Ahead of today’s huge North London Derby, we run through the combined XI as Tottenham and Arsenal gear up to lock horns at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham) – 6.82 Guglielmo Vicario pips David Raya to the goalkeeper spot in this XI with the Italian having made more…
1. Houston is ranked highly due to Kelvin Sampson’s Cougars returning almost every rotation piece from a successful team that won the Big 12 and earned a No. 1 seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. With a strong backcourt featuring Jamal Shead, LJ Cryer, and Emanuel Sharp, Houston has a chance to make a second…
The following rankings are based on the teams’ returning players and incoming recruits for the upcoming season: 1. North Carolina: Coming off a successful season, North Carolina is returning key players RJ Davis, Harrison Ingram, and Elliot Cadeau, along with adding top recruits Ian Jackson and Drake Powell to make a strong push for another…
The Syracuse Crunch are the first team from the North Division to clinch a berth in the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs. The Crunch secured their postseason spot thanks to the Utica Comets’ 5-1 loss at Toronto on Saturday afternoon. They will play in the Calder Cup Playoffs for the sixth consecutive tournament, and the eighth…
LOS ANGELES — Alabama’s 345th-ranked scoring defense needed one stop to record a breakthrough win for the program. With North Carolina trailing by two points with 25 seconds remaining, RJ Davis went right, and just like he had been all night, Crimson Tide star Grant Nelson was there to meet him. That UNC offensive possession resulted in a shot…
USATSI No. 1 seed North Carolina dug out of an early 12-point deficit and ran away from No. 9 seed Michigan State late to punch a ticket to this year’s Sweet 16 with a 85-69 second-round win over the Spartans in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. The Tar Heels trailed by a dozen midway through…
WASHINGTON — D.J. Burns Jr. turned to his parents, beaming. Dwight Sr. had a matching smile. Takela wasn’t smiling yet, but rather holding back tears while not counting her chickens … yet. If anyone knew not to assume anything until the clock hit zeroes in the ACC Tournament, it was NC State fans. But somehow…
Kim O’Reilly, CBS Sports Entering Saturday, North Carolina was the fourth No. 1 seed in the Bracketology projected NCAA Tournament bracket behind overall No. 1 seed Purdue, UConn and Houston. The Tar Heels moved up to the top line Friday after Tennessee lost to Mississippi State in the SEC Tournament and the Volunteers dropped to…
Keytron Jordan, CBS Sports North Carolina spent last season becoming the first preseason No. 1 in the history of the AP Top 25 poll to miss the NCAA Tournament. It was rough. So third-year coach Hubert Davis needed a nice bounce-back year as much as anybody to, among other things, alleviate concerns from an intense…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — There may not have been a single turning point in North Carolina’s 92-67 domination of Florida State in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals, but rather a gradual surge — a tide of Carolina blue rising up and engulfing the Seminoles during a 20-7 run to end the first half, turning a 26-23 battle into…
