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Chansky: The Fed-Up Factor

Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 13, 2014 | News

Frankly, who could blame Roy Williams if he got so fed up that he quit after the season? Fans who are quick to criticize Ol’ Roy and those inside the university who have made his job harder and his life miserable ought to...

Coach K's Great, But . . .

Posted by Art Chansky | Apr 1, 2013 | Uncategorized

Now that the ACC has failed to reach the Final Four for three straight years for the first time since 1961, let’s set the record straight about Duke and Coach K. Krzyzewski is a terrific coach, called “the John...

Kansas, Kansas, Kansas (Ugh!)

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 25, 2013 | Uncategorized

It had to be Kansas. Kansas. Kansas. Roy Williams may be over the heartbreak and heartache his leaving Lawrence caused in 2003, but it’s just getting worse with me. The tweets, emails and blog posts are already out there,...

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,...

A First Time (Well, Kinda) For Everything

Posted by Staff | Mar 19, 2013 | Sports

Surprising? Unfair? Conspiratorial? These words all probably flashed through the minds of Tar Heel fans across the country when it was revealed on Sunday evening that the UNC had earned an 8-seed and a potential second-round...

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...

Finishing Strong

Posted by Staff | Mar 6, 2013 | Sports

There are some sports truisms that are undeniably, well, true. Of the many coaching platitudes that I’ve heard over the years, none has stuck out quite like the idea that you must “finish strong.” While applicable to many...

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...

Seeing Red

Posted by Staff | Feb 26, 2013 | Sports

This Saturday morning found me as most have in recent weeks: huddled with my friends in a line outside of the Dean E. Smith center. Congregated under my roommate’s oversized golf umbrella, the half-dozen of us waited beneath a...

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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