the wall, but the broadcast cited the kn

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

Bob Donnan- Imagn Images The Tar Heels will look to end their two-game losing streak and pick up Bill Belichick’s first win over a ranked opponent on Saturday when they face the No. 25 Pittsburgh Panthers on the road. Here’s everything that you need to know about the matchup with the Panthers, who have won three of the last five meetings between the two. Team Breakdowns Tar Heels The Tar Heels will be hoping to make another statement on how far they have come from last year o

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 Tar Heels made their way to Charlotte today for the annual preseason event to promote the upcoming college basketball season, as Michael Malone, Neo Avdalas, and Jarin Stevenson met with the media in uptown Charlotte. This precedes Carolina’s first exhibition game on Friday night against USC, the unofficial start of the Malone era in Chapel Hill. A major talking point around preseason practice is the status of UNC big man Cameron Fens, who transferred to North Carolina a

Bob Donnan- Imagn Images It wasn’t the result that the Tar Heels were hoping for on Saturday, falling to Notre Dame 37-26 in Chapel Hill, in a game that Carolina led 7-0 in the first half, and only trailed 21-20 in the second, before the Fighting Irish pulled away. It was a game that featured the competitive spirit you want to see from your team, but the areas the program still needs to grow and develop were highlighted in a major way. As we do every week, let’s see how the T