North Carolina, Virginia Are Opposing Each Other Once During 2024-2025 Regular Season As They're Opposing Each Other Saturday Afternoon In Chapel Hill
North Carolina, Virginia are opposing each other once during 2024-2025 regular season as they’re opposing each other Saturday in Chapel Hill.
Where?
On the hardwood!
North Carolina comes into the only regular season match up with Virginia with record of 16-11 overall is 9-6 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is sixth in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they beat tobacco road foe NC State Wednesday night 97-73 in Chapel Hill as as a team North Carolina shot 57.4 % on field goals , 40 % on 3 pointers , 79.2 % on 3 pointers where four players scored in double figures Ven -Allen Lubin was 5-7 on field goals to go along with 5 rebounds, 13 points. RJ Davis was 6-18 on field goals , 1-8 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 5 assists , 21 points.
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Following North Carolina sweeping NC State in 2024-2025 regular season with 97-73 win Wednesday night in Chapel Hill North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis had this to say!
The energy in the Smith Center was a huge determining factor of our energy out there on the floor,
“I just can’t thank the fans enough… a number of students came to be able to support their fellow classmates. And again, it’s really neat that they were able to walk here and able to support.”
Head Coach Hubert Davis wasn’t the only Davis to share his thoughts following North Carolina’s 97-73 win Wednesday night in Chapel Hill as RJ Davis who was 6-18 on field goals , 1-8 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 5 assists , 21 points had this to say!
Huge shoutout to the fans that came through,Obviously, given the weather and the conditions, for them to come through tonight and show their support… I feel like we fed off their energy. It was a lot of students in there, so it kind of felt like young energy was gifted to us a little bit.”
According to Shelby Swanson News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article300621274.html
Virginia comes into the only regular season match up with North Carolina with record of 13-13 overall is 6-9 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is eleventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they lost to North Carolina’s tobacco road rival Duke Monday night 80-62 in Charlottesville where as a team Virginia shot 38.5 % on field goals, 36. 4 % on 3 pointers , 82.4 % on free throws. Three players scored in double figures. Andrew Rhode was 5-10 on field goals , 2-4 on 3 pointers 3-4 on free throws to go along with 5 rebounds, 5 assists , 1 steal , 15 points. Dai Dai Ames was 6-12 1-4 on 3 pointers , 2-3 on free throws to go along with 1 rebound, 3 assists , 15 points. Issac McKneely was 4-9 on field goals , 4-7 on 3 pointers , 2-2 on free throws to go along with 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 14 points.
Following Virginia’s 80-62 loss to North Carolina’s tobacco road rival Duke Monday Virginia Interim Head Coach Ron Sanchez had this to say about Duke about Duke freshman Cooper Flagg about Anthony Robinson!
Give Duke a lot of credit,”
“They played hard. They didn’t take any possessions off.”“The first half, they really just made a statement on the glass,”
We did not play our best basketball tonight. That does not take away from the good basketball that we are playing. We have to understand that. We have to recognize the things that we did well, celebrate those, identify the things that we did poorly and attack those immediately so we can prepare for the next opponent coming up and then move forward. Our journey was not about beating Duke. Our journey is about being the best team that we can be. Duke was just the next opponent on the schedule. So this is one game and we just have to move forward.”
He’s a good player, and he’s gonna score,”“I’m not sure that there’s a [defender] in college basketball that can tell him that he’s not gonna put the ball in the basket. We just wanted to make it as difficult as we could. And when you’re the front-runner on the scouting report and you can still go out there and produce every night like he does, then that’s credit to his talent.
Anthony’s improving,”“You saw his energizing plays in the second half [against Duke]. We needed more of that. And he’s big, he’s strong. Anthony’s shortcoming right now is that he’s young, and you can’t speed up Mother Nature. He’s learning to be an impactful defender. We had a couple of miscommunications when he was on the floor. That’s the times the game is a little too fast for him, but he is improving.
“He’s getting better. It’s a great opportunity for him today. I know he wasn’t fantastic, but he definitely helped the cause.”
According to Jeff White’s article https://virginiasports.com/news/2025/02/18/hoos-come-away-from-loss-with-work-to-do/
Tip off is set for 4:00pm from Dean E. Smith Center!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN2 with Dave O’Brien, Cory Alexander commentating!
Dave O’Brien, a Syracuse alumnus, returns to ESPN and joins ACCN with over 30 years of experience in tow.
O’Brien, who has been in the industry since 1987, including 15 years at ESPN, will call play-by-play alongside former NFL Live studio analyst Hasselbeck and former NBA sideline reporter Katie George for ACC Network Primetime Football.
The Massachusetts native worked for ESPN from 2002-17, handling play-by-play for a variety of sports, including MLB, NBA, college basketball and soccer. He became the voice of the Red Sox on the Boston Red Sox Radio Network in 2007 and has been with NESN since 2016 as the primary play-by-play announcer for Red Sox telecasts.
According to https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/dave-obrien/
Cory Alexander joined ESPN in 2009, working as college basketball analyst on ESPN and ACC Network.
Before joining ESPN, Alexander worked as an analyst for the University of Virginia radio network and was an ACC Network commentator for Raycom Sports. He launched the Cory Alexander Basketball School in August 1995 and he still operates it as the owner and president.
His last season in the NBA came with the Charlotte Bobcats in 2004-2005, and he previously played for the Orlando Magic and Denver Nuggets. His first three seasons were spent with the San Antonio Spurs after they drafted him 29th overall in the first round of the 1995 NBA Draft.
A 1995 graduate from the University of Virginia with a bachelor of science degree in psychology, Alexander is a native Waynesboro, Va. A four-year letterwinner, he ranks eighth in UVA history with 401 assists and 24th on their all-time scoring list with 1,286 points. Alexander earned second-team All-ACC honors and a gold medal at the FIBA U21 World Championship in 1993. Alexander was a McDonald’s All-American and Parade First Team All-American in 1991 at Oak Hill Academy (Va.).
According to https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/cory-alexander/