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With Seventh Woods Sidelined, Jalek Felton Starting to Turn Heads for UNC

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 6, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports | 0 |

Wednesday night’s 104-61 victory for UNC over Western Carolina was a beatdown of epic proportions. That much was clear to anyone who saw the Tar Heels take off on a 33-3 run in the first half and drain 16 of their 22 attempts from three-point range. It was also potentially the first of many breakout performances on the horizon for freshman guard Jalek Felton. The nephew of former UNC star Raymond Felton led the team with a career-high 15 points against the Catamounts while racking up another career high with five assists. He also connected on all four of...

NBA Free Agency: The Tar Heel Round-Up

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jul 15, 2016 | UNC Sports | 0 |

UPDATED on Friday, July 15, 2016 The sports world was brought to its knees on the fourth of July when former Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant announced his intentions to sign with the Golden State Warriors in free agency–adding yet another layer to what was already the NBA’s most talented team. Durant’s spotlight-stealing moment came just days after the Memphis Grizzlies re-signed point guard Mike Conley–a solid starter, albeit one that’s never made an All-Star Game–to the largest contract in NBA history (five years, $153 million). A dramatic increase in the league’s salary cap caused by the league’s new...

Earth to Art Chansky: It Wasn’t About the Women

Posted by The Commentators | Jul 21, 2015 | The Commentators | 0 |

Editor’s note: Art Chansky’s Sports Notebook on July 14th was about UNC Coach Sylvia Hatchell. Chansky followed with a longer Art’s Angle on the subject of Coach Hatchell on July 15th. The commentary below is from Mary Willingham and Jay Smith of paperclassinc.com, and was published to their blog on July 16th, but only in response to the July 14th Sports Notebook. On July 20th, Art Chansky shared his answer to their blog post in a Sports Notebook. Mary Willingham’s commentary can be heard on WCHL in an abbreviated version on July 21st. Below is the full version. In a recent...

Former Players Disagree With McCants

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 7, 2014 | UNC, UNC Sports | 0 |

Sixteen players from North Carolina’s 2005 national championship team issued the following statement Friday to the Associated Press responding to former teammate Rashad McCants’ allegations of academic misconduct.

The Rap On Roy

Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 15, 2013 | Sports Notebook | 0 |

There’s an old story about Roy Williams from a coaches’ clinic just after he returned to UNC. Williams was speaking to a couple of hundred of his peers, and the subject was the Carolina fast break. “Our break is pretty simple,” Williams said. Then he went on to detail how it worked: Sean May gets the rebound and outlets to Raymond Felton, who blows up the court as fast as he can. Felton drives into the lane, and if the defense collapses on him he finds Rashad McCants open in the corner for a jumper. If the defense stays home, Felton is free to go to the basket or pull up for a high percentage shot. Sounds easy and, of course, it worked with those guys, who won a national championship in 2005. But most of the coaches who did not have a May or a Felton or a McCants in their program – rather slower, whiter guys instead of McDonald’s All-Americans — wanted to know how THEY could run an effective fast break. The story reveals how Williams has become one of the most successful coaches in the history of college basketball. For many of his 25 years as a head coach – and the 10 he spent as an assistant to Dean Smith – Williams has worked with better players than the opposition had. He has coached...