Inside Carolina: A UNC athletics podcast

Inside Carolina's senior reporter Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley discuss the future decisions of UNC players Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar ahead of the NBA Draft. With the new era of NIL and rev share, how are pro decisions impacted for players not in the elite echelon of draft prospects. Barnes and Ashley dig into the topic based off a IC message board thread asking 'Would Caleb Wilson Come Back f...

North Carolina took care of business this week, beating Louisville and VT at home, improving their record to 4-1 without superstar freshman Caleb Wilson. The trio digs deeper into North Carolina's unexpected success without Wilson, highlighting Seth Trimble's 30-point game against Louisville and Henry Veesaar's 26 points Saturday. While the scoring outputs are key, the improved defensive disciplin...

While injuries in sports are never a good thing, North Carolina's ability to come together as a group in the wake of Caleb Wilson's setback took another step forward on Saturday night. The Heels handled Virginia Tech with a collective effort, getting the 89-82 win and setting up a final week of regular season play with momentum and chemistry Hubert Davis's team will need when tournament season beg...

Inside Carolina senior reporter Greg Barnes joins Tommy Ashley to discuss North Carolina's Saturday night ACC matchup with Virginia Tech in the Smith Center. With the regular season winding down, UNC has another chance to pad their postseason resume with a win over a Hokie team that has been hit or miss during the conference season. Mike Young's squard comes in fresh off a blow out of Wake Forest,...

Who is Dylan Mingo? To better answer that question, the Coast to Coast show welcomes someone who knows him well: Terrence "Munch" Williams, the executive director of Mingo's travel program, ProScholars Athletics. Sherrell McMillan and Joey Powell talk with Williams to discuss his new book, "Here Are the Answers: A Roadmap for Navigating Success in the Business of Youth Basketball," and break down...

Inside Carolina's senior reporter Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley discuss the exceptional performance of freshmen in college basketball, noting the potential for the first ten NBA draft picks to be freshmen. They highlight Caleb Wilson's injury and its impact on his All-American and Player of the Year prospects, comparing it to Zion Williamson's 2019 situation. In that season, Williamson missed six g...

As the ACC season comes to a close, the debate over postseason awards has begun. Inside Carolina's senior reporter Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley discuss the league's success through the lens of the men on the sidelines leading their teams into March. Ashley and Barnes discuss the ACC's recent coaching changes and the impact on the conference's performance. They highlight the decline in ACC quality...

Inside Carolina's senior reporter Greg Barnes joins Tommy Ashley discuss North Carolina's 78-74 win over Louisville, highlighting Henry Veesaar's impactful performance and Seth Trimble's 30 point night. They note Carolina's solid 27-minute stretch but criticize their late-game execution, citing a 44-point deficit over the final 10 minutes in 15 ACC games and the free-throw woes (319th in nation). ...

Inside Carolina's Rob Harrington and Tommy Ashley break down North Carolina's 77-74 win over Louisville in the Smith Center on Monday night. The Heels led by as many as 16 points and played some of their best basketball on the season on both ends of the floor to build the lead. The Cardinals rebounded from the drought to make the final margin close as Hubert Davis's team struggled closing the game...

North Carolina’s week begins with North Carolina A&T and VCU in the midweek followed by the last non-conference series of the season as LeMoyne comes to Boshamer Stadium for a three game series Friday-Sunday. Head coach Scott Forbes joins Tommy Ashley to discuss the weekend that was against East Carolina, the lessons learned from those battles and the plan for the week ahead. **Call to Action:**  ...

Inside Carolina's senior reporter Greg Barnes joins Tommy Ashley to preview North Carolina's Big Monday matchup with Louisville in the Smith Center at 7pm on ESPN. UNC handled Syracuse two short days ago as Henri Veesaar returned to the lineup and was too much for Cuse. But tonight's challenge is on the Tar Heel backcourt as the Cardinals boast three sharpshooters of their own in Mikel Brown, Jr.,...

It was an eventful week in which North Carolina landed a blue-chip recruit to its '26 class, was throttled at NC State, and then got Henri Veesaar back from injury in time to win at Syracuse. Now UNC returns home to host ranked Louisville and Virginia Tech this week. Sherrell McMillan and Sean Moran join Joey Powell to analyze the important takeaways from the week and focus forward on where the Ta...

North Carolina went to upstate New York and got a much needed win against Syracuse on Saturday. More importantly, Henri Veesaar returned to play 26 minutes, and poured in 19 much-needed points. While the game was ugly due to some sloppiness and a high number of fouls called, it does allow the Tar Heels to get the bad taste of Tuesday's abomination out of their mouths. Inside Carolina analyst Rob H...

