Art Chansky's Notebook

The Rap On Roy

Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 15, 2013 | Uncategorized

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...

The Rap On Roy

Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 15, 2013 | Uncategorized

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...

Are We There Yet? Part I

Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 14, 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...

A Season For The Books

Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 7, 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 Skinny Boys

Posted by Art Chansky | Dec 30, 2012 | Uncategorized

During the most critical stretch of UNC’s alphabet soup win over UNLV Saturday, the Tar Heels denied the Running Rebels three chances to take back the lead they had held only once briefly earlier in the second half. Thrice the...

The Martin Report

Posted by Art Chansky | Dec 19, 2012 | Uncategorized

Former Governor Martin’s report on his independent investigation into academic fraud at UNC is due Thursday, and my educated guess is that it will confirm what we already know and reveal little that we don’t. That’s the outcome...

Jeff Lebo Then And Now

Posted by Art Chansky | Dec 12, 2012 | Uncategorized

If the UNC administration had been smarter during the sorry summer of 2000, Jeff Lebo very well could have been sitting on the Carolina bench Saturday instead of coaching East Carolina. Of course, it eventually turned out fine...

The Policy Wonk

Posted by Art Chansky | Dec 5, 2012 | Uncategorized

If there is one thing we have learned about Bubba Cunningham in his first year as UNC’s athletic director, it’s that he is a policy wonk. He studies and evaluates situations, comes up with a plan (like his yet-to-be-released...

Abuzz About Basketball?

Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 30, 2012 | Uncategorized

It’s not unusual for Chapel Hill to be abuzz this time of year over several local sports teams. It is, however, weird that Carolina Basketball is not one of them. UNC field hockey played for yet another national championship two...

Heels Good Bet, Sort Of

Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 25, 2012 | Art's Angle

LAS VEGAS – Well, when in Vegas . . . where gambling is legal. After finishing our final Good Sports show on WCHL before the Maryland-Carolina game, I was intending to go to the hotel sports book and bet on the Tar Heels to...

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