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…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Chapel Hill, NC – Navigating the current college basketball landscape is less like traditional recruiting and more like covering the dating scene at a local middle school—it is fluid, chaotic, and governed by a strange…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Chapel Hill, NC – The era of the “traditional family” model in Chapel Hill has officially been retired. For decades, North Carolina basketball operated on a “slow build” philosophy—a nostalgic, multi-year developmental curve where freshmen…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Durham, NC — For 20 minutes Saturday night, North Carolina looked like a team with enough toughness, enough shot-making and enough resolve to threaten No. 1 Duke in one of college basketball’s most unforgiving settings.…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Chapel Hill, NC – North Carolina’s 89–82 win over Virginia Tech on Saturday night at the Dean E. Smith Center looked, on the surface, like a familiar late-season entry: an offense humming at a high…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Chapel Hill, NC — For nearly 20 minutes on Monday night, North Carolina looked less like a team still searching for its most stable identity and more like one that had located it, labeled it,…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Syracuse, NY — North Carolina arrived at the JMA Wireless Dome needing more than a bounce-back victory after a lopsided loss earlier in the week. The Tar Heels also needed proof—internally and publicly—that their style…
Chapel Hill, NC – North Carolina trailed Duke for essentially the entire night, got outmuscled on the glass, and spent long stretches looking like the moment might be too big — right up until it wasn’t. With 0.4 seconds left,…
Atlanta, GA – In a dramatic finish at the CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta, the No. 12 North Carolina Tar Heels edged the Ohio State Buckeyes 71-70 on Saturday afternoon. Senior guard Seth Trimble returned from a broken forearm to…