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Where: Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA When: Thursday, November 17th, 8:00 PM TV: ESPN Records: UNC 6-4, 2-4 ACC; Virginia Tech 9-1, 5-1 ACC So can we party like it’s 2009? When last the Tar Heels made the trip to Lane Stadium two years ago, it was a Thursday night tilt and Carolina emerged with a [...] Continue reading UNC at #8 Virginia Tech Who knew 2011 was the Year of the Rat? All kidding aside, we will put away snark and other assorted comments about the Evil Empire to offer congratulations to Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski on becoming men’s college basketball’s all-time NCAA wins leader with 903 career victories. K moves past his college coach, Bobby Knight, into first [...] Continue reading K Gets 903 In case you thought Butch Davis was going to sell you a timeshare (h/t @akulawolf) or pitch you Amway (h/t@THF), or couldn’t bear to watch Davis in all that makeup, of if you just didn’t have nine minutes to spend on the YouTube infomercial yesterday, here is Butch’s 9 minutes summed up in 24 seconds: [...] Continue reading The Abridged Butch Davis Video First stop, the op-ed page of the Raleigh News and Observer. Second stop, YouTube video. Wait, what? [...] Continue reading Firing Up the Butch Davis Image Rehab Tour Scouring the interwebs to bring you the the latest news and information… ** John Henson was named ACC player of the week after averaging nearly a double-double in UNC’s pair of season-opening wins. ** The Bubba Cunningham era began at UNC on Monday as the new AD took over for the soon-to-be-retired Dick Baddour. The [...] Continue reading Tuesday News and Notes Survive and advance. Okay, so we are not nearly to that point of the season yet, but for some reason, whether it was the Friday/Sunday game times, or the unusual hype surrounding the games, these first to contests sort of had the feel of something that the Heels just needed to get through with a [...] Continue reading UNC vs. UNCA: Beyond the Box It would appear the Tar Heels are who we thought they were. [...] Continue reading UNC 91, UNC-Asheville 75 Little-known trivia fact: UNC-Asheville freshman Keith Hornsby, who played at prep powerhouse Oak Hill Academy, is the son of jazz/pop pianist Bruce Hornsby. Dad is a huge basketball fan and will contribute to the festivities surrounding the christening of the new Kimmel Arena by performing the national anthem before Sunday’s game. Bruce and saxophonist Branford [...] Continue reading UNC-UNCA Game Thread Where: Kimmel Arena, Asheville, NC When: Sunday, November 13th, 4:00 PM TV: ESPNU Records: UNC 1-0; UNC-A 0-1 We interrupt the blog to bring you this message from the Admiral Ackbar Alert System:
In a travel schedule that would make the NBA blush, Carolina left the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson [...] Continue reading #1 UNC at UNC-Asheville This was a solid win. There was nothing overly spectacular, but there was more good than bad, and that is really all you can ask for the first game of the season, especially one played on… wait for it… A FREAKIN’ AIRCRAFT CARRIER! Also, (extremely) odd location aside, it should be noted that the previous [...] Continue reading UNC vs. Michigan State: Beyond the Box Michigan State, the plaque for the alternates is down in the ladies’ room. First and foremost, UNC took care of business. Not only was this a game being played on an aircraft carrier, outside which created a completely different playing environment from what these players are accustomed. It was also the very first game of [...] Continue reading UNC 67 Michigan State 55 |
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