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High school kids across the nation are being prevented from playing at some of college basketball's most famous arenas on short notice. Event organizers aren't happy, and preps players and coaches are disappointed they have to reschedule games and wo...

For all the expectations and honors bestowed upon North Carolina star Harrison Barnes -- top overall recruit of the 2010 class, ACC Rookie of the Year, conference preseason player of the year, future first-round NBA draft pick -- there is a reminder ...

North Carolina, one of the favorites to reach the Final Four, begins its season away from home. There's the Carrier Classic in San Diego for the opener, and two days later, the Tar Heels go to play North Carolina-Asheville to help open a new arena th...

North Carolina and Marquette are among the Nike schools this season that are getting those eye-catching graphics on the back of their redesigned jerseys this season. The Tar Heels today announced that their new design features graphics on the back...

North Carolina and Duke have captured the offseason hype once again in the ACC, but there is a belief that Virginia could be the sleeper team in the conference and have the breakout season Tony Bennett has been looking for that will land the team in ...

All week, ESPN.com has been breaking down the nonconference schedules of each and every team in a dozen leagues. On Tuesday, we began with the ACC, SEC and C-USA. On Wednesday, we continued with the Big East, Atlantic 10 and Colonial. We devoted T...

Boston College coach Steve Donahue last month put out the message on his Twitter page about wanting to meet with the fledgling student group named in his honor -- "Donahue's Disciples." Fittingly, 12 of the Disciples recently spoke with Donahue an...

For the rest of the week, ESPN.com will be breaking down the nonconference schedules of each and every team in a dozen different leagues. On Tuesday, we began with the ACC, SEC and C-USA. On Wednesday, we continued with the Big East, Atlantic 10 and ...

For the rest of the week, ESPN.com will be breaking down the nonconference schedules of each and every team in a dozen different leagues. On Tuesday, we began with the ACC, SEC and C-USA. On Wednesday, we continued with the Big East, Atlantic 10 and ...

The uniqueness of the season-opening game between Michigan State and North Carolina on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson does come with some concern about how the teams will play outdoors on an aircraft carrier. Will the warship sway? What about the wi...

For the rest of the week, ESPN.com will be breaking down the nonconference schedules of each and every team in a dozen different leagues. We began with the ACC and will continue later today with Conference USA. For now, the SEC ... ALABAMA Toug...

While the Big East presidents and chancellors have authorized commissioner John Marinatto to pursue new members and expand, Connecticut is in a holding pattern regarding its interest to join the ACC. That bit of news should make Louisville coach R...

Though he hasn't conceded to agreeing with them, Rodney Purvis had been getting the John Wall comparisons for a long, long time. While years separated them, 6-foot-4 blue-chip guards that come out of Raleigh have a way of getting remembered. But P...

President Obama correctly picked North Carolina to win the national championship in 2009, and like most college basketball observers, he thinks the Tar Heels will do well again this season. But Obama was very much politically correct in discussing...

When Louisville coach Rick Pitino first reacted to news that Pitt and Syracuse were leaving the Big East for the ACC, he blogged that it was "the smart play." Now that UConn is showing interest in joining those two schools in the ACC, Pitino is an in...

Long Beach State is playing at North Carolina for the second straight season and already excited about the part of the deal that includes a third meeting. The Tar Heels return the game and come to play in Long Beach at the start of the 2012-13 season...