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The Postgame: UNC Bounces Back, Upends Syracuse, 77-64 | College Basketball

Inside Carolina: A UNC athletics podcast

Inside Carolina

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🗓️ 21 February 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

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 Harrington and Joey Powell break down North Carolina's 77-64 win. **Call to Action:**   **Subscribe:** Follow 'Inside Carolina' wherever you get your podcasts to never miss an episode!   **Review:** Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help us reach more Tar Heel fans!   **Visit:** Explore http://www.InsideCarolina.com for breaking news, recruiting updates, and expert commentary on all things UNC sports. This show is brought to you by Inside Carolina, the No. 1 site for UNC sports coverage and community. Visit http://www.InsideCarolina.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

What's happening, everybody?

0:23.1

Joey Powell for Inside Carolina.

0:24.7

This is the post game.

0:26.2

Rob Harrington is joining us.

0:27.4

We were sponsored by Johnny T-shirt.

0:28.9

No, I'm not Tommy Ashley.

0:31.2

He's much better looking than I am, but don't let him hear me.

0:33.7

Don't let him hear me say that.

0:35.4

Tommy's covering baseball today.

0:36.9

And if you're curious about

0:37.8

that, Tar Heels and Pirates tied at three, bottom four at the Deep App. But that's where Tommy is. He's with Grace Nugent giving you all of the Diamond Heels coverage you need. So you're stuck with me getting the call up to work with Rob Harrington, who let's be honest, is who you're really here to hear from.

0:54.1

Rob Tar Heels get it done today in what might have been one of the uglier games that I've seen all season,

0:59.3

but I do want to point out that you and I have done two of these and the Tar Heels are 2 and O in both games.

1:05.0

So take that as folks want to see it.

1:08.3

The Tar Heels needed this game really badly.

1:10.4

They continue to aim to tread water until Caleb Wilson can return.

1:15.6

Rob, first things first, getting Henry Vesar back.

1:18.7

Is there a way to underst- I'm sorry, is there a way to overstate just how important he is to this team?

1:25.5

No, I mean, I think that was the aspect of the game that stood out most was how much of a

1:30.0

difference he makes on both ends.

1:32.2

You saw early in the game, I thought he was laboring a little bit early, and Syracuse

1:36.8

had some free runs on layups early in the game.

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