Davis scores career-high 22

Ed Davis scored a career-high 22 points Tuesday night to help North Carolina (No. 11 ESPN/USA Today, No. 10 AP) beat No. 9 Michigan State 89-82 in a rematch of last season's national championship game won by the Tar Heels.

Ed Davis scored a career-high 22 points Tuesday night to help No. 10 North Carolina beat No. 9 Michigan State 89-82 in a rematch of last season's national championship game won by the Tar Heels. Larry Drew II had a career-best with 18 points for the Tar Heels (7-1), who led most of the game before having to hold off a rally in the final minutes.

NO. 10 NORTH CAROLINA 89, No. 9 Michigan State 82Ed Davis and Larry Drew II both scored a career-highs as No.10 North Carolina beat No. 9 Michigan State in a rematch of last season's national championship game won by the Tar Heels. The game wasn’t really that close until the final five minutes.Davis scored 22 points and Drew II had 18 points for the Tar Heels (7-1), who led...

Hey, college hoops fans, maybe you've heard about this. Did you know last night was the first time in the history of the Big Ten-ACC Challenge (or the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, depending on the year) that the Big Ten has actually won? 11 years in a row passed without that result, but finally, thanks to the Big Ten's deepest roster in years and a few upsets along the way -- including...

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C.(AP) — Ed Davis scored a career-high 22 points Tuesday night to help No. 10 North Carolina beat No...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

Michigan State had no luck Tuesday with smaller lineups against arguably the best frontline in the nation. North Carolina, a team with an explosive running game last season, dominated in the paint this time around behind a first-half surge from Ed Davis. Davis, one of five Tar Heels 6-foot-10 or taller, exploded for a 12-point first half and finished with a team-high 22 points.

The Big Ten/ACC Challenge came to a pretty strong conclusion last night with the Big Ten finally coming out on top after a decade of being beaten by the ACC. Although Michigan State-North Carolina was the headliner (quick aside: Why not save the headliner for the final night?), Wednesday night had some of the strangest and most unexpected results. Clemson lost a 23-point lead against...

This was supposed to be No. 9 Michigan State’s opportunity for revenge after two embarrassing losses to UNC last season. But the 11th-ranked Tar Heels dispatched the Spartans for a fifth-straight time on Tuesday, surviving a late rally for an 89-82 victory. Ed Davis (22 points, six rebounds) and Larry Drew (18 points, six assists) both posted career-highs in points in leading UNC...

Deon Thompson presented his head coach with a framed No. 600 jersey Sunday night after the Tar Heels skated by Nevada to give the 22nd-year coach an overall record of 600-139. But although the place sold every ticket, it wasn’t packed to the gills. Hardly, in fact. The Heels’ fans have always gotten a bit of a [...]

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—When you think about this, how big could the hole in North Carolina's lineup really be if somebody as skinny as John Henson could fill it? Henson is so thin he makes Kevin Durant look like Lou Ferrigno. He is listed at 6-10, 195 pounds, but it looks like he'd need to weigh himself after a Thanksgiving feast to hit the scale half that hard. Larry...

North Carolina’s Deon Thompson looked at the scoreboard at halftime of Tuesday’s game against Michigan State and had a little bit of déjà vu. The Tar Heels defeated the Spartans twice during the 2008-09 season, including the national championship game in April. And the 50 points in the first half of Tuesday night’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge made it three games in a row against...

UNC placed four players on the first-team All-ACC defense while Duke and N.C. State placed one player each on the first-team offense. Defensive end Robert Quinn, linebacker Quan Sturdivant, cornerback Kendric Burney and safety Deunta Williams made first-team for the Tar Heels, which led the ACC in total and scoring defense.

North Carolina football players Lowell Dyer and Ryan Taylor were in a heated debate in Walmart on Tuesday. Boxers, briefs or tighty-whities? Dyer and Taylor were part of a group of UNC football players who joined forces with some the coaches' wives to shop for three needy families in the Durham area for "Share your Holiday." In the end, the pair settled on boxers for a young boy.

Greensboro, N.C. ----- Nine University of North Carolina football players, including four first-team defensive selections, have been named to the 2009 All-Atlantic Coast Conference teams as selected by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA). Defensive end Robert Quinn, linebacker Quan Sturdivant, cornerback Kendric Burney and safety Deunta Williams earned first-team...