UNC basketball

2023 - 2 - 13

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UNC basketball comes to life late, but Tar Heels fall to Miami 80-72 ... (Raleigh News & Observer)

North Carolina Tar Heels lost to Hurricanes in ACC conference home game at Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill NC on Monday, February 13.

Bacot dominated once Omier was sidelined, scoring 10 points on 4-for-5 shooting in the first half. That all changed when Omier picked up his second foul with 12 minutes left in the first half. Miami couldn’t stop them from getting to the basket or getting in the lane for short jumpers. The previous low was shooting 16.7 percent when they went 3-for-18 in their loss to Iowa State. The Tar Heels proceeded to miss their next 16 straight attempts from behind the arc. It left the Heels with an 0-8 record in Quad 1 games, which could leave them outside of the NCAA Tournament’s at-large bids.

UNC basketball's 3-point shooting struggles continue in loss to Miami (The Fayetteville Observer)

In an NCAA Tournament-like turnaround following their 20-point win against Clemson over the weekend, the Tar Heels (16-10, 8-7 ACC) missed 20 of their first 22 ...

Bacot and Love scored 22 of UNC’s 34 points in the first half as Miami carried a 35-34 lead into the intermission. 23 NC State (20-6, 10-5 ACC) on Sunday (1 p.m., ESPN). He didn’t score again until the 2:09 mark of the second half. The Hurricanes (21-5, 12-4) used free throws to close the door. The Tar Heels were 5 of 31 from long range Monday. The Buckeyes now have a losing record.

UNC Basketball: Keeping It Heel Staff Picks vs Miami (Keeping It Heel)

With a two-game road trip coming up next, Carolina is in desperate need of a big win for NCAA Tournament purposes. Will the Tar Heels defend home court and pick ...

This game is huge, as UNC looks to build off a huge victory on Saturday over Clemson. It will be key for Carolina that Armando Bacot brings his “A” game and takes advantage of that matchup. Up next for the Tar Heels is a short turnaround against a Miami team that went to the Elite Eight last year. If the team we saw on Saturday shows up, Carolina can get it done. It will be close, but this team knows its backs are against the wall. With a two-game road trip coming up next, Carolina is in desperate need of a big win for NCAA Tournament purposes.

UNC Basketball: Miami Game Thread (Tar Heel Blog)

UNC looked like a team worthy of making the NCAA Tournament on Saturday when they beat Clemson by 20 points. It was a stark contrast to the team that was ...

The win against Clemson helped, for sure, but they cannot afford many more losses on their schedule to close out the season. UNC looked like a team worthy of making the NCAA Tournament on Saturday when they beat Clemson by 20 points. We can only hope so.

UNC Basketball hits historic low with loss to Miami (Tar Heels Wire)

With the 80-72 loss to the Miami Hurricanes, North Carolina is now 16-10 on the year and 8-7 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. This marks the first time since ...

After getting a big win over Clemson on Saturday, UNC couldn’t build on that momentum and struggled to shoot in the loss to Miami. In the five remaining games, UNC has NC State, Virginia, and Duke, three tough opponents. And it’s not the good kind of history.

Instant Analysis: UNC Starves From 3-Point Range in Loss to Miami (247Sports)

Miami defeated the Tar Heels 80-72 in ACC basketball at the Smith Center, the 15th-ranked Hurricanes denying UNC what would've registered as a second meaningful ...

North Carolina makes the short drive to Raleigh, N.C., and meets another Top 25 opponent in 23rd-ranked NC State on Sunday afternoon at PNC Arena. Bacot, the Tar Heels’ top scorer on the season, got started a little later Monday night and had 10 points by halftime. But from there, UNC appeared to make a concerted effort to get the big man more involved. He had eight points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals in the first half. That put the restrictor plate on the hopes of mounting a winning comeback, with Miami using a 9-0 burst in the second half to move ahead 48-38. The challenge only become greater for UNC forward Leaky Black in taking the primary defensive assignment on Miami standout guard Isaiah Wong.