UNC started preseason practice Friday, officially beginning the 2009-10 season — the third season under head coach Butch Davis. Carolina ended last season with an 8-4 record and finished third overall in the Coastal Division with a .500 record in league play. The Tar Heels enter the season ranked No. 20 in the USA Today […]
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Coaches like UNC, State not so much; Two UNC dbs on Thorpe watch list
UNC will start the season ranked No. 20, according to the preseason USA Today Coaches’ Poll released Friday. The Tar Heels finished the 2008-09 season unranked after dropping three out of their last four games, including a 41-10 thrashing at the hands of in-state rival N.C. State — who, despite being picked to win the […]
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Roy Williams shoots and scores 2011 recruit
About the only thing exciting on the UNC basketball recruiting trail the last several months was the John Wall saga … but Monday head coach Roy Williams nabbed a commitment from 2011 wing P.J. Hairston, according to InsideCarolina.com. Hairston thrives from the perimeter and is ranked the No. 3 shooting guard on Scout.com. The 6-foot-5 […]
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Duke running back kicked off team
Reserve running back Tony Jackson was dismissed from the Duke football team, according to ESPN and the News & Observer. Jackson was booted from the squad for “failing to uphold the standard of conduct expected of a Blue Devil football student-athlete,” head coach David Cutcliffe said in a press release. The junior, who switched from […]
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Coach K to return as USA Basketball coach
Coach K will suit up again as the Olympic team head coach, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo confirmed in a press conference Tuesday. Led by LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, Team USA won all eight games in Beijing and snagged the gold medal after falling out of grace in 2004 when they took home the […]
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Talented guard might enroll early at Duke
If the Blue Devils thought the offseason couldn’t get any worse, a complete change of fortunes has brought life back into next season. Andre Dawkins, the No. 3 ranked shooting guard in the class of 2010, is expected to be cleared to play for Duke next season — a year ahead of schedule, according to […]
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N.C. State’s Lorenzo Brown fails to qualify
Just when Sidney Lowe looked as though he was finally getting some help for N.C. State’s backcourt next season … 2009 commit Lorenzo Brown has failed to qualify and will attend Hargrave for a year to improve his academics, according to several recruiting sites and 850 the Blog. Brown, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Roswell, […]
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Where are they now? The Quentin Thomas edition
If UNC coach Roy Williams can’t land his former basketball players a job in the NBA or as a coach … then there is always the music industry. Quentin Thomas, the former Carolina point guard known primarily for his role as a career backup and his crowd-pleasing name (QUUUEEEE!), has started a rapping career as […]
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Duke/UNC: Elliot Williams, Will Graves and more
It’s eight months away until these two basketball giants square off but they just can’t seem to stay out of the headlines. Roy Williams held his summer press conference Tuesday to discuss next year’s team and the NBA draft. Meanwhile, Duke loses another guard, which should make the ACC much more interesting league next season. […]
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Swiger: UNC won’t improve this fall
At least not in the most important statistic: wins. Don’t get me wrong. UNC football coach Butch Davis has the gears in motion for churning out competitive ACC teams for years to come, but with the current pieces in place, the Tar Heels’ season will be eerily familiar to last season. Two cake walks against […]
