BREAKING: CHAPEL HILL ERUPTS – “New Squad, Same Goals” 🏆🏆🏆🏆😈 Tar Heels dismantle No. 17 Notre Dame 92-71 in statement beatdown By Grok Sports | November 25, 2025 – 10:47 p.m. ET

**BREAKING: CHAPEL HILL ERUPTS – “New Squad, Same Goals” 🏆🏆🏆🏆😈**

**Tar Heels dismantle No. 17 Notre Dame 92-71 in statement beatdown**

**By Grok Sports | November 25, 2025 – 10:47 p.m. ET**

 

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The banners still hang from the Dean Dome rafters. The expectations never left. And tonight, in front of a sold-out, white-out crowd that shook the building for 40 straight minutes, North Carolina reminded the entire country that the standard in Chapel Hill is non-negotiable.

 

**Final score: North Carolina 92, No. 17 Notre Dame 71.**

A 21-point demolition that felt even more lopsided than the box score suggests.

 

This wasn’t just a win. This was a declaration.

 

“New squad, same goals,” Ian Jackson screamed into the huddle as the final seconds ticked off, four fingers thrust skyward for the four national titles that still loom over every practice, every shootaround, every single possession. The freshman phenom then turned to the student section, cupped his ear, and let 21,750 Carolina Blue faithful finish the sentence for him: **“FOUR MORE! FOUR MORE! FOUR MORE!”**

 

The chant started in the lower bowl, spread to the upper deck, and within seconds the entire arena was shaking. Phones were out. Instagram stories were flooded. The hashtag #NewSquadSameGoals trended nationwide in under 10 minutes.

 

And make no mistake: this team believes.

 

**Ian Jackson drops a career-high 31** (13-19 FG, 5-8 3PT) in a performance that had ESPN’s Rece Davis calling it “the single most dominant freshman takeover I’ve seen in the Dean Dome since Michael Jordan was wearing 23.”

Elliot Cadeau flirted with a triple-double (12 pts, 11 ast, 8 reb) while carving up Notre Dame’s defense like it was a high-school JV unit.

Jalen Washington, finally healthy, bullied the Irish frontline for 18 and 12.

And Drake Powell? The sophomore wing announced his arrival with 15 points, four steals, and a windmill dunk in transition that sent the Dean Dome into full cardiac arrest.

 

But the stat sheet only tells half the story.

 

This was the night Hubert Davis’ rebuilt roster finally looked like the monster everyone projected in October. After a rollercoaster non-conference slate that saw losses to Auburn and Florida, and after two gut-punch ACC defeats that had message boards in meltdown mode, Carolina put together 40 minutes of pure, vintage Tar Heel basketball: suffocating defense, blistering transition, and an unrelenting will to embarrass you on your own floor (even if that floor happened to be theirs tonight).

 

Notre Dame never stood a chance. The Irish shot 34% from the field. Markus Burton, the preseason All-ACC guard, finished with 11 points on 4-of-17 shooting, visibly frustrated as Cadeau and Jackson took turns hunting him like it was open season. At one point in the second half, Burton tried to back Jackson down in the post, only for the freshman to rip the ball clean, sprint coast-to-coast, and throw down a one-handed tomahawk that brought the house down. The lead was 26 at that point. The game was over. The statement had been made.

 

**“We heard everything,”** RJ Davis said postgame, still in his jersey, ice bags on both knees, voice hoarse from screaming at teammates all night. **“Too young. Too inexperienced. ‘Carolina’s not back.’ Tonight we just wanted to show the country who we really are.”**

 

Then he paused, looked straight into the cameras, and delivered the line that’s already being printed on T-shirts:

 

**“Same goals. Four more. That’s it. That’s the tweet.”**

 

The locker room video, posted by the official UNC Basketball account at 10:39 p.m., has already surpassed 4 million views. You see Jackson jumping on the scorer’s table. You see Cadeau leading the “FOUR MORE!” chant. You see Hubert Davis, normally reserved, letting out a primal scream as the team circles up under the 2017 banner.

 

This is what Carolina basketball looks like when it wakes up angry.

 

The numbers are ridiculous:

– 21 assists on 35 made baskets

– 15 steals (season high)

– 28 points off Notre Dame turnovers

– 54 points in the paint

– Largest margin of victory over a ranked opponent since the 2021 Elite Eight

 

But the vibe? That’s what’s different.

 

This group isn’t riding the coattails of the 2022 runner-up team anymore. They’re not “rebuilding.” They’re not “young and promising.” They’re hunters. And tonight, they smelled blood.

 

Next up: a top-15 showdown with Duke in exactly 12 days at Cameron Indoor. The rivalry is already nuclear after Cooper Flagg’s “Carolina’s soft” comments last week. Jackson was asked about it in the tunnel.

 

He just smiled.

 

**“Tell Duke we’ll see them in two weeks. Same goals.”**

Then he held up four fingers and walked away.

 

Carolina Twitter is in shambles (in the best way). The students are still in the streets. Franklin Street is closed. Someone already hung a “New Squad, Same Goals 🏆🏆🏆🏆😈” banner from the Old Well.

 

This isn’t 2009. It’s not 2017. It’s not even 2022.

 

This is something new.

 

And it feels a whole lot like the start of something terrifying for the rest of college basketball.

 

The banners are watching.

The ghosts are smiling.

And the new kids just served notice.

 

Four more.

 

Believe it.

 

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