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Elliot Cadeau, UNC ponder emotional loss to No. 7 Florida after comeback falls short
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina guard Elliot Cadeau couldn’t hold back the tears as he walked off the floor at the Spectrum Center following a 90-84 loss to No. 7 Florida. The Tar Heels again suffered through a lackluster first half against a big-time opponent, only to...
No. 9 Tar Heels visit No. 1 Kansas in only second on-campus showdown between college hoops titans
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — It's hard to call any series between basketball programs a rivalry when they've met just 12 times in their shared history. Hard to call North Carolina-Kansas anything else, though. They are linked by Dean Smith and Larry Brown, Matt Doherty and...
Joe Wolf, who played for North Carolina and 7 NBA teams, dies at 59
Joe Wolf, a former North Carolina captain for Dean Smith who went on to play for seven teams in an 11-year NBA career before becoming a coach, died unexpectedly Thursday, the Milwaukee Bucks announced. Wolf, an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Herd — the Bucks' G League affiliate...
