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Roy Williams: I've said hello to famous people watching games at Duke. 2 Chainz was there last year. I had no idea who he was. He reached his hand down, shook my hand and said, "2 Chainz." I missed a great opportunity to respond, "3 Ringz."
In the last 40+ years of the
@DukeMBB
-
@UNC_Basketball
rivalry, there are only two examples (for either side) of the UNRANKED ROAD TEAM beating the RANKED HOME TEAM.
1990-UNC 87,
#4
Duke 75 (Hubert Davis=player)
2022-UNC 94,
#4
Duke 81 (Hubert Davis=head coach)
Drinkwitz: Coach Muschamp's salary is probably bigger than my football budget as a whole. The South Carolina football budget is greater than that of our entire athletic department. They have some massive advantages, but we have elite level talent and a team that believes.
EXCLUSIVE:
Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon to David Glenn of
@TheNCSportsNet
:
"I will lead a group to put our best foot forward to get a Major League Baseball team in North Carolina."
#MLBPlayoffs
#MLB
#ncpol
#NHL
👇MORE (DEVELOPING STORY)👇
Drinkwitz: I had several colleagues from around the country, and even Bill Belichick sent me a text Saturday night to congratulate us on a win. Yesterday, I got a text from Luke Combs, and that was pretty cool for me.
Doeren, on his "5 o'clock somewhere" reference: We have great fans who support us well, and unfortunately, the league has given us a lot of early kicks. To our fans, you can't drink all day unless you start in the morning.
I've written about recruiting since 1987. It's very rare for any school to get the majority of 4/5-star FB prospects in NC in a given year.
@CoachMackBrown
&
@TarHeelFootball
are doing it today, landing 11 of 19 such 2021 prospects in 247's composite rankings.
#NationalSigningDay
Double Wow!
🏀2007: Takayo Siddle (player) helps Gardner-Webb to an 84-68 upset victory over
#23
Kentucky at Rupp Arena.
🏀TODAY!: Takayo Siddle (head coach) leads UNCW to an 80-73 upset victory over
#12
Kentucky at Rupp Arena!!
UK coach John Calipari played at UNCW (1978-80).
Roy Williams: It's hard to find another coach that will say anything bad about Tony Bennett. He's a great coach and a good, good guy. He's someone I'd like my son to play for.
Coach K: I’m not a sour grapes guy. Every time we lose I step up here and I give the other team credit and never throw my own team under the bus. I’m not going to make any damn excuses.
Dave Clawson: I have no interest in leaving Wake Forest and haven't considered anything else. I'm very happy here. I made a commitment last year in signing a long-term extension. I still think our best days are ahead of us, and I feel really good about what we have going.
ESPN's Jay Williams on UNC:
"There was obviously something going on last year w/Caleb Love. When he's not on the floor, now you see this is RJ Davis/Armando Bacot's team. ... They've been getting back to rebounding & defense, too.
"That's a team that can win a (championship)."
Fedora, on what he remembers of UNC's last trip to Greenville (2014): "I don't remember a thing about it."
DG: Seriously? How could you completely forget (a 70-41 ECU victory) something like that? Or are you joking?
Fedora: I'm serious.
DG: I don't believe you.
Fedora: That's OK.
Drinkwitz: Our players were not scared of the moment, just like when they went to Chapel Hill, because they believe they belong. When you believe that you belong, you can accomplish a lot.
UNC 72, Pitt 65
“The Player of the Year (RJ Davis) stepped up and made plays, and you have to tip your cap to him. … He and Armando Bacot are older guys, and they made big plays. … UNC will be a great representative of the ACC in the NCAA Tournament.”
— Pitt coach Jeff Capel
Is there another coach (besides Roy Williams of
@UNC_Basketball
), in college hoops history, who would respond to an early 12-0 deficit, in tournament format, against good team (Miami), by ...
replacing 5 talented starters, all at once, with 5 freshmen/sophomores?
