A health update from the family of Carolina All-America, 1993 national champion and UNC radio analyst Eric Montross. pic.twitter.com/F0CWD8Lyeh — Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) March 25, 2023 North Carolina great Eric Montross diagnosed with cancer from Field Level Media, and from YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com Eric Montross, a former national champion with North Carolina and first-round NBA draft pick, has been diagnosed with cancer, the Montross family announced Saturday on the Tar Heels team Twitter account. Montross, 51, is beginning treatment at UNC Lineberger Center in North Carolina. “Our family is of course deeply concerned, but we have spent nearly three decades in the…
from www.wralsportsfan.com: CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The University of North Carolina men’s basketball program announced Saturday that former player and UNC legend Lennie Rosenbluth has died at the age of 89. Rosenbluth became a household name to many North Carolinians after leading an undefeated team to the NCAA National Championship in 1957, in a title game some say may have sowed the seed for the Tar Heel fandom we see today. This win, led by Rosenbluth, who was also that tournament’s top scorer, was the first NCAA championship win for the program. Born in the Bronx, Rosenbluth made his way…
Final from this afternoon/Saturday afternoon in Fort Worth, Texas…. North Carolina Tar Heels 93, Baylor Bears 86 OT The UNC Tar Heels had a 25-point lead in regulation over the Baylor Bears, but with an ejection coming the way of North Carolina’s Brady Maneck, and with UNC losing Caleb Love to fouls, the next thing you know, Baylor makes a second half comeback, and then you look up and the Bears are right back in the game…. The Heels followed the lead of their head coach Hubert Davis, and Carolina kept its composure, and with Heels’ Hall of Famer Roy…
from www.wxii12.com: CHAPEL HILL, N.C. —University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Thursday morning that legendary basketball coach Roy Williams is retiring. Williams, who led UNC to three NCAA championships, is retiring after 33 seasons and 903 wins as a college basketball head coach. Williams will speak at a news conference at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Dean E. Smith Center. The news conference is closed to the public. Williams, a 1972 UNC graduate, just concluded his 18th season as the head coach at his alma mater. In addition to NCAA titles in 2005, 2009 and 2017, he led…
**********ACC Network to Exclusively Air Classic North Carolina Basketball Games from 1983 and ‘84 Seasons********** from the ACC Network at ESPN PressRoom and CLICK HERE to go directly to that site…. Michael Jordan Carolina Rewind Begins at Noon on Saturday, May 16 11 Consecutive Hours of North Carolina Basketball Games and Jordan Content Exclusive One-Time Showing of MJ as a Tar Heel Packer and Durham Special: Jordan at Carolina Leads the Marathon ACC Network (ACCN), the 24/7 national platform dedicated to ACC sports, will exclusively air five North Carolina men’s basketball games from the 1983 and ‘84 seasons spotlighting legendary…