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After just one game, that's a plan he might stick with for a while, including in Sunday's matchup with visiting Chattanooga. "We did have 10 guys play double-figure minutes," Williams said following No. 6 North Carolina's 95-75 road victory against Tulane. Sunday will mark the home opener for the Tar Heels, who last season finished as the national runners-up. Continue to Article

November 12, 2016 3:47:pm EST

Justin Jackson scored a career-high 27 points, hitting four 3-pointers amid an array of shots from inside and out, and No. 6 North Carolina never trailed its overmatched host, defeating Tulane 95-75 on Friday night in the regular season opener for both teams. Joel Berry II had a career-high 23 points, Isaiah Hicks scored 16, and Kennedy Meeks grabbed 15 rebounds - including seven on the offensive end - for the Tar Heels, who never trailed and led by as many as 21 points. The game marked the college coaching debut for former NBA player and coach Mike Dunleavy, but his Tulane squad simply lacked the talent to stay with a team that lost last season's national championship game to Villanova on a last-second shot. Continue to Article

November 11, 2016 11:17:pm EST

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Veteran North Carolina assistant coach Steve Robinson will not travel with the sixth-ranked Tar Heels for their first two road trips because of a blood clot in his leg. Continue to Article

November 10, 2016 2:57:pm EST

When new Tulane basketball coach Mike Dunleavy looks across the Smoothie King Center court at the No. 6 North Carolina Tar Heels Friday night in the season opener for both teams, he'll see more than a few NBA prospects wearing Carolina blue. "We really kind of want to play how the (San Antonio) Spurs play," Tulane guard Malik Morgan said, giving voice to a lofty goal. Continue to Article

November 09, 2016 3:44:pm EST