The Rap On Roy
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...
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Just A Little Bit of History Repeating
College basketball, perhaps more than any other sport, lends itself to the drawing of parallels. Whether it be in the comparison of players, coaches, or teams, fans are always looking to weigh the present against the past. This...
Read MoreArt's Angle: A So-So Season Going Nowhere
Posted by Staff | Jan 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Looks like it’s another Year of Living Dangerously. In other words, expending our energy rooting against Duke. We’ve had these seasons before (i.e., 2010), although rarely. When our own basketball team is so young...
Read MoreToo Early To Call It
Posted by Phil Ford | Jan 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Man, oh, man, let’s not give up on our freshmen and young players. After my first few games at Carolina, some of the newspapers were writing, “Is this Ford an Edsel?” Anytime you lose four players from your team who were drafted...
Read MoreHeels Lose ACC Opener
Posted by Staff | Jan 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
This one stuck to the script. Virginia’s slow pace and physicality on defense gave UNC’s young players the trouble most analysts predicted as UNC tallied their lowest total of the season, attempted only 50 field goals (20 less...
Read MoreA 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read More"Don't Mess This Up"
Posted by Staff | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
My one-day stint as a Carolina and Duke Football Recruit It’s no secret that UNC and Duke squabble over basketball recruits. From Michael Jordan to Jason Williams, each school has coveted its neighbor’s latest gem. But that’s...
Read MoreJeff 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...
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