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Carolina-Duke will be a true transition game
The last time UNC and Duke met, the Tar Heels won a 91-73 decision over the Blue Devils at the Smith Center. After the handshakes between the two teams were over as the Tar Heels […]
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UNC raises Roy Williams banner to Smith Center rafters
CHAPEL HILL — There was an upset on the court at Smith Center on Saturday. But it had nothing to do with the basketball game between North Carolina and rival NC State. The biggest surprise […]
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Transition game: UNC, Duke enter new eras with talent-laden teams
Jon Scheyer won’t have to do any scouting this year. According to the Duke coaching staff, that’s the biggest difference on the Blue Devils’ bench this season. Instead of having the three assistant coaches divide […]
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KREST: New coaches could inject more venom into Duke-Carolina
The Duke-North Carolina rivalry has extended its borders this year as the schools held dueling press conferences to introduce their new coaches. Both teams have maintained an other-worldly level of success for generations and have […]
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College basketball world reacts to Coach K retirement announcement
DURHAM — Mike Krzyzewski plans to coach one more season before turning over control of the Duke basketball program to former Blue Devils point guard and current assistant Jon Scheyer. Still, Wednesday’s announcement that the […]
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FRIEDLANDER: Williams reestablished ‘The Carolina Way,’ passes it on to successor Davis
Roy Williams’ retirement as North Carolina’s basketball coach didn’t come completely as a surprise. He hinted at his intentions a few weeks earlier when, after beating archrival Duke on Senior Night, he knelt reverently onto […]
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Coach K on the clock?
While the North Carolina sports world — and most of college basketball — was reeling with the news of Roy Williams’ sudden retirement last Thursday, another college program with a long basketball history made a […]
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Former players, friends react to ‘end of an era’ of UNC basketball
CHAPEL HILL — Shammond Williams, like virtually everyone else when they first saw the news Thursday, thought it was an April Fools’ gag. But when the former North Carolina basketball star realized that coach Roy […]
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No joke: Tar Heels legend Roy Williams retiring
Roy Williams, the western North Carolinian who mentored under Dean Smith as both a student and assistant coach, and then built a power house program at Kansas before returning to Chapel Hill as the Tar […]
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Rebound: Matt Doherty discusses his coaching tenure at UNC
Before he agreed to become the third UNC head coach in the last four decades, Matt Doherty asked athletic director Dick Baddour for three things: He wanted to bring his assistant coaches with him. Doherty […]