Tag: UNC
Postgame: UNC coach Roy Williams on loss to Duke at #ACCTourney
UNC coach Roy Williams and players comment after the Tar Heels’ loss to Duke at the 2017 ACC Tournament.
Postgame: UNC coach Roy Williams on win over Miami
UNC coach Roy Williams and players talk with reporters on the Tar Heels’ win over Miami in the 2017 ACC Tournament.
Live Blog: UNC vs. Miami in #ACCTourney
AFP editor Chris Graham leads our live blog as #1 seed UNC faces #9 seed Miami in the 2017 ACC Tournament.
Can #6 UNC move to the one-seed line for NCAAs?
#6 UNC (26-6, 14-4 ACC) is the top seed in the 2017 ACC Tournament. The Tar Heels play at noon Thursday in the quarterfinals.
#23 UVA stifles #5 UNC in 53-43 upset
Remember when #23 UVA was losing four in a row and seemed to be a sinking ship heading toward an iceberg?
ACC Teleconference: North Carolina coach Larry Fedora
North Carolina coach Larry Fedora talks with reporters on the weekly ACC Teleconference.
ACC Teleconference: UNC football coach Larry Fedora
UNC football coach Larry Fedora talks with reporters on the ACC Teleconference on Wednesday.
Press Conference: UNC football coach Larry Fedora
UNC football coach Larry Fedora talks with reporters. The #17 Tar Heels (4-1, 2-0 ACC) host #25 Virginia Tech (3-1, 1-0 ACC) on Saturday.
UNC tabbed as ACC men’s soccer preseason favorite
North Carolina is the Atlantic Coast Conference men’s soccer preseason favorite to win the league championship, according to a vote of the league’s 12 head coaches.
Press Conference: UNC at the 2016 #ACCKickoff
UNC coach Larry Fedora and players Des Lawrence and Ryan Switzer talk with the media at the 2016 ACC Kickoff.
Women’s tennis: No. 14 seed UVA faces No. 3 seed UNC in NCAA Round of 16
The 14th-seeded and No. 14 Virginia (18-10) women’s tennis team will face third-seeded and third-ranked North Carolina (31-2) Thursday.
Men’s tennis: No. 1 UVA rallies for 4-3 victory over No. 3 UNC
The UVA men’s tennis team advanced to the final of the 2016 ACC Men’s Tennis Championship with a 4-3 victory over North Carolina on Saturday.
UVA baseball downs #13 UNC, 15-9, to win weekend series
The UVA baseball team finished off a series win over No. 13 UNC with a 15-9 victory Sunday in front of 4,950 fans at Davenport Field.
UVA baseball blasted by #13 UNC, 8-1
No. 13 North Carolina evened the weekend series with the UVA baseball team with an 8-1 win Saturday afternoon.
UVA baseball hosts UNC in ACC weekend series
The UVA baseball team plays host to No. 13 North Carolina Friday through Sunday in a three-game ACC series at Davenport Field.
Men’s lacrosse: #11 UNC blasts #20 UVA, 16-8
No. 20 UVA (6-6, 0-3 ACC) dropped a league game at No. 11 North Carolina (7-4, 2-0 ACC) on Sunday afternoon, 16-8, inside Kenan Stadium.
Former UNC offensive lineman Jared Cohen transfers to UVA
Offensive guard Jared Cohen (Owings Mills, Md.) has announced he will transfer to Virginia for his final three years of eligibility.
UNC eviscerates Notre Dame, advances to ACC Tournament final
North Carolina looked like the preseason #1 team in the Tar Heels’ most complete performance of the season. Notre Dame looked like a team that could be one-and-done in next week’s NCAA Tournament.
2016 ACC Tournament Day 4: Live Blog
Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham is courtside at the 2016 ACC Tournament at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., this week. Join our live blog as Chris reports back with score updates, game recaps, analysis, interviews with players and coaches and more.
Preview: ACC Tournament Semifinals feature UVA, UNC, Miami, Notre Dame
After 10 games at the 2016 ACC Tournament, chalk rules the day, with the tournament’s top four seeds – UNC, UVA, Miami and Notre Dame – advancing to the tournament semifinals on Friday.
Press Conference: North Carolina coach Roy Williams at ACC Tournament
North Carolina coach Roy Williams and players Brice Johnson and Joel Berry talk with reporters after UNC’s 88-71 win over Pitt in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday.
North Carolina pulls away, tops Pitt in ACC Tournament
An 11-0 North Carolina run broke open a close game, and the Tar Heels advanced to the ACC Tournament semifinals with an 88-71 win over Pitt on Thursday.
2016 ACC Tournament Day 3: Live Blog
Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham is courtside at the 2016 ACC Tournament at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., this week. Join our live blog as Chris reports back with score updates, game recaps, analysis, interviews with players and coaches and more.
