Tyler Zeller News

Once isn't enough for North Carolina and Michigan State. Twice isn't either. The two will play each other for the third time in 12 months at 9 p.m. today in an ACC/Big Ten Challenge Series game at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill.

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.

Michigan State's Durrell Summers, right, said he and his teammates want to "steal one back" from North Carolina on the Tar Heels' home court.

The 11th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels are slated to do battle with the Nevada Wolf Pack in non-conference action at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill this evening.

North Carolina, which has beaten the Wolf Pack in each of the last two seasons, presents an entirely different set of challenges for Nevada.

Then consider what the Bulldogs did offensively against North Carolina, and without hesitation substitute Auryn MacMillen with Jerai Grant, C.J. Hailey with Tanner Smith and Brian McNair with Demontez Stitt.

North Carolina freshman Dexter Strickland was 0-for-2 with one assist during two stints at shooting guard Monday night.

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands - Purdue coach Matt Painter said he thought the team with the ball last would win the game.

The three men clearly had come to Madison Square Garden straight from some sort of high-powered business jobs.

This year's iteration of the Tar Heels does have some experience, with seniors Marcus Ginyard and Deon Thompson.

There was so much to talk about after No. 6 North Carolina held on for 77-73 victory over No.

Top-25 foes collide in Madison Square Garden this evening, as the sixth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels and the 15th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes take part in semifinal action of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs.

Inevitably, maybe as soon as tonight, it's going to happen. North Carolina is going to find itself tied, or trailing by a bucket, with the final seconds ticking down - desperate for a game-winning shot.

It's been almost a year since Tyler Zeller broke his wrist. Zeller's fall under the basket against Kentucky cost him most of his freshman regular season, valuable playing time and experience.

In the 57th game of his college basketball career, Greensboro's Will Graves wore a throwback North Carolina uniform straight out of 1957.

The sixth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels seek a 3-0 start to the 2009-10 season when they entertain the Valparaiso Crusaders this afternoon at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill.

North Carolina Centrala s T.J. Granger and North Carolinaa s Tyler Zeller battle for a loose ball during the first half of the No.

As the college basketball world waited breathlessly, Iowa prep phenom Harrison Barnes dialed into a video conference with his future coach.

North Carolinaa TMs Tyler Zeller blocks a shot by Florida Internationala TMs Phil Gary as North Carolinaa TMs John Henson assists during the second half.

North Carolina's Deon Thompson grabs a rebound in front of Florida International's Stephon Weaver and Nikola Gacesa.