December 2010
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Tar Heels Top Scarlet Knights, 78-55: UNC has now...
NEW YORK (AP) - Leslie McDonald scored 14 points to lead a balanced North Carolina offense in a 78-55 win over Rutgers on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.
Justin Watts added 10 points for the Tar Heels, who have won five of their past six games.
For one of the rare times in recent history, North Carolina arrived at an out-of-state game on the day of the contest. The Tar Heels were...
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Rutgers Game Guide
Carolina (8-4) will travel to New York City to face Rutgers (9-2) in Madison Square Garden in its final game of 2010. Carolina is coming off of an 85-60 win over William & Mary at home on December 21st. Rutgers is coming off of a 55-52 win over St. Peter’s on December 23rd. Carolina is 2-4 in neutral/road games this year, losing at the Greensboro Coliseum to Texas but winning at...
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Roy Williams: 'I am happy' for Coach K
North Carolina coach Roy Williams can’t help but “hate it” that Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski could pass Dean Smith - one of Williams’ mentors - on the all-time wins list, as soon as Tuesday night.
But at the same time, he can’t help but respect it, too.
“I think that Mike said this, I think he said that Coach Smith had set the standard for all the other coaches, or something...
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UNC hoops rejiggering travel plans
North Carolina’s basketball team — which plays Rutgers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night — had planned to reconvene in New York City for practice tonight. But because of the snowy weather, the team is going to practice in Chapel Hill tonight and hopefully travel to New York on Monday, spokesman Steve Kirschner said in an e-mail. Eight of the players were in Chapel Hill...
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Seeing Dean Smith
I saw Dean Smith at the Carolina game on Tuesday night. That’s not surprising, really. I see him at every game. All of us do.
Not literally at the game, of course. From the moment he retired in October of 1997, he said he was going to be scarce at the games, preferring to watch them in solitude at his home. Within the first few games of the 1997-98 season, he was commenting about how...
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I’ve just been putting in the work. I know that hard work will pay off and...
– Dexter Strickland on scoring 50 points over the last three games
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Jordan all-star game moving to Charlotte
The Jordan Brand Classic, one of the country’s top high school all-star basketball games, is moving from New York City to Charlotte.
The game will be played April 16 at Charlotte’s Time Warner Cable Arena after five seasons in Madison Square Garden. The game was originally played in Washington, D.C., in 2002 and ‘03, then moved to College Park, Md., for one season before going...
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William & Mary Game Guide
Carolina (7-4) will host William & Mary (4-6) in the Smith Center in the final home game of 2010 for the Tar Heels. Carolina is coming off of a 78-76 loss in Greensboro to Texas, 78-76. William & Mary lost at Liberty on Saturday, 71-62. Carolina will be looking to get its fourth win in five games after starting out the season 4-3. Former Tar Heel basketball player Tony Shaver’s...
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Going up against Texas, we know it’s going to be physical. We know...
– Tyler Zeller
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Tar Heels Fall To Longhonrs In Closing Moments,...
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Freshman Cory Joseph hit a turnaround jumper over Dexter Strickland with 1.4 seconds left to help No. 22 Texas beat North Carolina 78-76 on Saturday.
Joseph had a season-high 21 points for the Longhorns (9-2), while Jordan Hamilton had a team-high 24 points as Texas trailed for most of the second half before rallying in the final 3 minutes to edge out the Tar Heels (7-4)...
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ACC Teams (Not Named Duke) Underwhelm
The traditionally basketball-rich Atlantic Coast Conference can boast that it has Duke, the reigning national champion and unanimous No. 1 team. Too bad it can’t really brag about any of its other 11 teams right now.
For the third straight week, the Blue Devils are the ACC’s lone representative in the AP top-25 poll. It’s incredibly uncommon for the conference to have such a...
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Greensboro Is Tar Heel Central This Saturday
Triad-area Tar Heel fans have the opportunity for a very busy day this coming Saturday, Dec. 18, as Carolina Basketball comes to the Greensboro Coliseum to battle top-25 foe Texas.
The day’s events begin at 11 a.m. at the Barnes and Noble in Friendly Center, as Adam Lucas will be signing copies of Carolina Basketball: A Century of Excellence. The book, called “the definitive...
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For one, I’m more confident now, confident in my shot. Last year, I really...
– Leslie McDonald
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