Everything is bigger in Texas, and the Longhorns basketball team outmuscled and generally beat up North Carolina 103-90 on Saturday. The first basketball game held at the enormous new Dallas Cowboys football stadium, the Horns and Heels tipped off for a nationally televised game in which two things were confirmed: Texas is a potential national […]
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Tar Heels, Williams Reject Presbyterian Message
CHAPEL HILL/SMITH CENTER The North Carolina men’s basketball team survived a ferocious onslaught by the formidable Blue Hose of Presbyterian. Or, take two, the Tar Heels rolled past an embarrassingly overmatched opponent. Of course, the 103-64 win for Carolina reveals the true nature of this contest, one that was scheduled to fend off rust while […]
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Tar Heels fall short at Kentucky
CBS-TVNorth Carolina showed grit against Kentucky on Saturday afternoon, but the Tar Heels couldn’t overcome a 19-point deficit and succumbed to the Wildcats 68-66. The Heels started off quickly but shortly thereafter disintegrated entirely, taking bad shots, committing numerous turnovers and failing to get back on defense while allowing UK to explode for a 28-2 […]
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Tar Heels outlast Spartans in primetime slugfest
CHAPEL HILL/SMITH CENTER The revenge game that was supposed to be, wasn’t. In the marquee matchup of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Tuesday night and a rematch of last season’s national championship game, when North Carolina blew out Michigan State the Tar Heels notched an inspired victory over the Spartans 89-82. The Heels not only […]
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UNC survives home scare versus Nevada
CHAPEL HILL/SMITH CENTER Three days after Thanksgiving, North Carolina nearly laid a turkey. The Tar Heels struggled against Nevada at home on Sunday night, requiring a late run to overtake the Wolf Pack 80-73 and giving Roy Williams his 600th career victory. The Wolf Pack appeared on the verge of folding early, falling behind by […]
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Tar Heels cruise past Gardner-Webb 93-72
CHAPEL HILL/SMITH CENTER After suffering its first defeat of the season last weekend in disastrous fashion to Syracuse, North Carolina’s return game was a home affair against outmanned Gardner-Web. While mismatches such as these typically don’t excite the fanbase indeed, crowd turnout and volume have been subpar so far this season there was more anxiety […]
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Agents Orange dust off Tar Heels 87-71
Syracuse erased a two-point halftime deficit to rout North Carolina in the final of the 2k Sports Classic on Friday night in New York. The Orange, which entered the game as a one-point favorite, opened the second half with a 22-to-1 scoring run that effectively decided the competition. There were few positives to glean from […]
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UNC survives test, defeats Ohio State 77-73
Many observers believed that on Thursday night North Carolina would experience its first defeat since last spring’s ACC Tournament, but the Tar Heels gutted out an ugly win over top-25 Ohio State in New York. As part of the 2k Sports Classic, the Heels will play tonight in the final versus Syracuse, which routed California […]
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Carolina survives sloppy play to defeat Valparaiso 88-77
SMITH CENTER/ CHAPEL HILLWithout question, it was a great weekend for North Carolina athletics. On Friday, the basketball Tar Heels received a commitment from the nation’s top high school basketball prospect, Harrison Barnes, and on Saturday the Heels’ gridiron squad outlasted Miami. But the overjoyed vibes dissipated somewhat on Sunday afternoon, when the Heels suffered […]
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Tar Heels crush N.C. Central 89-42
CHAPEL HILL/SMITH CENTER You have to hand it to the guys in Vegas. Many scoffed at the 46-point spread when North Carolina faced off against N.C. Central on Wednesday night, but indeed the Tar Heels won by 47 points in a game that lost all competitive semblance about 10 minutes into the first half. Of […]
