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

The clock is ticking. We are now a week away from seeing this new version of the Tar Heel basketball squad take the court in an exhibition matchup against USC. Michael Malone has had a couple of weeks of full practice implementing his system, and things appear to be coming together for this team. I wrote an article a while ago talking about some of the questions that this team and coaching staff face leading into the 2026-27 season. While that article focused more on potentia

Bob Donnan- Imagn Images The Tar Heels faced a monumental task on Saturday when they welcomed Notre Dame, the third ranked team in the country to Chapel Hill. The Fighting Irish had a chance in the middle of the second quarter to take the Tar Heels completely out of game, but back-to-back touchdowns allowed the Tar Heels to flip the script and battle into the fourth quarter. While moral victories aren’t something we love, this was a needed one for the Tar Heels as they head i

Ashley Tumlin- Imagn Images The Tar Heels return to Kenan Stadium on Saturday as they face what might just be their toughest test of the season in the form of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Here’s everything you need to know as the Tar Heels attempt to recreate the magic of 2008 tomorrow afternoon. Team Breakdowns Tar Heels The Tar Heels are coming into this game off their second bye week of the early season, which followed the team’s first loss of the season to Clemson in di

Ashley Tumlin- Imagn Images The Tar Heels are coming out of their second bye week of the season and beginning to get ready for the game against Notre Dame this Saturday in Kenan Stadium to kick off a nine game stretch to finish the season. As they begin those preparations, here is a look at the five biggest storylines around the team heading into a difficult stretch of games. Quarterback Job Will Still Be Billy Edwards’ For Now Many fans were calling for the Tar Heels to turn

Ashley Tumlin- Imagn Images Despite a rough showing against the Clemson Tigers and calls for a new quarterback from the fanbase, the staff is sticking by fifth year senior Billy Edwards Jr. heading into the game with Notre Dame. Head coach Bill Belichick confirmed that Edwards will be the guy against the Fighting Irish on Monday morning during his presser. When asked if he expects to move forward with Edwards as the starting quarterback, the second-year Tar Heel head coach si

Ashley Tumlin- Getty Images The Tar Heels suffered their first setback of the 2026 season last Saturday, as Clemson stormed back from down 17-3 late in the second quarter to stun them 28-20. As the team sits in the middle of their second bye week of the season before a nine game sprint to the finish, here’s a look at the stock report around the Tar Heel football program. ⇩Coleman Bryson Bryson had a really rough day for the Tar Heel on Saturday to say the least. While he did

Mike Watters- Imagn Images After missing the first three games of the season because of a battle with the NCAA for eligibility, Tar Heel kicker Rece Verhoff is now officially available to play. Verhoff was one of 97 student athletes that were a part of a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed against the NCAA that was granted by an Indiana judge in Monroe County circuit court on Wednesday afternoon. The lawsuit is challenging the NCAA’s age-based model for players from the

UNC Football After the Tar Heels built a 17-3 lead over Clemson, it looked like Carolina was well on their way to improving to 3-0 in the 2026 season and getting another marquee win under Bill Belichick. Instead, Clemson outscored UNC 25-3 the rest of the way to beat UNC 28-20, sending UNC to 2-1 on the season. The lack of depth defensively, combined with inadequate QB play, showed up in a major way in the second half, highlighting the areas of growth and development the prog

It’s been a long offseason, but basketball is on the precipice of being back. As official practices begin today, we begin to prepare for the beginning of the basketball season. We have weathered a coaching change, a tumultuous transfer portal cycle, and a football program that at times has looked to be crumbling from the inside out. But now, less than a month from now, we get to watch the pride of North Carolina athletics take the floor of Greensboro Coliseum (I will not call

Ashley Tumlin- Imagn Images Just when you felt like the Tar Heels were starting to build a little momentum, this program reminded you of why they can’t have nice things. After racing out to a 17-3 lead midway through the second quarter, they would fall apart on both sides of the ball and allow a bad Clemson team complete the comeback and potentially save their season. Here are our takeaways from an extremely disappointing loss that continues the losing streak against Clemson.