Can You Build The Perfect UNC Basketball Lineup?
Last week, we challenged people on social media to construct the best UNC basketball starting...
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Phil Ford
An Afternoon with Phil Ford, presented by Southern Season
It has been 40 years since Phil Ford ran the legendary Four Corners offense for Dean Smith, but...
Read MoreBright Futures
You hate to end the season the way it did for our team, but when you think about it, only one team is happy when the season is over. Everyone knows we were caught short in some areas with the guys leaving early last year, and...
Read MorePart of 'A Unique Family'
Chapelboro.com has been publishing excerpts from Return To The Top on the 20th Anniversary of Dean Smith’s 2nd NCAA title season in 1993. Check the “Hoop it Up” section for all the excerpts from this fantastic...
Read MoreThe Cocktail Party
A Cocktail Party. A warm-up. A waste of time. None of these terms are new, and most fans have more than a few ideas why the ACC Tournament has lost much of its allure. Some blame the football-led expansion and watering down of...
Read MoreSenior Game Memories
Photo by Sally Sather Senior Night is so special in college basketball. I think Coach Smith started the tradition way back in the 1970s, when his seniors were not only recognized before the game they also got to start even if...
Read MoreState "Awfully Tough"
Ford playing defense as a freshman against N.C. State in 1975 They said I wasn’t a very good defensive player my freshman year, although I thought I was trying very hard. Maybe Coach Smith didn’t agree, because we...
Read More"Like A Heavyweight Championship Fight"
I am glad I waited until after the Duke game to write this column. I’m not sure I would have known what to say about the Miami game! Even though we lost at Duke, that was much more of the Carolina team we’ve all been used to...
Read More"We Always Have A Chance"
Playing at Miami Saturday is the toughest game we’ve had and may be the toughest game of the entire season. They’re awfully good, very big and talented and, man, can they get out and run. And they’re so...
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