Roy. Just. Did.
Shawn Clark: Early in my coaching career, I was working a lot of hours, like young coaches do. My wife asked, "Why?" I said my dream job was to go back to App State and be the head coach. That was in 2004.
Satterfield: I was at App when we scheduled the game at UNC. I checked after our game, as we were on our way to the airport, and I was really proud to see the score. I still have a lot invested in those players and the program, so I'll always watch them if I can.
"Roy Vs K Era"
(2004-19)
Who Has More?...
NCAA Titles: Roy (3-2)
ACC Tournament Titles: K (6-3)
ACC 1st Place: Roy (8-3)
Sweet 16s: K (10-9)
Final Fours: Roy (5-3)
1st-Rd NBA Picks: K (21-19)
NCAAT Wins: Roy (43-34)
Head-To-Head Wins: K (19-15)
#DUKEvsUNC
@UNC_Basketball
@DukeMBB
"Brad Stevens is a potential wildcard to eventually take over for Coach K, he told Boston when they hired him he's stay there until they either fire him or Duke comes calling."
- Art Chansky on the future of the coaching positions at Duke and Carolina
While you're at it, would you look into tax implications of extra benefits YOU receive courtesy of us taxpayers, including FREE flights/airport parking/gym memberships, cushy pension plans, health-care subsidies & office space? Just trying to be fair here.
If college athletes are going to make money off their likenesses while in school, their scholarships should be treated like income. I’ll be introducing legislation that subjects scholarships given to athletes who choose to “cash in” to income taxes.
I've known Eric Montross since 1990. He & his family = truly wonderful people. It's a sad day.
This photo is from a 2019
@Canes
game. Big E repeatedly/humbly declined my front-row tix, so I tricked him into accepting other seats, then got him & son Andrew "on the glass." (1/3)
Deepest condolences to the Montross family &
@UNC_Basketball
Eric was a guest on our show, an excellent human being & ambassador for all the right things. It was our honor to have met him. May God bless his family during this unspeakable loss. RIP.
@LinkJeffery
@DavidGlennShow
Satterfield, on pulling scholarships from UofL players: Every coaching staff is going to look for different things in players. We're trying to get ahead and give these guys a chance to get something from another school, because it's less fair to keep them and not use them.
Happy 22nd Anniversary to my amazing wife, "The Lovely & Talented Maria," and thanks to her for these last 25 years of making so many of our dreams come true.
Wedding photo=Wrightsville Beach, NC, May 2, 1998
So we moved our 17-year-old, Avery, into her
@appstate
dorm. It was a beautiful (Boone!), exciting, emotional 2 days. The Lovely & Talented Maria has posted a bunch on Facebook (meet roommate Danasia!), but I couldn’t muster this post until now.
We=Empty Nesters.
I❤️my Baby Girl.
Jay Bilas: NC State is good. I'm impressed by them, but they cannot win against the best teams they play if CJ Bryce is going to put up 0 in consecutive games and play the way he has the last two times out.
Coach
@RuffinMcNeill
is among the kindest, classiest, most positive people I've had the honor of knowing in 34 years covering sports. He is:
-leaving
@OU_Football
-NOT retiring from coaching
-returning to NC to care for his 85-year-old dad.
Welcome home, Coach. We love you, man.
Hubert Davis (father of three) of
@UNC_Basketball
on offseason encounters with 1st-year
@DukeMBB
HC Jon Scheyer:
“I asked about his wife expecting their third child. With three children, you have to play zone. Somebody is always going to be open.” 🏀👶
#ACCTipoff
McElroy, on Clemson's defense: They've changed their structure. Full disclosure, from a QB's perspective, I'd rather play against last year's Clemson defense than I would this year's Clemson defense.
In 1994 I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitutions and laws of the USA and the state of NC.
Today's request for felony voter fraud continues a pattern of obvious, extreme lawlessness that is a disgrace to the office of the presidency and a danger to our nation.
