The North Carolina Tar Heels is a Division one team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association or NCAA in America. The team is under the Atlantic Coast Conference in the NCAA.
The Nickname of the North Carolina ìTar Heelsî was used to refer to certain individuals from the state of North Carolina, which is the Tar Heel State. The Tar Heels are usually called Carolina, UNC or The Heels.
The Tar Heels has 37 National Championships in six different sports. Also they have 51 individual National Championships and eighth all time. Duke and NC State is UNCís long time sports rivals which are individually located in nearby Durham and Raleigh.
North Carolina Tar Heels competitiveness is always present with their athletes. With this competitiveness the team has been known to square off with Duke annually. In addition with these great accomplishments, North Carolina also had a long success in the field of menís basketball winning five NCAA National Championships and became one of the top basketball programs in the country.