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Bright Futures

Posted by Phil Ford | Mar 28, 2013 | Uncategorized

You hate to end the season the way it did for our team, but when you think about it, only one team is happy when the season is over. Everyone knows we were caught short in some areas with the guys leaving early last year, and...

Swan Song

Posted by Staff | Mar 27, 2013 | Sports

And so the curtain draws to a close. As the final seconds ticked off the clock in Kansas City and good ol’ Roy was forced once again to give a congratulatory shake of the hand to his KU replacement, the hardwood Heels took their...

Tar Heel Baseball Rallies In Ninth and Tenth For Win

Posted by Staff | Mar 26, 2013 | Sports

CHAPEL HILL – Trailing 2-1 entering the bottom of the ninth inning, the Tar Heel baseballteam rallied for the tying run in the ninth and the winning run in the tenth to defeat the VCU Rams 3-2. 1B Cody Stubbs’ walk-off RBI...

No. 3 Heels WBB To Face No. 6 Delaware in NCAA 2nd Round

Posted by Phil Ford | Mar 25, 2013 | Sports

CHAPEL HILL – UNC takes on Delaware at 7 p.m. Tuesday night in Newark, a home game for the Fightin’ Blue Hens who are riding high on a 26-game winning streak. And it’ll be a hostile environment in the Bob Carpenter Center....

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,...

Matchups

Posted by Staff | Mar 23, 2013 | Uncategorized

Well, the NCAA selection committee got the matchup they wanted — not that they would ever admit it. The committee apparently spends as much time defending their picks as they do actually making them. Or, just enough to make Andy...

Part of 'A Unique Family'

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 22, 2013 | Uncategorized

Chapelboro.com has been publishing excerpts from Return To The Top on the 20th Anniversary of Dean Smith’s 2nd NCAA title season in 1993. Check the “Hoop it Up” section for all the excerpts from this fantastic...

Heels Hoping Nova Doesn’t Go

Posted by Aaron Keck | Mar 21, 2013 | Sports

KANSAS CITY – The NCAA Tournament begins for Carolina on Friday night, when the eighth-seeded Tar Heels take on ninth-seeded Villanova at 7:20 in Kansas City. Many Carolina fans are already looking ahead to the round of...

Heels Hoping Nova Doesn’t Go

Posted by Aaron Keck | Mar 21, 2013 | Sports

KANSAS CITY – The NCAA Tournament begins for Carolina on Friday night, when the eighth-seeded Tar Heels take on ninth-seeded Villanova at 7:20 in Kansas City. Many Carolina fans are already looking ahead to the round of...

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,...

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