State "Awfully Tough"
Ford playing defense as a freshman against N.C. State in 1975 They said I wasn’t a very good defensive player my freshman year, although I thought I was trying very hard. Maybe Coach Smith didn’t agree, because we...
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A Hot, Snowy Day On The Hill
Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Maybe it has to be freezing outside for the Tar Heels to get hot inside. That was certainly the case on a cold and snowy Saturday, when Carolina played perhaps its best game of the season and, at long last, shot the...
Read More"Like A Heavyweight Championship Fight"
Posted by Phil Ford | Feb 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
I am glad I waited until after the Duke game to write this column. I’m not sure I would have known what to say about the Miami game! Even though we lost at Duke, that was much more of the Carolina team we’ve all been used to...
Read MoreAfter Duke, March Is Coming Fast
Posted by Staff | Feb 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Carolina fans don’t know exactly how to feel after last night. The Tar Heels lost to their sworn enemy, but also took the nation’s second ranked team right down to the wire on their home court. And out of nowhere Roy...
Read MoreDon't Be Wall Flowers!
Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Win or lose tonight in Cameron, Carolina has to give Duke a game. The Tar Heels cannot knuckle under to an early tsunami as they did at Miami Saturday and during certain halves of certain games earlier in the season. The...
Read MoreSame Old Song and Dance
So we find ourselves in a familiar position. Another road contest met with another poor performance by the Tar Heels. But is anyone really surprised at this point? On Saturday the Heels proved once again that they have no idea...
Read MoreBreakdown: Marcus Paige
Posted by Staff | Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Marcus Paige has really been thrown into the fire this season. With the early departure of Kendall Marshall to the NBA, Paige was asked to be the starting point guard at Carolina from day one. If that wasn’t a big enough task,...
Read More#PJBeHurtin
The hashtags started flying like PJ Hairston’s jump shots in Chestnut Hill on Tuesday night. #PJBeShootin #PJBeHittin #PJBeOnFire #PJNeedToBeStartin Hairston was finally blossoming into the player Roy Williams called “the best...
Read MoreTech-nically Looking Better, A Showdown Looms
Posted by Staff | Jan 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Look at how things were going on Tobacco Road just a few weeks ago. Duke was undefeated and sitting atop the college basketball world at #1. NC State was ranked with only a couple losses, and just days away from their biggest...
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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