Vote.
Jeff Capel: I can't figure out how
@PackMensBball
didn't get into the NCAA Tournament. There's no question they and
@ClemsonMBB
should both be in. I think it's a travesty that any other conference got more in than us, especially sub-.500 teams in their conference.
How many Power 5 teams remain unbeaten?
EIGHT:
Alabama, SEC
Clemson, ACC
Colorado, Pac-12
Georgia, SEC
Notre Dame, independent
Ohio State, Big Ten
@PackFootball
, ACC
West Virginia, Big 12
Mike Maniscalco: I don't think Lucas Wallmark ever got enough credit for all the different things he did well for the Hurricanes. He put in a lot of work and was put into many different roles.
.
@Martyman17
, on
@mikemaniscalco
: We know he has a job to do and the interviews are that for him, but he truly cares about the players, and we all care about him a lot. He's truly one of the best I've ever worked with. We're so happy he's going to be healthy and able to recover.
"Roy Vs K Era"
(2004-19 Only)
Who Has More?....
NCAA Titles: Roy (3-2)
ACC Tournament Titles: K (6-3)
ACC Regular-Season Titles: Roy (8-3)
Sweet 16s: K (10-9)
Final Fours: Roy (5-3)
1st-Rd NBA Picks: K (21-19)
NCAAT Wins: Roy (43-34)
Head-To-Head Wins: K (19-14)
#UNCvsDUKE
Happy Birthday to my amazing wife of 22+ years, the “Lovely & Talented™️” Maria. We have spent an unprecedented amount of quality time together over these last four crazy months, and somehow she’s still smiling.🤷♂️
❤️🎉😍🎂❤️
Feinstein on Tony Bennett &
@UVAMensHoops
:
I've been corresponding w/UVa basketball Haters for years. They'll never do this, never do that, with THAT style. Basketball people knew that was ridiculous. I always responded I didn't know WHEN, but they WOULD win it all. Great story!!
Thanks so much for all the kind words, tweets, emails, greetings, etc. They're meaningful to us.
@DaronVaught
and I miss you, too!
I can't answer questions for a while longer.
In the meantime, enjoy!!
The Blues Brothers:
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
Holt on his college recruitment:
Initially I wanted to go to UNC and play football for Mack Brown. At the time in the 90s they were blowing it out, but I didn't qualify academically. NC State came in and showed interest in me.
Dabo Swinney, on Willie Taggart getting fired by FSU:
I'm glad I wasn't fired after 21 games, because I was 13-8, and I would've been a lot cheaper to get rid of.
Finebaum: Mack Brown still has a hunger, and he left the game as one of the country's best coaches. I predict UNC will be in an ACC Championship Game in three years. He was on the verge of being the dominant coach in the game in 2008-09.
Happy 23rd Anniversary to my amazing wife, "The Lovely & Talented Maria™️," and thanks to her for these last 25 years of making so many of our dreams come true.
Wedding photo: Wrightsville Beach, NC, May 2, 1998
Coach
@LeVelleMoton
in the house and “on the glass” for
@NHLCanes
tonight, playoff-style!! He sounded the siren before the second period. This lucky charm thing is working well so far. Go Canes!!
At this point, only blind partisanship, willful ignorance and/or utter stupidity could prevent one from seeing this pathological liar, con artist, snake-oil salesman, racist, misogynist & life-long fraud.
@Panthers
owner David Tepper put it well: "demented, narcissistic scumbag."
Exclusive: The Times has obtained tax-return data for President Trump extending over more than two decades.
It shows his finances under stress, beset by losses that he aggressively employs to avoid paying taxes and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.
This mentality requires profound levels of ignorance and racism. Anyone paying attention knows the FBI provided a photo of the "noose,"
@BubbaWallace
merely reacted in an understandable way to what others told him, etc.
Dear Americans Willing/Able To See This:
Please Vote.
