Heel Tough Blog

We are roughly 24 hours removed from the Tar Heels' historic collapse against VCU last night in the NCAA Tournament, which officially ended the 2025-26 season, and brings into question the job security for Hubert Davis. READ HERE: heeltoughblog.com/post/heel-toug…

The Four Corners Podcast - Ep. 694: VCU Recap (NCAA Tournament - First Round) x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

No podcast tonight guys. A little too late. We’ll be going live tomorrow afternoon, though, and there is going to be A LOT to say. Won’t want to miss this one.

Initial UNC/VCU thoughts: -Well that absolutely sucked. Up 19 and going home. Can’t happen. -Free throws proved to be costly down the stretch in regulation and overtime. You can’t go 12-20 and win in March -lack of second half substitutions proved to be costly. Team simply ran out of gas. Hadn’t played that way all year. Interesting we did that today -Guard play exceeded expectations until the final 8 minutes of regulation & OT. Dixon and Trimble were both exposed. -Veesaar did everything he could but it wasn’t enough. Wonder if he wants his UNC career to end like that. Under HD, UNC has been eliminated in the Round of 64 in back to back years for the first time in program history. They’ve now blown the largest halftime lead in a national championship game & the largest lead in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. His seat is officially hot. Whether I like it or not. Onward. TAR!

UNC-VCU Thoughts -FIRE HUBERT DAVIS That is all.

FINAL: VCU 82 - North Carolina 78. Carolina's season ends after blowing a 19-point lead in the second half. Heels finish the 2025-26 campaign, 24-9, but with three straight losses, and a second straight exit in the Round of 64 of the NCAA Tournament

Veesaar misses them both. VCU ball up 80-78. 4.2 left to play

Veesaar will be at the foul line for a pair, UNC trails 80-78 with 3.3 left to play in OT

Seth Trimble is fouled on a layup attempt. He'll be at the foul line for a pair with 35.1 left to play. We're tied at 77

Timeout UNC, tied at 77, with 49.7 left to play. UNC has yet to make a FG in the overtime session.

VCU leads UNC 77-75 with 2:02 left in OT. Seth Trimble will be at the foul line shooting two.

We are going into overtime, tied at 75.

UNC commits yet another turnover, it's VCU basketball with 2.4 left to play, tied at 75

Timeout UNC, we're tied at 75 with 8.1 left to play. Reminder, the Tar Heels once led 56-37 in this half.

UNC turns it over with 28.6 left to play, leading 75-73

VCU asks for time, UNC leads 75-70 with 1:15 left to play

Timeout North Carolina, UNC leads 74-70 with 2:14 left to play

Final media timeout of the game, with UNC leading just 70-65 with 4:12 left to play. Rams are on a 9-0 run over the last 2:00. UNC hasn't scored in the last 2:59

Jarin Stevenson calls a timeout to avoid a 5-second violation on the inbound. UNC's lead is down to 67-56 with 7:30 left to play.

At the U12 media timeout, UNC leads VCU 61-47, but the Rams have made their last four FGs & are quietly shooting 37% from behind the arc. 11:30 left to play.