Greg Barnes

Chapel Hill, Holly Springs, United States

Sports Writer at Inside Carolina

Co - Host at Inside Carolina: A UNC athletics podcast

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Greg: UNC Giving Hubert Davis, Basketball Program Unprecedented Financial Support

6 days ago | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

The head coach, in concert with new general manager Jim Tanner, added six players to the roster this offseason. The commitment of international guard Luka Bogavac this past weekend not only completed the major transfer portal work for North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis, but also highlighted a massive influx of financial support for the former Tar Heel standout entering his fifth season at the helm.
Greg: Athletic Directors Focusing on the Future, Not the Past

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken's approval of the House settlement could come any day now. RALEIGH, N.C. --- The collegiate sports world is four years into the most significant upheaval in the history of the NCAA’s 119-year existence. As soon as NIL legislation was implemented on July 1, 2021, fan bases across the country began their own grieving process for an amateur model that was coming to an end.
UNC Athletics Revenue Boost a Key Aspect of N.C. Senate Budget Proposal

1 month ago | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

In April, the North Carolina Senate approved its two-year, $66 billion state budget proposal, which includes a potential financial boon to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s athletic department. The proposed budget makes significant changes to the state’s sports wagering tax revenue that would potentially direct $24.4 million in athletic department support to UNC and N.C. State during the 2025-26 fiscal year and $31.5 million in 2026-27.
Greg: Rams Club Set to Play Key Role in Revenue Sharing Era

2 months ago | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

Intercollegiate athletics has experienced widespread progressive changes over the past decade, beginning with a trickle that was the cost of attendance adjustment for student-athletes in 2015 before the amateur model’s dam burst with the arrival of the one-time transfer exemption and name, image and likeness legislation in 2021.
Greg: The Need to Return to Winning Ways for Carolina Basketball

2 months ago | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

North Carolina’s final loss of the season – a 71-64 defeat against No. 6 seed Ole Miss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament – mirrored the program’s first loss of the season 19 weeks earlier. A 20-point deficit, an unlikely comeback and an inability to finish in the closing minutes. Rarely does a season finale encapsulate the entirety of a basketball season quite so well.
Greg: ACC Settlement Proves Beneficial for UNC

Mar 5, 2025 | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

On Tuesday, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced the resolution of all ongoing legal disputes with Clemson University and Florida State University. In doing so, the ACC has significantly decreased its financial penalties for schools exiting the conference prior to 2035-36, in addition to implementing a new revenue distribution model for league membership based on football and men’s basketball viewership.
UNC Eyeing North Campus for New Basketball Arena

Feb 13, 2025 | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

University leadership is leaning toward building a new North Carolina men’s basketball arena complex at the off-campus Carolina North location to replace the Dean E. Smith Center after months of consideration, according to multiple sources familiar with the process. The Carolina North site is located at the northwest corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Estes Drive in Chapel Hill, where Horace Williams Airport was located until closing in May 2018.
Next Level: UNC Athletics Reports Record Revenue Growth in 2023-24 Fiscal Year

Feb 3, 2025 | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s athletic department reported a record $164.5 million in total operating revenue during the 2023-24 fiscal year, which represents a 18% increase year-over-year. The school’s annual financial report to the NCAA, which includes data from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, details the operating revenue as well as shedding light on a record $155.9 million in total operating expenses.
Greg: UNC’s Chancellor Takes a Stand for Football

Jan 29, 2025 | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

For the better part of 18 months, UNC officials have come to terms with the stark reality of the evolving intercollegiate athletic landscape. Despite a rich basketball history built on Tobacco Road and intertwined with an Atlantic Coast Conference that was once the nation’s preeminent basketball league, football is the bridge to the future for the athletic department as a whole.
UNC, Bill Belichick Finalize Employment Contract

Jan 23, 2025 | 247sports.com | Greg Barnes

North Carolina finalized its employment agreement with Bill Belichick on Thursday, one day after the eight-time Super Bowl champion signed the contract following a six-week window in which the parties were operating under a non-binding term proposal agreement. The agreement notes that it is backdated to Dec. 12, 2024, regardless of the date of execution. Belichick’s signature is dated Jan.