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Heels-'Nova Have History

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 20, 2013 | Uncategorized

Carolina and Villanova have played 14 times in men’s basketball, with the Tar Heels holding a 10-4 record, 4-1 in the NCAA Tournament. But almost all of the games have been significant. To wit: Their first meeting was in 1956,...

Too Little Too Late

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 18, 2013 | Uncategorized

Carolina’s improbable run from mediocrity ended literally two minutes too early, as the Tar Heels lost their third consecutive ACC tournament championship game and this time face a much stiffer penalty than merely the...

I'll Never Forget This Team

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 13, 2013 | Uncategorized

All season long Chapelboro.com’s “Hoop It Up” will be republishing select excerpts from Return To The Top on the 20th Anniversary of Dean Smith’s 2nd NCAA title season in 1993. Check back on Monday of...

Duke, And The War for Wiggins

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 10, 2013 | Uncategorized

Some sobering thoughts on Car olina’s bad — really bad — loss to Duke Saturday night: The Tar Heels lost the battle but they may have won the War for Wiggins. More on that later. Larry Fedora has a...

Truly, A "Rich Man"

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 5, 2013 | Uncategorized

All season long Chapelboro.com’s “Hoop It Up” will be republishing select excerpts from Return To The Top on the 20th Anniversary of Dean Smith’s 2nd NCAA title season in 1993. Check back on Monday of...

The Amazing Eight

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 4, 2013 | Uncategorized

It may not rival the famed 8-points-in-17-seconds comeback against Duke in 1974, but Carolina’s 31 points in the last eight minutes of the first half against Florida State Sunday constitutes one of the hottest scoring streaks...

Smith By The Numbers

Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 26, 2013 | Uncategorized

Dean Smith will be 82 on Thursday, which is February 28 and a neat juxtaposition of numbers wouldn’t you say? Wait, there is more irony here. Smith won his first NCAA championship as a coach in ’82,...

Smith By The Numbers

Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 26, 2013 | Uncategorized

Dean Smith will be 82 on Thursday, which is February 28 and a neat juxtaposition of numbers wouldn’t you say? Wait, there is more irony here. Smith won his first NCAA championship as a coach in ’82, which was 31...

Bourbon Street Agenda

Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 25, 2013 | Uncategorized

All season long Chapelboro.com’s “Hoop It Up” will be republishing select excerpts from Return To The Top on the 20th Anniversary of Dean Smith’s 2nd NCAA title season in 1993. Check back on Monday of...

School of Rock

Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 24, 2013 | Uncategorized

“Big-time basketball” made another stop in Chapel Hill Saturday, and though it isn’t always this way the shaking Smith Center gave nothing up to crazy Cameron, maniacal Maryland and the Wild West venues...

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