Podcast: Chris Graham talks with ESPN College GameDay about UVA, UNC
Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham interviews ESPN College GameDay analysts Jay Williams, Jay Bilas and Seth Greenberg on the eve of the matchup between #3 UVA and #7 UNC.
ESPN College GameDay crew breaks down Virginia, North Carolina ahead of epic clash
Duke great Jay Williams thinks Virginia is playing the kind of basketball that can bring a national championship to Wahoo Nation.
Game Notes: #3 Virginia hosts #7 North Carolina Saturday night
#3 Virginia (21-6, 10-5 ACC) hosts #7 North Carolina (23-5, 12-3 ACC) in Atlantic Coast Conference action on Saturday (Feb. 27).
Surprise! UNC’s Brice Johnson named ACC basketball player of the week
North Carolina senior Brice Johnson has been selected as the Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Player of the Week for the second time this season.
Game Preview: Does UVA football have a prayer at North Carolina on Saturday?
North Carolina is, in a word, good. The Tar Heels (5-1, 2-0 ACC) have run off five straight wins since the increasingly inexplicable loss in their season opener to reeling South Carolina, and how they’re winning is as impressive as how many.
Press Conference: North Carolina football coach Larry Fedora
North Carolina football coach Larry Fedora talks with reporters. UNC (5-1, 2-0 ACC) hosts Virginia (2-4, 1-1 ACC) on Saturday.
UVA-North Carolina Preview: Cavs D has to cut down on big plays
North Carolina gained 374 yards in total offense last October in Charlottesville, right at the season average for the UVA D, which ranked fourth in the ACC in total defense in 2014. That should have been good news, right? Not when you account for the big plays.
ODU football announces home-and-home series with North Carolina
Old Dominion University football will host the University of North Carolina in 2017 as part of a home and home agreement with the Tar Heels, as announced today by Athletic Director Dr. Wood Selig. ODU will play at UNC in 2020.
Streaking UVA completes weekend sweep of North Carolina
It was a distinct possibility that the UVA baseball season could come to an end in Chapel Hill this weekend. After Virginia’s 8-2 win on Saturday completed a three-game sweep of UNC, the Cavs are no longer thinking about just getting an NCAA Tournament invite.
UVA rallies, tops UNC in series opener, 2-1
A Pavin Smith RBI fielders choice broke a 1-1 tie in the 10th, lifting UVA to a crucial 2-1 win over North Carolina Thursday night in Chapel Hill.
ACC announces championship sites for 2015-2016
The Atlantic Coast Conference unveiled its championship sites for the 2015-16 academic yearon Thursday as the league concluded its annual spring meetings.
UVA Basketball: Did ‘Hoos miss out on Kenny Williams?
The sentiment in UVA Nation was that the Virginia basketball program missed out on a golden opportunity when former VCU signee Kenny Williams decided to sign with ACC rival North Carolina.
UNC transfer T.J. Thorpe shines in UVA spring game
It could have been awkward for T.J. Thorpe to meet his new UVA teammates. A few months ago, Thorpe was the enemy, and not just the enemy, but the guy on the enemy responsible for the play that turned a promising Cavs’ season into something else entirely.
#8 UVA men’s lacrosse falls under the lights to #4 UNC, 10-6
No. 4 North Carolina (11-1, 2-0 ACC) used a three-goal third quarter to break open a 4-4 tie over No. 6 Virginia (8-3, 0-3 ACC) and took the key ACC match, 10-6, on Friday evening at Klöckner Stadium.
Notre Dame runs to ACC Tournament title, tops UNC, 90-82
A 26-3 Notre Dame run put the Fighting Irish in command, and North Carolina, playing its fourth game in four days, ran out of steam late in a 90-82 Notre Dame win in the championship of the 2015 ACC Tournament.
Live Blog: #3 Notre Dame vs. #5 UNC at ACC Tournament
Augusta Free Press is courtside at the 2015 ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C. The tournament final pits #3 seed Notre Dame (28-5, 16-4 ACC) and #5 seed UNC (24-10, 13-7 ACC). The opening tip is set for 8:30 p.m.
Video: Highlights of UNC win over top seed UVA in ACC Tournament
The 5th-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels knocked off top seed UVA 71-67 in Friday night’s semifinal of the New York Life ACC Tournament.
Here we go again: Media love for UVA basketball
From the dumb reporter notebook: A Carolina beat writer asked UNC coach Roy Williams if teams have figured out UVA, which has lost two of three after starting the season 28-1. Ol’ Roy doesn’t suffer fools.
