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Heel Tough Blog: Kansas Recap
@UNC_Basketball Last night, inside a raucous Dean Dome, the Tar Heels took down the Kansas Jayhawks, in a battle of college basketball heavyweights, giving Carolina their first win over KU since 2002, and giving Hubert Davis arguably his biggest non-conference win of his coaching career. It wasn’t always pretty for Carolina, who actually trailed Kansas 37-29 at the half, after turning it over 10 times, leading to 17 Kansas points, combined with just 3-15 shooting from the out

Joshua Marlow
Nov 8, 20255 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Kansas Preview
Bob Sutton - AP Later tonight, in the Smith Center, two of college basketball’s greatest programs will square off as the #25 North Carolina Tar Heels, will host the #19 Kansas Jayhawks, in a return game of a home-and-home series between the two blue bloods of the sport. Kansas topped Carolina in an instant classic last year in Lawrence, in what became the fifth straight time UNC fell to the hands of the Jayhawks, with the previous four matchups coming in the NCAA Tournament,

Joshua Marlow
Nov 7, 20254 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Central Arkansas Recap
@UNC_Basketball The Tar Heels opened the 2025-26 season in a big way, earning a 94-54 win over Central Arkansas, in the only tuneup before the showdown with Kansas later this week. Carolina did what it was supposed to do against a team preseason picked to finish in the bottom of the ASUN, and was preseason ranked 346th according to KenPom, but don’t let that overlook how good the new look Tar Heels looked, on their way to their 21st straight season-opening win. Five players s

Joshua Marlow
Nov 4, 20254 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Central Arkansas Preview
Desert News The 2025-26 college basketball season gets underway tonight across the country, with the #25 Tar Heels in action, as they are set to host Central Arkansas from the ASUN, to begin the season. Carolina enters the season with its head coach under a lot of pressure, as Hubert Davis has failed to enjoy sustained success since taking over for Roy Williams, and many believe this is a make-or-break season for him if he wants to be on the sidelines for many years to come.

Joshua Marlow
Nov 3, 20254 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Winston-Salem State Takeaways
Chris Seward - AP It wasn’t the prettiest of performances you’ll see from the Tar Heels, but they did enough to earn a 95-53 win last night over Winston-Salem State, in the final exhibition of the preseason, ahead of the 2025-26 regular season, which begins on Monday against Central Arkansas. After Carolina started the game on an extended 15-2 run, it looked like they’d make quick work of the Division II Rams, but WSSU would make the game ugly, and found themselves down just

Joshua Marlow
Oct 30, 20254 min read


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 29, 20253 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 28, 20251 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 25, 20254 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 14, 20252 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 13, 20252 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Veteran RB Medically Retires After 5 Seasons With the UNC Program
Getty Images After seeing a handful of players exit the program earlier this season, the UNC football roster took another hit earlier...

Joshua Marlow
Oct 10, 20252 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 4, 20254 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Max Johnson Expected to Start Against Clemson
GoHeels.com After a week full of question marks at the quarterback position for the Tar Heels, the team appears as if they have a lean...

Anthony Pagnotta
Oct 3, 20252 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC vs. Clemson Preview
A win on the road at Pitt is without a doubt the Heels biggest win of the season. It’s the first Q1 win and it kind of lets the...

sarah willey
Feb 1, 20216 min read
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