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Williams Talks Injuries, Lineups In Advance Of Rivalry Game

Posted by Staff | Mar 8, 2013 | Sports

CHAPEL HILL – Prior to the UNCmen’s basketball team’s rematch with rival Duke Saturday, Carolina Head Coach Roy Williams discussed the importance of the rivalry and midseason changes to both teams’ starting lineups....

Kleinschmidt Vs. Bell: The Bet Is On

Posted by Ran Northam | Mar 8, 2013 | News

CHAPEL HILL – Chapel Hill’s and Durham’s mayors understand just how much Saturday’s game means not only to its fans but for the municipalities as well. “(It will bring) excitement as always,” Durham’s Bill Bell says. “It...

Senior Game Memories

Posted by Phil Ford | Mar 8, 2013 | Uncategorized

Photo by Sally Sather Senior Night is so special in college basketball. I think Coach Smith started the tradition way back in the 1970s, when his seniors were not only recognized before the game they also got to start even if...

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...

Smith By The Numbers

Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 26, 2013 | Uncategorized

Dean Smith will be 82 on Thursday, which is February 28 and a neat juxtaposition of numbers wouldn’t you say? Wait, there is more irony here. Smith won his first NCAA championship as a coach in ’82,...

Smith By The Numbers

Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 26, 2013 | Uncategorized

Dean Smith will be 82 on Thursday, which is February 28 and a neat juxtaposition of numbers wouldn’t you say? Wait, there is more irony here. Smith won his first NCAA championship as a coach in ’82, which was 31...

Bourbon Street Agenda

Posted by Art Chansky | Feb 25, 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...

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...

Breakdown: Reggie Bullock

Posted by Staff | Feb 22, 2013 | Uncategorized

Reggie Bullock has been Mr. Dependable all season long. He’s been the model of consistency, and his steadying influence is the major reason why the Tar Heels are still in the hunt for an NCAA tournament bid. Bullock was...

State "Awfully Tough"

Posted by Phil Ford | Feb 21, 2013 | Uncategorized

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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