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Nets finally got something right with this move: 'Kept showing up'

Jacque Vaughn's loyalty to the🐎 Nets franchise has rewarded him with an extension -- one that expects to bring good fortune.

How Hubert Davis struck perfect balance to fuel UNC's success

🍬 Sometimes, even in a place such as North Carolina, you nail the hire. Hubert Davis chases history on Monday night against Kansas, looking to be the first rookie coach to...

Formerꦕ Knick lands top NCAA job in historic hire

Hubert Davis is set to make history at North Carolina. The former Knicks guard has been named Roy Williams’ su𒐪ccessor as the Tar Heels’ next men’s basketball coach. The 50-year-old...

Legendary college h♉oops coach retiring after 33 years

The last time Roy Williams left North Carolina, hꩵe was a virtually unknown assistant who was getting his first shot as a college head coach at tradition-rich Kansas. Now Williams...

Roy Williams says 'fire me' after historic UNC loss

CHAPEL 🐎HILL, N.C. — Year after ye✨ar, every Clemson team that played at North Carolina left the court in the same fashion: by throwing another loss onto what had grown...

 Monster NYC hoops prospect makes🔯 co🐎llege decision

 For years, Cole Anthony was billed as The One. The latest, after a hiatus, in a long list of elite New York City point ❀guards. He had the pedigree and...

🌳 Auburn shows no fear in stunning North Carolina

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This is what it looks and sounds like when you can keep dreaming the swee🎃test dream and dance toward history, when you leave No. 1 North...

The Iona weapons th𒉰at worry North Carolina

♈ COLUMBUS, Ohio — When North Carolina coach Roy Williams hears the name of the school in New Rochelle, it reminds him of an old story the late Jim Valvano used...

 Jay Bilas on NCAA sleepers and incompar🌠able Zion Williamson ꦫ

 Jay Bilas, an ESPN college basketball analyst and former Duke player under coach Mik🦋e Krzyzewski in the mid-1980s, takes a shot at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q:...

Zion Williamson shows UNC why he's a difference maker

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Zion Williamson didn't hesitate when he saw his shot for the lead coming off the rim late in a tense game ✱with Duke's fierce rival. He bounced...

North Carolina rolls 🐻past Zꩵion Williamson-less Duke again 

๊ CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Third-ranked North Carolina handled every push fourth-ranked Duke could manage, both in building a big lea♕d and then hanging onto what was left of its edge...

Roy Williams OK after being helped 𒁏off court with vertigo🗹

 Roy Williams has had vertigo before, but that didn't make it any less concerning when it happened again on Saturday. Bꦗut fortunately, he is OK. The long-time North Carolina coach...

Hidden tale of the NBC exec responsible for the 'Heidi Game'

If a tree falls in the woods. ... Are you kidding? Try this on: Fifty years ago, the end of a game no one saw became the end o𒅌f a... 🐻

 Roy Williams talks💞 Texas A꧋&M but his mind is on Tiger Woods

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Roy Williams keeps talking about golfer🅰 Tiger 🌌Woods during every press conference wearing out something that initially was funny, but is now getting tired. “He bogeyed 2...

 Nortꦗh Carolina cr🤡ushes visions of this Cinderella story

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It was a nice story while it lasted: David finding a way to beatꦬ Goliat꧋h in what would have been one of the biggest upsets ever in...

 🌃 Wofford stuns No. 5 North Carolina

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Wof🥀ford coach Mike Young walked into his postgame news conference wea🐼ring a soaked dress shirt and sheepishly drying himself with a towel. "Pardon my appearance," Young...

Everyone in college basketball is chasing t𒆙he blue bloods

Off the court, college basketball is a mess, in the wake of the ongoing FBI investigation that already has led to tꦑhe arrest of four assistant coaches ♑from prominent programs...

It took th🌊ree years for NCAA to fi♉nd nothing on North Carolina

North Carolina has avoided major penalties after an NCAA infractions committee panel "could not conclude" there🦂 were academic violations in the multi-year case focused on irregular coursesཧ. In a report...

Roy Williams still pretty angry about UNC c﷽he🧜ating scandal

GLEND🌼ALE, Ariz. — North Carolina returned to the national title game, and avenged one of the most heartbreaking losses in college basketball histꦚory. But will the Tar Heels get to...

The proudest fan at NCAA title game is Roy Williams' HS coach

GLENDALE , Ariz. — The 77-ye💟ar-old man sitting behind the North Carolina bench Mo🌜nday night knew exactly what it meant to Roy Williams to beat Gonzaga and bring his third...