'93 Heels Head For Big Dance
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...
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The Eye Of The Hurricane
Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
This is far more about what Miami did than Carolina did not Saturday afternoon in Coral Gables. But, don’t kid yourself, what the Tar Heels couldn’t do contributed heavily to their 87-61 blowout to the ACC-unbeaten Hurricanes...
Read MoreShoop Heads For Purdue
Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
When Everett Withers and the remains of the Butch Davis coaching regime were not retained, only one member of the old staff stayed in Chapel Hill. John Shoop was still under contract for the 2012 season at UNC, so for the...
Read MoreHeels Loose On, Off Court. Part II
Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 4, 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...
Read MoreMcAdoo, Paige In The Zone
Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
All those jokesters who claim “Roy can’t coach” may have the rethink their theories after Carolina’s stunning comeback win over Virginia Tech Saturday. Unless Williams deserves an “F” for his pre-game pep talk, very little of...
Read MoreHeels Loose On, Off Court. Part I
Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 28, 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...
Read MoreSeeing Red in a Sea of Red
Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
By not competing, Carolina committed the cardinal sin of UNC basketball Saturday night at N.C. State. Whether underdog, undermanned or under intense pressure from a crazed crowd, the Tar Heels have rarely not been ready to fight...
Read MoreLampley Said 'See Ya!'
Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
In the early 1970s, I worked for the Atlanta Constitution and heard a sportscaster named Beau Bock do commentaries on the radio and host what might have been the first sports talk show in America. Bock was very informative and...
Read MoreAre We There Yet? Part II
Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 21, 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...
Read MoreBye Bye, Big 10 Terps
Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Amidst the chaos that has become college athletics, Carolina defeated Maryland Saturday in truly a tale of two halves. The Tar Heels played perhaps their best 20 minutes of basketball to begin the game and ended with perhaps...
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