Freddie Kiger - Bio Freddie Kiger has been a fixture in Chapel Hill since attending UNC in the 1970s. He was a decorated American history teacher at Chapel Hill High School, specializing in the Civil War, and remains a renowned lecturer on all things U.S. history. Freddie is most visible at the press table of about a hundred TV basketball games each season, working as a writer/researcher/statistician for ESPN, Raycom, Fox and CBS. The 3-time Sports Emmy Award-winner for ESPN's SportsCentury series began keeping stats for Coach Dean Smith in 1974 before moving to radio and eventually TV. Freddie wrote and delivered a moving tribute to Coach Smith at UNC’s 100-year basketball celebration in 2010. His “Scene From the Press Table” column will be an entertaining and insightful addition to Drive To AS Championship. A New Harvest Ahead On Sunday, as the Heels prepared to meet Kansas, my drive was on Highway 138 headed east to the University of Rhode Island campus where two women’s Sweet Sixteen games were about to be played. Memories And A Miracle They say it’s the month for madness.  Most certainly, March is a month that’s unpredictable and, only minutes after a solid win against Creighton, it became most cruel. A Wounded Lion Made of Courage My thoughts turned quickly back to those in that empty locker-room.  I hurt for them but I also felt something else. I felt proud. Respect Trumps Victory Every Time I’m still smiling from the convincing win at Cameron last Saturday night.  When UNC’s largest lead of 26 dwindled to 11, the pent-up frenzy almost blew off the roof. 'Human' Assists Oft Not Perfect “Somebody who kept stats liked you,”  Roy Williams interjected after the recent game at State. Turning Orange Carolina Blue It was another tough day for folks in orange and purple, another outcome in a series that forced hoops to share company with history.  The lopsided series with Clemson demanded it. A Silence That Roared Two games—two sets of reflections on the gut-wrenching loss to Duke and the rebound win over Virginia. Dickie V's Legacy Sometimes, the most poignant moments don’t occur on the court. On the night of the NC State-Carolina game, one came 15 minutes before the tip and it was back in the maze of halls in the belly of the Smith Center. Do Statistics Lie? "Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case [this] remark…would often apply with justice and force: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’”  Why I'm There I have a unique perch for college basketball. I’ve had it since—yikes—1974.

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