CHAPEL HILL/SMITH CENTER North Carolina’s opening defense of its national championship happened against a team led by a guy who felled UNC back in 1981: Isiah Thomas. And for those who tuned in to Monday night’s 88-72 victory against Florida International, a great deal of the focus centered on the Golden Knights’ head coach. Thomas, […]
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Tar Heels Expose Belmont Abbey In Exhibition Victory
SMITH CENTER/CHAPEL HILL North Carolina’s first and only tuneup prior to the opening of the regular season took place on Friday night, when the Tar Heels pummeled hopelessly out-manned Belmont Abbey 107-59. Both the win and the margin of victory were expected given that the Crusaders yes, I had to look that up are a […]
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Tar Heels win NCAA championship!
Was there any doubt? North Carolina, which entered the season as the prohibitive favorite to win the national title, played extremely prohibitively on Monday night to win its second championship since Roy Williams returned home from Kansas in 2003. The Tar Heels dominated Michigan State and essentially decided the outcome in the opening minutes, ultimately […]
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Tar Heels bounce ‘Nova, advance to national final
There isn’t much to explain here. North Carolina’s 83-69 victory over Villanova on Saturday night has put the Tar Heels one step away from winning the school’s fifth national championship and the second since Roy Williams arrived in Chapel Hill. The Heels were too much for the Wildcats, who played extremely physical defense and did […]
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Finally, Heels get a shot at redemption
For six months the North Carolina basketball team awaited this opportunity. Tonight at Ford Field in Detroit, the Tar Heels will face Villanova in the national semifinal. But tonight’s game isn’t just about this team, nor is it about only this season. One year ago, in the same timeslot, UNC was routed and humiliated at […]
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Dreams don’t cost a thing
When the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival decided to feature a sports sidebar, Steve James became an obvious candidate for curator. James, who along with longtime co-director Peter Gilbert screened At the Death House Door, a portrait of a death row chaplain, last year at Full Frame, first made his name with the now-legendary 1990s […]
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Tar Heels oust Sooners, advance to Final Four
TV/ CBSIt was billed as a clash of the titans between former and present national players of the year Tyler Hansbrough and Blake Griffin, but it was North Carolina’s team that proved dominant. In Sunday’s Elite Eight mach-up against Oklahoma, the Tar Heels ran out to an early lead and never looked back, beating the […]
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Heels ride Lawson to Sweet 16
TV/CBS For everyone who has been annoyed by the continuous reporting of the Ty Lawson toe injury, Saturday served as your reminder why his presence is so important to Carolina’s basketball team. The Tar Heels, pushed hard by LSU in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, needed the hobbled Lawson to carry them to […]
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Sans Lawson, Heels dump Radford
TV/CBS We may never know for certain whether Roy Williams was sandbagging the extent of Ty Lawson’s toe injury, the continuation of which has caused great consternation throughout the North Carolina fanbase. But if the Hall of Fame coach made a calculated decision to hold Lawson out for one more game due to his belief […]
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Heels sweep Duke, win ACC title
SMITH CENTER/CHAPEL HILL North Carolina sent its senior class out triumphantly on Sunday evening, besting archrival Duke in a 79-71 dogfight that was unresolved until the final minute and clinching the ACC regular season championship in the process. It was senior day at the Dean Dome, and Tyler Hansbrough, Danny Green and Bobby Frasor all […]
