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UNC Men’s Basketball Slated No. 1 by Associated Press

Posted by Blake Hodge | Nov 2, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

Carolina men’s basketball will enter the 2015-2016 season ranked first in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. The preseason poll was released Monday. This is the ninth time that UNC has been named the top team in the country...

Tar Heels on top of 2015-16 ACC Preseason Poll

Posted by Staff | Oct 28, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

The North Carolina Tar Heels landed on top of the 2015-16 ACC preseason poll. Media members made their selections at ACC Media Day on Wednesday. The Carolina basketball team received 60 out of the possible 89 first-place votes....

“Late Night With Roy” Gets Basketball Season Underway

Posted by Avery Trendel | Oct 24, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

Basketball season officially began in Chapel Hill on Friday night, as UNC hosted its annual “Late Night With Roy” event. Hosted by TNT’s Kenny Smith, a Tar Heel and a two-time NBA champion, the event showcased...

Seniors Have Loaded UNC Basketball Team Thinking Big

Posted by Avery Trendel | Oct 12, 2015 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

With his team returning nine of its top ten contributors from last year’s run to the Sweet 16, UNC Head Men’s Basketball Coach Roy Williams said at the team’s media day on Monday that he has the deepest squad he’s had during his...

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

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

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...

Chansky’s Notebook: Hatchell’s Play Wrong

Posted by Art Chansky | Jul 14, 2015 | Sports

This is today’s Art Chansky’s Sports Notebook as heard on 97.9 WCHL. You can listen to previous Sports Notebooks here. Sylvia Hatchell is making a bad situation worse. Women’s Hall of Fame basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell is...

Mark Your Calendars: October 23 Is “Late Night With Roy”

Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 13, 2015 | UNC Sports

“Late Night With Roy” marks the start of UNC basketball season.

Legacy of Dean Smith to Live On Through Award

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 24, 2015 | UNC Sports

The University of North Carolina and the United States Basketball Writers Association announced a new award to honor Dean Smith on Wednesday. USBWA President and Yahoo! Sports writer Pat Forde says that there was one...

How Do We Measure the Value of a Basketball Coach?

Posted by Staff | Jun 23, 2015 | The Commentators

Sadly, the UNC administration has chosen to reward the flawed leadership of basketball coach Roy Williams with a new contract. Let’s address the values expressed by this contract in a university whose mission is to advance...

Art’s Angle: Not So Poor Ol’ Roy

Posted by Art Chansky | Jun 19, 2015 | Uncategorized

If UNC extending Roy Williams’ contract through 2020 – with a hefty compensation bump – doesn’t speak to the confidence Carolina has about men’s basketball avoiding serious sanctions from the NCAA, then what else can it do? The...

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