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Jeremy Lange/IndyWilliams believes his team has real potential RAYCOM — Roy Williams definitely is prone to coach-speak at times, but this past weekend, after his Tar Heels out-slugged Virginia 62-56 in Charlottesville, he didn’t exaggerate: “It was one of the ugliest ‘Ws’ that I have ever been involved in …” UNC came out firing before […]

Arianna Hoffmann/Indy WeekDexter Strickland fearlessly attacks the rim DEAN SMITH CENTER/CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina began its 2011 with a big ole’ turkey. The Tar Heels engaged in some shameless record padding against St. Francis (Pa.), a team that entered the game 2-10 and ranked No. 326 — out of 345 Division I teams — […]

Indy File PhotoWilliams continues to say UNC must shoot better North Carolina looks like a pretty good team when the ball goes through the hoop. That’s what Roy Williams says in response to some of the more complex questions he gets in various interviews and press conferences, and certainly that proved to be the case […]

Indy File PhotoWilliams is trying to create offensive continuity DEAN SMITH CENTER/CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina prevailed over William & Mary 85-60 on Tuesday night thanks to stingy defense and superior overall athleticism. The Tar Heels rebounded from a heartbreaking defeat against Texas last weekend, opening sluggishly but taking control of the game midway […]

Jeremy M. LangeHarrison Barnes CBS TV—North Carolina suffered a crushing defeat this evening against Texas in Greensboro, allowing a second half lead to evaporate late as the Longhorns escaped with a 78-76 victory. The game was a rematch of last year, when UNC was manhandled by Texas in Dallas at the new Cowboys stadium. But […]

DEAN SMITH CENTER/CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Exam season games almost never become lasting Tar Heel memories. Even some of Carolina’s best teams have looked ordinary during mid-December tilts, and this season’s less polished Heels will appear vulnerable anytime there’s a drop in intensity. That was the backdrop for tonight’s game against far-flung Long Beach State, […]

Don’t judge North Carolina fans too harshly if they overestimated their Wednesday night opponent. The Tar Heels have been very poor away from home during the past two seasons, so it was natural that a road test at Evansville would stir anxieties. But Carolina won in casual, dare-I-say, 2008-09 fashion, dispatching the Purple Aces 76-49 […]

File photo by Jeremy M. LangeTyler Zeller, seen in a game last season DEAN SMITH CENTER/CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — If you’d been informed in advance that North Carolina would shoot 1-for-11 on threes while allowing nationally ranked Kentucky to hit 9-for-21 of their three attempts, the smart and easy guess would be a Wildcats win. […]

It’s becoming painfully obvious that North Carolina’s basketball team requires an immediate and likely season-long readjustment of expectations. In the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Tuesday night, the Heels lost at Illinois 79-67 in another woeful offensive performance. Carolina shot 47 percent from the field — actually an improvement for them — but hit only 33 […]