Tar Heels' Experience Gets Best of the Wildcats
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 4 - One of the first significant challenges to North Carolina's aspirations this season came Saturday with Kentucky's visit to the Smith Center.
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RALEIGH The performance by the NC State men&#39;s basketball team was the type that would leave training tables, Gatorade coolers and coaches&#39; shirt collars in disarray in the postgame locker room.
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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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Danny Green is among the most improved players in college basketball this season and is a reason North Carolina entered Sundayâs game against Rutgers ranked No. 1 in the country.
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Coach Pete Gillen and the Cavaliers continue their slowdown tactics, but it doesn't phase No. 4 North Carolina as the Tar Heels run away with an 85-61 victory Wednesday 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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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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Getting an early spark from Rashad McCants and a late one from Sean May, North Carolina pounded the boards, turned on its break and raced past Kentucky 91-78 at the Smith Center yesterday.
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Gerald Sensabaugh spent most of North Carolina&#39;s week off studying tapes of Miami, and he saw the speed, the talent and the big-play capability.
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Roy Williams arrived from Kansas steeped in North Carolina tradition from his time as an assistant to Dean Smith. That didn't make it easier for his players to get used to the Tar Heels' new coach.
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Blood poured from his nose and onto his lip, chin and the court. The latest bruised face of college basketball's nastiest rivalry belongs to North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough. "Just a little bump and bruise," teammate Reyshawn Terry said. "Nothing that a little ice can't handle."
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Duke slowed the pace and made North Carolina play a halfcourt game. Under those circumstances, nobody plays better defense than the Blue Devils.
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Raymond Felton made quite a difference for North Carolina.
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The University of North Carolina Tar Heels are expected to open the season ranked among the top teams in the country, in part because of Tyler Hansbroughâs decision to return.
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Duke did what it does best in another win over North Carolina, bogging down the Tar Heels' speedy transition game with its vaunted pressure defense.
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One of the first significant challenges to North Carolina&#39;s national aspirations this season came Saturday afternoon when Kentucky visited the Smith Center.
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North Carolina is fast becoming expert at comebacks. The Tar Heels spotted Mississippi State a four-run lead Friday night before cobbling together a six-run sixth inning to win 8-5 in the College World Series.