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March 4, 2021

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NBA picks, free agents look to make impression

July 10, 2019 Brett Friedlander

Call it the Pelican brief. No, not that 1990s movie starring Julia Roberts. Rather, it’s a phrase that sums up Zion Williamson’s first experience as a professional basketball player. The first overall draft pick from […]

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Duke, Carolina combine for half-dozen NBA 1st-round picks

June 26, 2019 Brett Friedlander

For the players from North Carolina schools, last week’s NBA Draft followed a similar pattern to the college basketball season they recently finished. Duke dominated the headlines by having three players taken in the first […]

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Tar Heels ready for difficult path to Minneapolis

March 20, 2019 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — The North Carolina basketball team worked hard to earn one of the four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament. But the accomplishment didn’t come without complication. For the Tar Heels, the […]

Sports

Williams collapses, Tar Heels don’t in 81-79 win at Clemson

March 2, 2019 admin

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — After coach Roy Williams fell in front of North Carolina’s bench and had to be helped off, assistant Steve Robinson didn’t have much time to be concerned. Robinson and the Tar […]

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Games against Gonzaga provide measuring stick for Duke, UNC

December 19, 2018 Brett Friedlander

Results against a common opponent is a popular way of comparing rival teams, even if it isn’t always the most accurate way of doing so. Take Duke and North Carolina, for example. On Nov. 21 […]

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Tar Heels finally find the range in takedown of Gonzaga

December 15, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  CHAPEL HILL — After a balky performance in its most recent game, on Dec. 5 against UNC Wilmington, Roy Williams insisted that his North Carolina basketball team really is a good shooting team.   Even though […]

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Tar Heels surge in second half to put away UNCW

December 6, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  CHAPEL HILL — As Roy Williams’ halftime tongue lashings go, this one wasn’t the worst Kenny Williams has ever heard.   “I would say it was a six or seven,” the North Carolina guard said Wednesday […]

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‘No question’ UNC’s freshmen are special

October 24, 2018 Brett Friedlander

Duke freshmen R.J. Barrett, Zion Williamson, Cam Reddish, Tre Jones and Joey Baker have received a lot of attention heading into the rapidly approaching college basketball season. And for good reason, since they’re the consensus […]

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UNC’s Williams focused on turnovers after exhibitions

August 29, 2018 Brett Friedlander

The North Carolina basketball team put up some impressive offensive numbers during its recent exhibition trip to the Bahamas. Those point totals, however, weren’t the statistics that caught coach Roy Williams’ eye. The Hall of […]

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‘Not the same’ Wolfpack grits out overtime win at UNC

January 27, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — Determining the amount of improvement a team has made from one year to the next is usually a subjective thing. Not so in the case of the NC State basketball team. When […]

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