Freshman Tyler Zeller -- who has started the past two games for injured All-America Tyler Hansbrough -- broke his left wrist during the final minutes of UNC's 77-58 blowout of Kentucky.

Fowler:North Carolina basketball needed a little pick-me-up.

North Carolina blew out Kentucky 77-58 with one Tyler sitting on the bench in street clothes Tuesday night. Now, the top-ranked Tar Heels might have to worry about playing without another.

Kentucky's men's basketball team is looking to rebound from a 111-103 upset loss to VMI when it faces North Carolina in Chapel Hill tonight.

North Carolina guard Wayne Ellington didn't shoot all that great in the Tar Heels' win over Penn on Saturday, making just 5 of 15 shots, but the junior wasn't worried. (He also dished five assists with five boards and two steals.) Here he discusses the 86-71 victory:

North Carolina coach Roy Williams praised his top-ranked Tar Heels some while evaluating their 86-71 season-opening victory over Penn at the Smith Center on Saturday.

DeCock:Roy Williams wouldn't say Friday which of his freshman forwards would start in Tyler Hansbrough's place this afternoon against Penn.

North Carolina coach Roy Williams expected to have a sleepless night Friday, saying "I'm more apprehensive than I have been in 21 years."

In a rare doubleheader, the UNC football and men's basketball teams will play at about the same time Saturday, going head to head for the first time in more than 25 years.

Decked out in baby blue caps and gowns, North Carolina's five-man senior class drew laughs and applause at "Late Night" last month when the players reminisced at mid-court about their favorite moments from the past three basketball seasons.

North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough is "extremely doubtful" to play in Saturday's basketball season-opener against Penn, coach Roy Williams said Wednesday in a prepared statement.

North Carolina's men's basketball team will lose as many as 10 players after this season, assuming juniors Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington go pro. But Roy Williams will replace them with some pretty good rookies.

Defending national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough is listed as "extremely doubtful" for North Carolina's Saturday season opener against Penn. Hansbrough is out with a stress reaction in the right shin.

North Carolina's football team plays at Maryland on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on ABC/ESPN. UNC's basketball team tips off against Penn at the Smith Center a half-hour later on Fox Sports Carolinas.

The last time Tyler Hansbrough watched a North Carolina basketball game — instead of playing in it — was when he sat in the stands at St. Louis in 2005, cheering on the Tar Heels as they defeated Illinois for the national championship.

UNC basketball coach Roy Williams was asked recently to name his team's "glaring weakness" from last season. "You know, we won 36 frickin' games and got everybody back," he said, relaying the story again recently, "so there shouldn't be any 'glaring weakness' out there."

Brandan Wright still looks every bit a kid, his braces shining as he discusses his soon-to-be increased role with the Golden State Warriors.