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Tar Heel men, women top rivals in magical weekend
UNC’s social media team has coined the acronym GDTBATH to use as a hashtag on posts. It stands for “Great day to be a Tar Heel.” They may need to change it to GWTBATH after […]
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UNC players’ postgame maskless party let two teams down
UNC’s win over Duke came in front of a nearly empty Cameron Indoor Stadium. Aside from game operations personnel, some ESPN broadcast crew members and arena security guards, no one attended the latest matchup in […]
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UNC-Miami game postponed after maskless party video surfaces
Two hours before it was scheduled to tipoff, Monday’s game between Miami and North Carolina in Chapel Hill was postponed. The official statement from the ACC did little to shed light on the reason behind […]
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Tar Heels shoot down Blue Devils in rivalry game
North Carolina jumped out to an early lead on Duke then held off a series of Blue Devils rallies to win the first installment of the high-profile rivalry game, 91-87, at Cameron Indoor Stadium on […]
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Carolina-Duke rivalry gets the blues
This year, call them black-and-blue bloods. When North Carolina heads to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday for the first of two scheduled games in college basketball’s best rivalry, it will be missing a little something […]
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Coaches weigh pros, cons of playing ACC Tournament
Roy Williams has never been a fan of the ACC Tournament, an event he once infamously referred to as little more than “a great cocktail party.” But that doesn’t mean he’d consider skipping it, even […]
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College Basketball Roundup: UNC loses at Clemson
CLEMSON, S.C. — Hunter Tyson scored 16 points, Clyde Trapp had 14 and Clemson beat North Carolina 63-50 on Tuesday night, snapping the Tar Heels’ three-game win streak. Clemson was coming off a 79-53 loss […]
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ACC’s learning curve handcuffing young teams
On Monday morning, before their classes began, the Duke Blue Devils reported to the practice floor — to work on getting hit. For the first time in 25 seasons, Duke is shooting fewer free throws […]
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College Basketball Roundup: UNC, Duke both get ACC wins
PITTSBURGH — Armando Bacot scored a season-high 21 points and had 10 rebounds to lead North Carolina to a 75-65 victory over Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. The Tar Heels (11-5, 6-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) have […]
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Rookie Cole Anthony scores 21 to lead Magic past Hornets
ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando Magic rookie point guard Cole Anthony is getting more comfortable the more he plays in the NBA. Anthony’s comfort level showed Monday night when he posted a career-best scoring performance and […]