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Cavaliers Secure Fourth Seed, Hornets End Season Strong

Charlotte Hornets secure victory over Cleveland Cavaliers in final regular-season game. Cavaliers rest key players for upcoming playoffs.

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UNC surprises Virginia to earn key ACC win entering season’s final week

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina won its biggest game of the season at the best possible moment, with its NCAA Tournament hopes for an at-large bid teetering on the edge.

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UNC mystified to go from No. 1 team to NCAA bubble watch

The moment Caleb Love announced his return to North Carolina last spring, which gave the Tar Heels four starters back from a team fresh off a NCAA national title game appearance, it led UNC fans to start making travel arrangements for the 2023 Final Four.

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NC State basketball takes down rival UNC behind Jarkel Joiner, dominant second half

RALEIGH, N.C. — N.C. State coach Kevin Keatts said it would be a “heart and soul” game Sunday against North Carolina, and that it was.

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UNC escapes Syracuse with 72-68 ACC win behind 21 points from Pete Nance

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — North Carolina stayed composed and deliberate for much of the 36 minutes it led Syracuse on Tuesday night. Yet in the closing minutes, the Tar Heels needed a little luck to come away with a 72-68 win.

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UNC basketball developing dependable bench depth as Tar Heels hit meat of ACC schedule

North Carolina coach Hubert Davis finally has the bench he’s been trying to develop. It’s been a gradual progression this season that has become clearer over the past three games.

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UNC basketball braces to play without its leader, Armando Bacot. Who fills his shoes?

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The last words North Carolina forward Armando Bacot said to coach Hubert Davis on Tuesday as he hobbled off the court after rolling his left ankle early in a 65-58 loss at Virginia, was that he’d make a quick return to the lineup.

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UNC basketball loses Armando Bacot to injury, loses tough ACC game to Virginia, 65-58

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — North Carolina’s losing streak at Virginia reached eight games after the Tar Heels fought shorthanded in a 65-58 defeat Tuesday at John Paul Jones Arena.

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UNC outmuscles Notre Dame, keeps momentum rolling at home in ACC victory

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina showed off a new wrinkle with starting forward Pete Nance sidelined with a sore back against Notre Dame on Saturday. The Tar Heels looked big while playing small in their 81-64 win over the Fighting Irish in the Dean E. Smith Center.

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UNC rallies to force overtime, beat No. 23 Ohio State in New York

NEW YORK — After playing a four-overtime game, just one seemed like nothing to North Carolina on Saturday. The Tar Heels, who trailed Ohio State for 32 minutes in regulation, scored the first two baskets of overtime and never looked back in an 89-84 win in the CBS Classic in…

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What we learned about Ohio State following the OT loss to North Carolina

Here are some things we took away from Ohio State's loss to North Carolina Saturday. #GoBucks

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UNC snaps out of losing skid, earns 75-59 ACC win over Georgia Tech

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — It was, perhaps, the best single possession of North Carolina’s basketball season and it perfectly summed up its 75-59 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday in its ACC home opener.

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UNC basketball slide continues, Tar Heels fall to Indiana 77-65 in ACC/Big Ten Challenge

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — When No. 18 North Carolina talked in the preseason of repeating last season’s run to the Final Four, it wasn’t supposed to include a repeat of last year’s losses in all of its marquee non-conference matchups.

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Heel, yes: Pete Nance — from Northwestern to North Carolina — takes a shot at the big time

The past four seasons are in the rearview. It’s here and it’s now for Nance, and there’s nothing more here-and-now in all of college basketball than the Tar Heels.

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UNC basketball falls to Alabama in 4OT stunner, suffering second loss in three days

PORTLAND, Ore. — Alabama coach Nate Oats said on Friday after both the Crimson Tide and North Carolina lost games in the Phil Knight Invitational that Sunday’s matchup would be as close to a must-win game as one could be in November.

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UNC Isn't (Yet) Living Up to the Preseason Hype

The Tar Heels earned their No. 1 ranking based on last March, but this year's group has yet to play up to that level.

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No. 1 UNC falls to Iowa State in Phil Knight Invitational semifinals

PORTLAND, Ore. — The experience that was supposed to help No. 1 North Carolina in tough games was no help at all in its 70-65 loss to Iowa State on Friday in the Phil Knight Invitational.

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UNC basketball moves to 3-0. What we learned in Tar Heels’ 72-66 win over Gardner-Webb.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Pete Nance shouldn’t be compared to Brady Manek. But after No. 1 North Carolina’s tougher-than-expected 72-66 win over Gardner-Webb, the graduate transfer from Northwestern proved, just like Manek did last season, why he was a coveted addition to the lineup.

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Tar Heels open season with 69-56 win over UNC Wilmington. What we learned from game

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — No. 1 North Carolina didn’t show much of the offensive explosiveness that helped it reach the national championship game last season in its opener against UNC Wilmington on Monday night.

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SI’s Expert Picks for Men’s Final Four, Champ and More

Plus, we predict the Player of the Year, mid-major to watch and overrated teams.

Chicago Sun-Times

Northwestern looks to turn things around after another frustrating season

“We’re going to go as our perimeter goes,” coach Chris Collins said. “I mean, that’s where the strength of our team lies.”

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Football is starting, but here are five worthy basketball notes for 2022-23

LEXINGTON, Ky. — College football is starting, but here are five basketball notes worth mentioning for 2022-23:

Sports Illustrated

Men’s College Basketball Offseason Winners and Losers

UNC and Kentucky made out very well, while Michigan State did not. Who else joins them?

Chicago Sun-Times

Former Northwestern player Pete Nance aims to fill void at North Carolina

Nance gives the Tar Heels the potential to replace at least some of the production they lost.

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Why Northwestern transfer forward Pete Nance might be perfect fit for UNC basketball

Trailing by two with seconds left in the district championship game, Pete Nance dribbled up the floor, anticipated the double team coming, and whipped a pass to his Revere High School teammate for the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer.

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