Sixth-Ranked N.C. Overpowers Clemson 77-58
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Rashad McCants scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half and North Carolina overcame a sluggish start to defeat Clemson 77-58 Wednesday night.
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Rico Tucker netted 15 points and Dan Coleman chipped in 12 points as the Golden Gophers (8-3) won their sixth-straight game. UNC Greensboro (7-4) was led by Ronnie Burrell who finished with 19 points.
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Tyler Hansbrough had 24 points and North Carolina gave coach Roy Williams his 500th career victory, a 94-69 rout of High Point on Saturday night.
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Courtney Fells scored 21 points to lead North Carolina State to an 83-79 upset of No. 3 North Carolina on Saturday, giving Sidney Lowe his first big win as the Wolfpack's coach. Ben McCauley had 17 points and Gavin Grant added 16 for N.C. State (13-8, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference), which led by 12 and held off the Tar Heels' frantic comeback bid.
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Fifth-ranked North Carolina hands rival Duke its third straight loss as the Tar Heels notch a 79-73 win thanks to 19 points and nine rebounds from Brandan Wright.
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J.J. Redick had 20 of his 24 points in the second half and role player Lee Melchionni made two clutch 3-pointers, helping No. 6 Duke rally past Clemson 62-54 Sunday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.
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CARY, N.C. - The team that couldn't beat Boston College couldn't lose when it played any other team this season, and yesterday it won the national title.
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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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LaToya Pringle had season highs of 20 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 3 North Carolina past Coastal Carolina, 82-58, last night.
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The North Carolina Tar Heels put their lackluster first half behind them. Then they did the same to Villanova. After scoring just 25 points in the first half, the No.
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Tyler Hansbrough scored 13 of his 39 points in the first and second overtimes to help No. 3 North Carolina rally from a 15-point deficit and beat Clemson 103-93 on Sunday night.
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Deon Thompson and Ty Lawson each scored 16 points for No. 1 North Carolina, which scored 25 straight points in the first half of a 93-62 victory over North Carolina State on Saturday.
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The Atlantic Coast Conference's highest-scoring team had its way against the conference's best defense. LaToya Pringle had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and third-ranked North Carolina shot 51.6 percent from the field in a convincing 93-76 victory over No. 11 Duke last night in Durham, N.C., that broke the Tar Heels' two-game losing streak to their Tobacco Road rivals.
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Ivory Latta scored 20 points, becoming North Carolina's career scoring leader, and the fourth-ranked Tar Heels ended North Carolina State's emotional run through the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament with a 60-54 win over the No. 24 Wolfpack in Sunday's championship game.
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North Carolina coach Roy Williams had plenty to smile about after another lopsided victory. His players shared the ball better than ever, and they dug in with a defensive intensity they sometimes lack.
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Coming off its first loss, No. 2 North Carolina regained its winning form &#151; if not its top form.
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North Carolina is young, deep, talented &#151; and hardly without flaws. But by winning their first Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title since 1998 with an 89-80 victory Sunday over North Carolina State, the eighth-ranked Tar Heels clearly re-established themselves as a force in the NCAA tournament.