After the blowout loss in Raleigh on Tuesday night, North Carolina basketball heads north in need of a rebound performance against Syracuse. Inside Carolina senior reporter Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley look head to Saturday's game and discuss UNC's plan to get back in some sort of flow offensively regardless of the statuses of Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar. Barnes discusses three point shooting i...

Inside Carolina senior reporter Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley discuss Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson and UNC's Caleb Wilson in the one and done era and how both players have handled injury troubles during their first, and only, season in college basketball. Jayhawk head coach Bill Self expressed some frustration with Peterson this week after the star freshman took himself out of a big game, anothe...

Inside Carolina senior reporter Greg Barnes joins Tommy Ashley to discuss the aftermath of UNC's blow out loss and brutal performance in Raleigh on Tuesday night. There are several ways to view what happened on the court as the IC duo point out, but at this point in the season, things are what they are and the issues that play out on the court started well before the season began. Poor roster mana...

Inside Carolina analyst Rob Harrington and Tommy Ashley break down North Carolina's blow out loss to NC State in Raleigh, 82-58. With a depleted frontcourt roster, UNC's only hope against the 'Pack was a solid effort and good shooting nice from the guards - and that did not happen. Carolina shot 15% from three and 32% overall while Zayden High and Jarin Stevenson were the only two Heels in double...

The Inside Carolina Coast to Coast crew reacts to the news that 2026 five star point guard Dylan Mingo has committed to Hubert Davis and the North Carolina Tar Heels. The 6-5 Mingo, out of Long Island Lutheran, is ranked second in the class, and the number one point guard, by Rivals and chose the Tar Heels over Baylor, Penn State and Washington. **Call to Action:**   **Subscribe:** Follow 'Inside...

Inside Carolina's Greg Barnes and Rob Harrington join Tommy Ashley to preview North Carolina's trip to Raleigh to face the NC State Wolfpack on Tuesday night. Barnes and Harrington highlight the key matchups for both teams as UNC will be without Caleb Wilson and possibly Henri Veesaar - one of the nation's best frontcourts. What needs to happen for the Heels to pull out the victory? Who will shine...

North Carolina head coach Scott Forbes joins Tommy Ashley to recap a solid opening weekend series and discuss what he and his coaching staff pull from sweeping Indiana. Forbes and Ashley go in depth beyond the scoreboard with what worked, what needs improving and how the pitching rotation and lineup continues to be a work in progress. The pair discuss the final sequence in the bottom of the ninth...

Inside Carolina's Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley are joined by Rob Harrington to dig into the details of North Carolina's performance against Pittsburgh and expectations moving forward as they move into the back end of the ACC schedule. Harrington and Barnes discuss the issues the Tar Heels face without their top player in Caleb Wilson and his front court mate Henri Veesaar missing at least one game...

Last week's emotional pinnacle (thus far) of beating Duke at home quickly cratered in Coral Gables this week as the North Carolina Tar Heels idled their way to a road loss. The mood around the program then plunged even deeper upon the news that All-everything Freshman Caleb Wilson would miss time with a broken bone in his hand. Carolina regrouped and with a mash-unit in the post, beat a hapless Pi...

Inside Carolina's Grace Nugent and Tommy Ashley break down North Carolina's sweep of Indiana in Boshamer Stadium on opening weekend. The Diamond Heels were not perfect, but strong starting pitching over three games and late timely hitting to complete the sweep provided an early baseline for head coach Scott Forbes and his team. Macon Winslow's 11th inning walk-off home run in game three will certa...

No bigs? No big deal. Carolina bests Pittsburgh, 79-65 without Caleb Wilson or Henri Veesaar down low. Jarin Stevenson's efficient 19 points along with Seth Trimble (19) and Luka Bogavac (15) stepped up as expected while Zayden High dropped 15 points and seven boards in his 32 minutes of action. Former Tar Heel Dewey Burke joins Joey Powell to break down the Carolina win and the performances that...

Inside Carolina's senior reporter Greg Barnes joins Tommy Ashley to discuss the challenge ahead for Coach Hubert Davis and the North Carolina basketball team. UNC faces it's toughest stretch of games without Caleb Wilson. Wilson's fractured hand will keep the all-everything freshman sidelined for an undeterminant amount of time. Carolina hosts Pittsburgh on Saturday and travels to NC State on Tues...