DETROIT — They made it. This is right where the North Carolina Tar Heels hoped — or perhaps even expected — to be from the moment this ...
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DETROIT -- Half of it was flowing. Full of swishes lay ups and a big 49 on the scoreboard. The other half? Try hacks blood and bricks. In a word ugly. ...
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Though the Villanova Wildcats have a reputation as a guard-heavy team their leading scorer has taken no 3-pointers this tournament and a grand total of ...
Read More »Ty Lawson is the recipient of the 2009 Bob Cousy Award presented by The Hartford the Basketball Hall of Fame announced Thursday.
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Jackie Manuel remembers almost everything from North Carolina's one-point victory against Villanova in the Sweet 16 in 2005. The former UNC guard remembers ...
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""If you want your careers to end tonight" like this" keep playing this way."" So said North Carolina coach Roy Williams during a tense timeout in the ...
Read More »When Wayne Ellington's mother Elaine first met Villanova coach Jay Wright Ellington was just a high school freshman living outside of Philadelphia. The ...
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If asked Michigan State coach Tom Izzo might say the story of the Spartans' run to the Final Four would best be classified as a romance. The protagonists? ...
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With less than five seconds remaining in a tied East Regional Championship Villanova's Scottie Reynolds scampered across halfcourt. Instead of settling ...
Read More »It's known in some circles as the league where only men survive. A place where boys just can't cut it — the physical play is just too rough too ...
Read More »MARCH 21 GREENSBORO — Less than 10 minutes had passed in North Carolina's second-round game against eighth-seeded LSU and coach Roy Williams already ...
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Coach Roy Williams said it at the team's first practice of the year. He said it the first time he met with the media. And he'll say it to his team just ...
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Nearly two months ago Connecticut's Jerome Dyson suffered a torn lateral meniscus in his right knee in a game against Syracuse. The injury required surgery ...
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MARCH 29 MEMPHIS Tenn. — It wasn't the picturesque offensive performance that defines many North Carolina games. Not even close actually. But at ...
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When the Tar Heels take the court at Ford Field on Saturday there won't be a whole lot Marcus Ginyard can do to help their cause. But that doesn't mean ...
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If there's one thing that stands out about this year's Final Four it is sheer size. With the court set in the center of monstrous Ford Field Detroit could ...
Read More »When Roy Williams and the No. 1 North Carolina men's basketball team travels to Detroit for the Final Four they won't be going to a basketball arena. ...
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There's been plenty of talk about how this North Carolina basketball team has been to the Final Four before and how its experience will help its players ...
Read More »MEMPHIS Tenn. — North Carolina coach Roy Williams has a well-documented history of picking something to harp on during the NCAA Tournament. Two ...
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