Notebook: Inside #3 UVA loss to #19 UNC in the ACC Tournament
Strategy on threes in the final minute: Down three in the final minute, UVA shot threes on consecutive possessions, a miss on a good look by Justin Anderson with 33 seconds left, and then a miss from the top of the key by Malcolm Brogdon with 19 seconds left.
UNC O > UVA D: How did the Heels eviscerate the Pack-Line?
North Carolina put out a nice blueprint for teams in the NCAA Tournament bracket with third-ranked UVA to follow: you can beat Virginia in a nailbiter if you can do something that nobody had done since November 2010.
Press Conference: UNC after upset of top seed UVA in the ACC Tournament
UNC coach Roy Williams and players Justin Jackson and Marcus Paige talk with reporters after the Heels’ win over top seed UVA in the 2015 ACC Tournament.
#5 UNC upsets #1 UVA, 71-67, in ACC Tournament
Top seed UVA narrowed a 13-point second-half UNC to one on two different occasions in the final three minutes, but the fifth seed Heels held on for a 71-67 win on Friday in the ACC Tournament semifinals.
Live Blog: #1 UVA vs. #5 UNC at the ACC Tournament
Augusta Free Press is courtside at the 2015 ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C. The first game of Friday’s semifinals pits #1 seed UVA (29-2, 17-2 ACC) and #5 seed UNC (23-10, 13-7 ACC). The opening tip is set for 7 p.m.
UNC: More focused on UVA offense than on the Pack-Line?
A reporter tried to get a sense of what UNC coach Roy Williams and guard Marcus Paige felt about what the 19th-ranked Tar Heels need to do to attack #3 UVA’s vaunted Pack-Line defense.
Press Conference: Louisville coach Rick Pitino after loss to UNC in ACC Tournament
Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino talks briefly with reporters after the Cardinals’ 70-60 loss to UNC in the 2015 ACC Tournament.
Press Conference: UNC after win over Louisville in ACC Tournament
UNC basketball coach Roy Williams and players Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige talk with reporters after the Heels’ 70-60 win over Louisville in the 2015 ACC Tournament.
#5 UNC clamps down on D, ousts #4 Louisville, 70-60, in ACC Tournament
Fifth seed UNC trailed 37-32 at the half, but the Tar Heels’ D put the brakes on #4 seed Louisville in the second half to lift Carolina to a 70-60 win in the quarterfinals of the 2015 ACC Tournament.
Live Blog: #4 seed Louisville vs. #5 seed UNC in the 2015 ACC Tournament
Augusta Free Press is courtside at the 2015 ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C. The second game of Thursday’s quarterfinals pits #4 Louisville (24-7, 12-6 ACC) and #5 seed UNC (22-10, 12-7 ACC). The opening tip is set for 2:30 p.m.
ACC Tournament Thursday: What to Watch For
Five ranked teams will be in action on Thursday in the 2015 ACC Tournament quarterfinals, including #2 Duke and #3 UVA.
Press Conference: Boston College after UNC loss in ACC Tournament
Boston College coach Jim Christian and point guard Olivier Hanlan speak with reporters after the Eagles’ 81-63 loss to UNC in the 2015 ACC Tournament.
#5 UNC dominates second half, tops #12 Boston College, 81-63, in ACC Tournament
Fifth seed UNC broke open a tight first half with a 14-5 run that closed out the first 20 minutes, and held off a couple of Boston College second-half charges to top the 12 seed, 81-63, on Wednesday in the second round of the ACC Tournament.
Live Blog: UNC vs. Boston College in the 2015 ACC Tournament
Augusta Free Press is courtside at the 2015 ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C. The second game of Wednesday’s second round pits #5 seed UNC (21-10, 11-7 ACC) and #12 seed Boston College (13-18, 5-14 ACC). The opening tip is set for 2:20 p.m.
ACC Tournament Wednesday: Today’s Storylines
Can Virginia Tech live another day at the ACC Tournament? Yes, the Hokies can, but they’re going to need another big effort from Jalen Hudson.
ACC Tournament Wednesday: What to Watch For
You didn’t think the first round of the 2015 ACC Tournament was going to be worth your time. Then you saw two one-point games that played to the final buzzer.
UVA women’s lacrosse comes up short to UNC
The No. 8 UVA women’s lacrosse team (3-3, 0-2 ACC) fell 10-7 at No. 2 North Carolina (6-1, 1-0 ACC) on Saturday (March 7) at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, N.C.
ACC Power Rankings: UVA, Duke separate from the pack
When the national polls are updated on Monday, UVA and Duke will be ranked two and three, and the Cavs and Blue Devils enter the final week of the regular season safe bets for #1 national seeds.
Businesses: Join AFP at the 2015 ACC Tournament
Augusta Free Press will be courtside at the 2015 ACC Tournament in Greensboro, and your business can reap the rewards.
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