Strickland Undergoes Knee Surgery

(via Twitter)North Carolina junior Dexter Strickland has had surgery to repair a knee injury that will sideline him the rest of the season.Strickland had reconstructive surgery Thursday on his torn right anterior cruciate ligament as well as damaged meniscus. Strickland was hurt on a drive to the basket in the Tar Heels' win at Virginia Tech on Jan. 19.The school says Strickland...

North Carolina junior Dexter Strickland has had surgery to repair a knee injury that will sideline him the rest of the season. Strickland had reconstructive surgery Thursday on his torn right anterior cruciate ligament as well as damaged meniscus. Strickland was hurt on a drive to the basket in the Tar Heels' win at Virginia Tech on Jan.

University of North Carolina freshman guard P.J. Hairston is sidelined with a sore left foot and will be unable to play in tomorrow's ACC game against the Virginia Cavaliers. Hairston has played in all 24 games and is the Tar Heels' seventh-leading scorer at 6.6 points per contest.

Fifth-ranked North Carolina's perimeter has gotten even thinner now that freshman reserve P.J. Hairston will miss Saturday's game against Virginia because of a sore left foot, the school announced.

When the University of North Carolina fired former head coach Butch Davis, it put itself on the hook for a $2.7 million buyout through 2015 that would be reduced if Davis coaches "in a college or professional program."

Third-ranked North Carolina got four goals from Kara Cannizzaro and three from Abbey Friend on its way to an 11-9 win over fourth-ranked Florida on Saturday afternoon at Fetzer Field in the season opener for both teams. The Tar Heels improve to 1-0 with the victory and won their first game of the season for the seventh year in a row. Florida falls to 0-1 with the defeat.

After facing North Carolina on Sunday, the Terps and Tar Heels meet again on Friday at 7 p.m. in Chapel Hill.

Tyler Zeller had 25 points and nine rebounds to help No. 5 North Carolina beat Virginia (No. 20 ESPN/USA Today, No. 19 AP) on Saturday 70-52.

No. 8 North Carolina fell to No. 16 Southern California, 4-2, in the opening round of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships Friday afternoon at the Boar's Head Sports Club. Carolina won the doubles point but fell behind 3-1 early in singles and was unable to complete a furious rally.

Game One Box Score | Game Two Box Score | Follow UNC Softball Via Twitter | 2012 Softball YearbookSophomore Lori Spingola struck out 13 batters to propel North Carolina to a season-opening 3-0 shutout of North Florida in the National Invitational Tournament. Ally Blake and Kelli Wheeler combined for five hits and four RBI and Sara Buchholz pitched four and two-thirds innings in UNC...

2013 Hillside High (NC) teammates Khris Francis and Korrin Wiggins were each extended verbal offers from North Carolina on National Signing Day, and both committed to the Tar Heels on Wednesday. With additional schools likely to continue to recruit the juniors, how open are they going forward? Scout spoke to both hours after the pledges.

North Carolina returns home after a rough two-game road trip when the Tar Heels host Georgia Tech Sunday at 2 p.m. at Carmichael Arena. Carolina enters the contest 17-7 on the year and 7-4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference after a 61-37 loss at Miami on Wednesday. Georgia Tech is 17-7 and 7-4 in the ACC following a 64-56 loss to Maryland on Monday. UNC is ranked No. 22 in the Associated...

Blue Devils will take on Tar Heels again in the Dean E. Smith Center Saturday. The JV basketball team plays Fork Union Military Academy at 10 a.m.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Action photos from the Tar Heels' 85-84 loss to the Blue Devils.