By The Tobacco Road Scribe Charlotte, NC – Jarin Stevenson is preparing to become a more versatile player and a more vocal leader for North Carolina, embracing new coach Michael Malone’s defense-first approach while helping a largely rebuilt roster learn…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Greensboro, NC – North Carolina’s first public test under Michael Malone began with defensive breakdowns and an early deficit. It ended with a convincing demonstration of how the new coach wants his Tar Heels to…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Charlotte, NC – Wes Moore has spent nearly four decades as a head basketball coach learning that successful teams do not necessarily have to look alike. Sometimes a coach can protect the paint with length,…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Charlotte, NC – Zoe Brooks has spent much of her basketball career learning how to get through traffic. At 5-foot-10, the NC State guard routinely drives into the lane against defenders several inches taller, absorbs…
By Colin Bradley Charlotte, NC – ACC Network will tip off the 2026-27 basketball season with more than 20 hours of live, on-site coverage from the ACC Women’s and Men’s Basketball Tipoff events in Charlotte, Oct. 5-7. Kelsey Riggs Cuff…
Charlotte, NC – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Tuesday the basketball student-athletes from the league’s 18 schools who will attend 2026 ACC Basketball Tipoff, to be held October 5–7 at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina. The women’s event…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Chapel Hill, NC – Jarin Stevenson has already learned how quickly a college basketball team can need something different from him. A year after returning home to play for North Carolina, the former Seaforth High…
Chapel Hill, NC – For the first time since 1979, the North Carolina Tar Heels will play NC State in a non-conference men’s basketball game in the regular season when the teams meet Dec. 15, 2026, in the Tobacco Road…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Chapel Hill, NC – For four seasons, Seth Trimble became increasingly difficult to separate from the identity of North Carolina basketball. He arrived as an athletic freshman guard from Wisconsin, learned to make an impact…
Chapel Hill, NC – Statements from Michael Malone and Steve Newmark on Seth Trimble’s fifth-year transfer announcement: Head Coach Michael Malone “Seth gave Carolina four years of tremendous effort, toughness and leadership and he has earned the respect and affection…