The prospects for a North Carolina football freefall have been averted following a pair of dominant victories to snap a four-game losing skid, although the state of the football program remains in question as the Tar Heels enjoy their final bye week before closing out the 2024 regular season. Would a five-game winning streak and an 8-4 record be enough to secure another season at the helm for Mack Brown? Please click here for more.
How has former Duke running back Jordan Waters done with NC State so far?
For the first five years of his career, running back Jordan Waters[/autotag] played for the Duke Blue Devils. However, ahead of his final year of eligibility, he entered the transfer portal and headed to in-state conference rival NC State. Duke travels to Raleigh for a game against Waters and his new team in Week 11, so here’s a quick brief on how the former Blue Devil has done ahead of Saturday’s showdown. Please click here for more.
UNC Tar Heels wrestler suspended from team, charged in felony assault of fellow student
University of North Carolina wrestler Jace Palmer turned himself in to Chapel Hill police late Wednesday afternoon to face assault charges after punching another student, records show. Robbi Pickeral Evans, UNC senior associate athletic director, said in an email statement that Palmer has been suspended from the wrestling team. Please click here for more.
Panthers fans react to RB Chuba Hubbard’s contract extension
Chuba Hubbard has done more than work hard and produce results as a member of the Carolina Panthers. He’s also endeared himself to a fan base that, perhaps more than any other in the NFL, needs continuity. On Thursday morning, the Panthers announced a long-term extension for the fourth-year running back. Hubbard, according to NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport, will jump into a four-year pact worth up to $37.2 million—which would keep him in Charlotte through the 2028 season. Please click here for more.
UNC basketball vs Kansas prediction: Scouting report, pick for Tar Heels vs Jayhawks
North Carolina basketball and Kansas meet again Friday (7 p.m., ESPN2) in a top-10 matchup between the bluest of bluebloods. The ninth-ranked Tar Heels (1-0) will play the top-ranked Jayhawks (1-0) at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence for the first time since 1960. Limiting the Jayhawks’ Hunter Dickinson will be a key. Please click here for more.
Dean Smith is a North Carolina icon. In his native Emporia, Kansas, he remains an ideal
It has been a long time since Dean Smith’s boyhood years in Emporia, Kansas, but in some ways his hometown looks like it must’ve looked when he grew up there. Commercial Street still looks straight out of the 1940s or 50s, just with a few more empty storefronts. Around a corner the old Emporia High School is the same as it ever was from the outside — a stately and beautiful three-story brick building; a classic old school — though the inside has long been abandoned. Please click here for more.
North Carolina State vs. Duke Football Prediction & Game Preview – Nov. 9
The North Carolina State Wolfpack (5-4) host an ACC showdown against the Duke Blue Devils (6-3) on Saturday at Wayne Day Family Field at Carter-Finley Stadium. To read about North Carolina State vs. Duke leaders, insights and a predicted winner, please click here.
Duke women’s soccer looks to defeat UNC for third time this season in ACC tournament
The Blue Devils open the ACC tournament against North Carolina Thursday at 8 p.m. in Cary’s WakeMed Soccer Park. The Tobacco Round showdown comes just seven days after the Halloween thriller where Duke routed the Tar Heels 3-2, defeating them for the second time this season. Please click here for the Duke perspective and please click here for the UNC perspective.
Canes’ Necas looks to continue his seven-game point streak
Martin Necas has been the talk of the NHL lately, producing 17 points in his last seven games. The Hurricanes take on the Pittsburgh Penguins Thursday. Please click here for more.
Davis, Cadeau help Heels avoid scare, beat Elon 90-76
Heavy underdog Elon erased a 16-point first-half deficit to take a two-point lead late but fifth-year senior RJ Davis and sophomore Elliot Cadeau led the Tar Heels on a 21-5 run to give North Carolina a 90-76 win in Chapel Hill. (11/4)
In the season opener, Davis tied the scored at 71 with a long floater and then drilled the three from the right corner to put Carolina up 74-71. The Heels never trailed again as Cadeau helped extended the lead with a three, a steal, a free throw and and a driving layup.
Davis scored 10 of his game-high 24 points in the last seven minutes of the game.
“He stepped up,” UNC coach Hubert Davis said of Davis. “He’s been in so many situations where he’s been needed to step up.”
Davis had started the game cold and ended seven of 19 from the floor but he sank all seven of his free throws and added seven assists and seven rebounds.
There were stretches where the Tar Heels played well and other stretches where they didn’t and it started at the start. The Heels hit six of their first 10 shots but then missed nine of their next 10 shots as Elon took a 19-17 lead at the second TV timeout. The Heels got hot again during a 16-5 run that gave Carolina a 42-16 lead with five minutes left in the first half.
The Tar Heels led 51-39 at the break, with Seth Trimble scoring 12 of his 15 points and Jae’lyn Withers scoring all 10 of his points.
The lead held between eight and 12 points most of the second half until Elon went on a 14-2 run, led by a pair of threes from Nick Dorn, which gave the Phoenix a 71-69 lead with 6:48 to play.
That’s when Davis, who was on the bench during the Elon outburst, and Cadeau took over. “It was good for us to see how we’d react,” Coach Davis said. “I’m proud of how they responded. But we’ve got to work to get better.”
Coach Davis said his team missed some layups and wasn’t making the easy play. In addition, defensively, he wanted to hold Elon to under 40 percent shooting and the Phoenix hit 42 percent and he wanted to outrebound the opponent by 10 or more and the Heels only outrebounded the visitors by three.
Cadeau added, “Our shot selection wasn’t the best and we didn’t take care of the ball very well I learned that we’re not as good as we should be.”
Carolina, 1-0, got double figures from four starters – Davis, Cadeau, Trimble and Withers – and eight points from the fifth starter – Jalen Washington. TJ Simpkins came off the bench to lead Elon with 18 points.
For a box score and more on the game, please click here.