Tar Heels win 1st ACC tourney since 1998
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Shrugging off eight years of frustration in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, North Carolina beat Tobacco Road rivals North Carolina State 89-80 Sunday for the Tar Heels' first league title since 1998.
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Rashad McCants had 23 points and Sean May added 17 points and 16 rebounds, helping No. 4 North Carolina pull out an 85-61 victory over Virginia on Wednesday night.
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Carolina tags Miami with their first ACC loss as UNC upsets their first top five opponent. The Heels&#39; offense puts up over 540 yards against the vaunted Canes defense.
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North Carolina puts five players in double figures and likely nails down a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament with an 89-80 victory over upstart N.C. State to win the ACC title Sunday in Tampa.
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Tyler Hansbrough scored 23 points and Wayne Ellington added 19 to lead top-ranked North Carolina past visiting North Carolina-Asheville, 93-81, on Wednesday night.
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Before a roaring, hostile crowd of 16,294, the No. 2 North Carolina Tar Heels took over in the second half of their game against Connecticut behind Rashad McCants and Raymond Felton en route to a 77-70 victory Sunday.
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North Carolina's overtime win at Clemson kept the Tar Heels unbeaten and the top of the Associated Press' college basketball poll unchanged Monday.
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Freshman Erlana Larkins matches a career-high with 22 points to help North Carolina beat Lipscomb, 91-45, on Tuesday.
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Tyler Hansbrough scored 26 points and Wayne Ellington added a career-high 23 to help No. 1 North Carolina beat Nevada 106-70 on Thursday night.
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By Lenox Rawlings, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 18--CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.   With its national stature and ACC standing on the line, North Carolina fought off Boston College 77-72 last night and grabbed a share of first place.
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Courtney Fells scored 21 points to lead North Carolina State to an 83-79 upset of No. 3 North Carolina yesterday in Raleigh, N.C., giving Sidney Lowe his first big win as the Wolfpack's coach.
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NO. 9 NORTH CAROLINA 91, NO. 8 KENTUCKY 78: At Chapel Hill, NC - Rashad McCants scored 28 points, Sean May had 14 points and 19 rebounds and Jawad Williams tipped in a miss to thwart a second-half rally by
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OAKLAND, Calif. Â· Say this for the North Carolina Tar Heels -- they made quite a first impression. Playing without suspended point guard Raymond Felton and for most of the evening without much fire, the fourth
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TAMPA -- One day after four lower seeds advanced to the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, top-seeded North Carolina made certain it wasn't summarily dispatched by holding form in its relatively breezy 73-58 victory over ninth-seeded Florida State yesterday at St. Pete Times Forum.
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A North Carolina goal line stand as time ran out Saturday night enabled the Tar Heels to post a 30-24 win over the No. 25 North Carolina State Wolfpack.
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Virginia Tech is set to play North Carolina in Chapel Hill for the first time as an ACC school on Tuesday.
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The victory put the Tar Heels in a first-place tie with Virginia in the conference standings. It also gave their young but talented players a much-needed victory in a close game.