Inside Carolina Podcast

With an ACC outright title on the line in Durham on Saturday night for the Tar Heels, the Inside Carolina On The Beat crew of Adam Smith, Jeremiah Holloway and Evan Rogers join host Tommy Ashley to look ahead to the rivalry game and discuss the week that was for North Carolina. Quotes of the week, All-ACC discussion and questions from the chat fill the eventful show as Smith, Holloway and Rogers share their views from the beat. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week’s episode of 'Shooting It Straight', Justin Jackson breaks down UNC's win over Notre Dame. He discusses senior night for Armando Bacot, RJ Davis and the rest of the Tar Heel seniors. Then, Justin previews the big matchup up next for the Tar Heels against the Duke Blue Devils. Justin and Producer John Bauman talk through matchups and things to watch in the Tobacco Road rivalry game. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mock Class 1.0 has dropped on the Inside Carolina Tar Pit Premium message board so football recruiting expert Don Callahan and host Tommy Ashley jump the details and process of Callahan’s first draft predictions for the 2025 class. Big names on and off the list highlight the discussion and an in-depth look at wide receiver and offensive line covers a large portion of the show. Callahan and Ashley round out this episode with this week’s Top Five list. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With 9:41 left in the first half, Notre Dame cut North Carolina’s lead to two, 18-16 on a layup by freshman Markus Burton. A three, a steal and a layup by RJ Davis later, the rout was on as the Tar Heels put on a dominant performance on Senior Night in the Smith Center, winning 84-51and setting up an outright battle in Durham on Saturday night. The Inside Carolina Postgame podcast crew of Taylor Vippolis and Greg Barnes join host Tommy Ashley to break down the final home game of the regular season in Chapel Hill and what the rest of the way looks like with one game remaining before tournament time. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

North Carolina head coach Scott Forbes joins Tommy Ashley and Matt Clements for Inside Carolina's This Week in UNC Baseball. The Diamond Heels reeled off five wins in the week concluding with the sweep of Princeton, hitting six home runs and swiping eight stolen bases and secured at least two spots in the pitching rotation moving forward. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the penultimate week of the regular season, UNC snatched two conference wins from the balance. Sherrell McMillan and Sean Moran join Joey Powell to look back at the week, look forward to Senior Night on Tuesday and at Duke on Saturday. Additionally, the trio break down Powell's recently-cast USBWA Postseason Ballot.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First half performances can tell the tale in college basketball and for the first 20 minutes on Saturday afternoon, NC State handled North Carolina in every way, leading at the break and looking like the more invested team doing it. But as Taylor Vippolis and Tommy Ashley discuss on the Inside Carolina Postgame podcast, the Tar Heels ability to flip the switch and completely shut the Pack down over the final stanza was the difference as the visitors once against head back to Raleigh holding a defeat, 79-70. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

North Carolina begins the stretch run in the ACC regular season with two home tilts, a rivalry game against NC State on Saturday and Senior Night on Tuesday against Notre Dame. The Inside Carolina crew of Adam Smith, Jeremiah Holloway and Evan Rogers join host Tommy Ashley for the latest news and notes from the Carolina Basketball beat on this edition of On the Beat. Quotes, stories and moments from the week's beat covering Hubert Davis and the Tar Heels. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week’s episode of 'Shooting It Straight', Justin Jackson breaks down UNC's win over Miami. He discusses RJ Davis’ legendary performance against the Hurricanes, dropping 42 points to help UNC to the victory. And, Justin discusses a need for more offensive consistency from the rest of the roster. At the end of the show, Justin talks about signing a 10-day contract with the Timberwolves. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside Carolina's Taylor Vippolis is joined by National Champion and Final Four Most Outstanding Player Joel Berry, from the ACC Network, to discuss UNC's win against Miami in which RJ Davis scored a Dean Dome record 42 points. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley host author Ron Smith on this edition of Next Level. Smith's newest book, The Tar Heels, Vol. 2 was released in November and documents the early years of Dean Smith's North Carolina coaching career. Ron shares stories of how this book project became a reality and the painstaking work it took to produce what should be considered as Volume 2 of an unprecedented look at the North Carolina Basketball program. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a special Postgame Edition of the Coast to Coast Podcast, Sherrell McMillan and Sean Moran join Joey Powell to break down the Tar Heels' 75-71 home win over Miami. In a game that saw RJ Davis get a UNC Smith Center record 42 points, UNC would need every one of them to hold on for the win.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Early season baseball games are all about the feeling out process for a coaching staff and roster and playing in high intensity, high leverage games aids in speeding up the process and progress of a team. North Carolina head coach Scott Forbes joins Inside Carolina’s Tommy Ashley and Matt Clements for This Week in UNC Baseball to discuss the positives and the work that remains following the showcase series against East Carolina. The Diamond Heels face VCU and Longwood midweek before the Princeton Tigers come calling in Boshamer Stadium for a three game series beginning on Friday. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cormac Ryan never lacked confidence and in Saturday’s performance at Virginia, his confident stroke paid big dividends for North Carolina as the Tar Heels used that hot shooting and a suffocating team defense to beat the Cavaliers, 54-44. Inside Carolina’s Postgame podcast features Taylor Vippolis and Tommy Ashley breaking down the how and why it all happened and what the Heels have left on the ACC schedule to make the goal of a conference regular season championship a reality. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

'Judgement Day' in the Atlantic Coast Conference arrives on Saturday as the league's top four teams all face off in the a day that could decide conference tournament double byes and NCAA tournament bids in a conference aiming for some positive national pub in late February. The Inside Carolina beat crew of Adam Smith and Evan Rogers join host Tommy Ashley and producer John Bauman to talk the Virginia matchup along with quotes and anecdotes from the week in Carolina basketball. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside Carolina's Taylor Vippolis is joined by National Champion and Final Four Most Outstanding Player Joel Berry, from the ACC Network, to discuss the impact of UNC getting a chance to reset with no midweek game before previewing the matchup in Charlottesville against Virginia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The latest edition of Inside Carolina’s Noon Dish features a look at the college football recruiting landscape as special guest and national college football recruiting expert Tom Lemming joins the show. Lemming, Don Callahan and host Tommy Ashley discuss stories from recruiting years past and look ahead at the headliner of North Carolina’s 2025 class, quarterback Bryce Baker. Lemming shares his thoughts on Baker and takes listeners on a trip down to the beginnings of how he began covering football recruiting 45 years ago. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With North Carolina’s Spring practice just a month away, expert analyst Jason Staples joins host Tommy Ashley for a breakdown of Mack Brown’s incoming transfer class. With his in-depth scouting reports complete, Staples highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the eight players that will be additions to the 2024 Tar Heels. Segments on the four offensive linemen (Blaske, Sampson, Leftwich, Greenberg), safety (Harris), running back (Barlow), tight end J. Johnson) and quarterback Max Johnson highlight the show. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

North Carolina set modern day records at the plate in the weekend sweep of the Wagner Seahawks scoring 46 runs in the three game series, the most on opening weekend since 1899. Diamond Heel head coach Scott Forbes joins host Tommy Ashley to discuss his team's success and what they can improve on heading into a midweek tilt against Elon and a heated rivalry series with East Carolina. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another week brings another mixed bag, but the UNC Tar Heels got the win they needed prior to getting a week of. Sean Moran and Sherrell McMillan join Joey Powell to analyze where Carolina falls in some conference stats, and to look toward the final five games of the regular season.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices