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Heel Tough Blog: 8th Tar Heel Announces His Decision to Enter the Transfer Portal
ESPN.com With National Signing Day officially in the rear-view mirror, the focus for Bill Belichick and his staff is figuring out how many players are entering the transfer portal, so the staff can begin working on how to revamp the roster for next season, when the portal officially opens next month. Earlier today, Carolina lost their 8th player from the 2025 roster to the portal, as redshirt freshman Javarius Green entered the portal, after posting 13 catches, for 150 yards

Joshua Marlow
Dec 5, 20252 min read


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


Heel Tough Blog: Kentucky Preview
CBS 17 After having a few days off to regroup after the loss to Michigan State on Thanksgiving night, the Tar Heels return to action tonight, in the ACC/SEC Challenge, as they travel to Kentucky to take on the #18 Wildcats. The loss to Michigan State was the first loss of the season for Carolina, which is 6-1, and is ranked 16th in the AP Poll. Last week was the first time that the Tar Heels played on a neutral floor, and tonight will be the first true road game for Carolina,

Joshua Marlow
Dec 2, 20254 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Michigan State Preview (Fort Myers Tip-Off)
@UNC_Basketball Thanksgiving may be a football holiday, but college basketball takes center stage today, as two of the most iconic programs in the sport, North Carolina and Michigan State, are prepared to do battle in Fort Myers, Florida, later this afternoon. Both teams are 6-0 and are ranked inside the AP Top 20, including Carolina, which is #16, in the poll. They improved to 6-0 on Tuesday night, with an 85-70 win over St. Bonaventure, behind a career night from Henri Vees

Joshua Marlow
Nov 27, 20254 min read


Heel Tough Blog: St. Bonaventure Preview (Fort Myers Tip-Off)
@UNC_Basketball After a week off, the Tar Heels return to action this evening against St. Bonaventure, in the first of two games in the Fort Myers Tip-Off. The Tar Heels have raced off to a 5-0 start, headlined by a win over Kansas back in the first week of the season, but at the season turns three weeks old, Carolina is set to play their first game away from Chapel Hill this season. Caleb Wilson has exploded onto the national scene, averaging a double-double, at over 20 poin

Joshua Marlow
Nov 25, 20254 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Radford Recap
Scott Kisner - Imagn Images In their first game without senior guard Seth Trimble, Carolina earned a workman-like win over 89-74, in a game that featured way too many foul calls and way too many missed free throws. In his absence, Hubert Davis started Luka Bogavac, giving Carolina four starters at least 6-6 or taller. After another slow start shooting the basketball, Bogavac ended up leading the team in scoring, with 19 points, with 5 assists, and 3 rebounds. Bogavac was one

Joshua Marlow
Nov 12, 20255 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 9, 20253 min read


Heel Tough Blog: Picking Roy's Successor
I would just like to say “Thank You” to Roy Williams. I’m pretty young so Roy Williams is all I have really known as far as Carolina...

sarah willey
Apr 3, 20219 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC takes on Wisconsin in 1st Round
CAROLINA NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Carolina is playing in its 51st NCAA Tournament, including its 16th in 18 seasons under head coach Roy...

sarah willey
Mar 18, 20218 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC Advances to Semifinals against FSU
UPDATE: Virginia is out of the ACC tournament after a positive covid test. Georgia Tech advances to the championship game. Our game is...

sarah willey
Mar 12, 20216 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC takes on Virginia Tech in Quarterfinals of ACC Tourney
BREAKING RECORDS AGAINST THE IRISH: Largest margin of victory in an ACC tournament game 101 points-tied for most in an ACC tournament...

sarah willey
Mar 11, 20215 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC opens ACC Tourney in 2nd Round Against Notre Dame
Despite a roller coaster of a regular season it is still good to get the season sweep over Duke. Let’s be honest though they aren’t that...

sarah willey
Mar 10, 20218 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC vs FSU Round 2 Preview
As good as we were Saturday night against Louisville was how bad we were Wednesday night against Marquette. It was a game we couldn’t...

sarah willey
Feb 26, 202110 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC vs. Marquette Preview
It is hard to know where to start when you beat a team like Louisville as badly as we did. I don’t think anyone saw a 99-54 blowout...

sarah willey
Feb 23, 20218 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC vs. Louisville Preview
Well we played a game on Wednesday night and we won. That is about all you can ask for with the Tar Heels current situation. We have had...

sarah willey
Feb 19, 20218 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC vs. Northeastern Preview
Over halfway through the season and I still don’t quite understand why we are losing to the teams the way we are losing. That sounds...

sarah willey
Feb 16, 20218 min read
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