The Tar Heels had a 23-9 advantage in bench points at halftime and led 49-43. Rodd Baxley covers Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State for The Fayetteville Observer as part of the USA TODAY Network.

North Carolina coach Hubert Davis has another two years on his deal and a new general manager to help the blueblood men’s basketball program deal with the changing landscape of college athletics ...

The 54-year-old Davis played for the Tar Heels under late Hall of Famer Dean Smith and spent a dozen years playing in the NBA. He later left an ESPN broadcasting job to work as an assistant to ...

But the Tar Heels (18-11) have won four straight and five of six as they fight to end up on the right side of the NCAA bubble. Perhaps some of those extremes explains why Davis sounded ready to ...

An updated deal between the 54-year-old Davis and the Tar Heels ... Tanner as the Tar Heels' general manager and executive director for men's basketball. Rodd Baxley covers Duke, North Carolina ...