President Trump called out Bubba Wallace on Monday, intimating that a noose found in his garage at Talladega Superspeedway was a hoax and questioning NASCAR's decision to ban the Confederate flag.
Waddell: We're getting really close to renewing
@JohnForslund
's contract. There's no doubt we want him back and think a lot of him and his role with our organization.
Shout-out to these amazing
@UNCWilmington
students, who thrived (most!) &/or survived in my Spring 2021 "Sports Media" class, the first of its kind in UNCW history.
Their effort, energy, positivity & inspirational feedback led to my pledge to continue at UNCW this fall. 👊👨🏫🧑🎓🙏
Keatts, on his red blazer: I knew Roy was going to try & come in here with his Carolina blue blazer on. I was not going to let him show me up. I'm a way better dresser than him.
Randolph Childress: Tim Duncan won't be in Winston-Salem more than 24 hours, but he's making it tonight with his packed schedule. Other guys are bending over backwards to make tonight happen, so it should be a really special moment for
@WakeMBB
.
Seth Greenberg, on
@PackMensBball
: They scheduled four games for which they couldn't control how good the teams would be in Penn State, Auburn, Vandy, and Wisconsin. I think they're in.
Scheyer, on Tre Jones: If a young person was to ask me whom to watch to learn the game, I would tell them to watch Tre. He's like a coach on the floor. If he needs to score, he'll do that, but he's all about winning and makes everybody else better.
Clawson, on starting his 6th year at Wake: I just hope the fans don't get sick of me. I see this as a destination job, and we have a lot to build on than we've had before, and I'm hoping they want to keep me around.
#10
NC State 74,
#2
Duke 69 (final)
“(This ACC Tournament run) means everything. I grew up in Lynchburg, Va,, and I loved the ACC. My parents are back home and watching this on TV. They’re not even basketball fans, more Kevin Keatts fans. Man, it feels great.”
“We talked about in our huddle taking it one possession at the time. … What a great win for us. When we got on the plane to come here on Monday, we talked about this. We visualized this. … Now we get Carolina tomorrow, and it’s a great opportunity.”
— NC State HC Kevin Keatts
I just learned of one of the great honors of my life/career: the faculty "Make A Difference" award, after my first full academic year
@UNCWilmington
.
Thanks to UNCW, Dr Rick Olsen, my Fall 2021 (photo) & Spring 2022 students & the 20+ seniors who wrote to &/or voted for me. (1/?)
When
@LeVelleMoton
emerged as a national voice on the
#GeorgeFloydMurder
& related matters, I thought he might have to postpone our golf outing this week. He didn’t.
(We had a great time, as usual!)
I view our friendship over this last decade as an awesome blessing.🖤⛳️🏌️♂️
On May 2, 1998, the "Lovely & Talented Maria™️" and I hosted our (awesome!) wedding/reception overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, at Wrightsville Beach.
Today, I celebrate 2⃣5⃣ years of marriage to the most amazing, beautiful, loving, hard-working woman I've ever known. 💙👰🤵♂️🎉🍾
Tripp Tracy:
He'd never say this, but I believe Justin Williams never wanted to leave Carolina. His relationship with Coach Rod Brind'Amour is an invaluable resource to have as a team captain. They've made clear what being a Carolina Hurricane means to them.
Here’s to the great state of North Carolina, where you can mix in a ski trip while dropping your daughter
@appstate
to start the spring semester, but go surfing/boating/swimming/kayaking (or play golf) while teaching this spring
@UNCWilmington
.
👊🍻⛷⛳️🏌️♂️🍷👍🙏
Cole: Justin Williams, if you ask me, is 100-percent a Hall of Famer. Our organization can't say that too often. He chose to come back and wanted to be here to turn the ship around. I can't say enough good things about him.
Drinkwitz: It's expectation vs. hope. When you expect something, you prepare to determine the outcome. When you hope for something, you're dependent on others' actions. When the result came the way it did, with a win vs. UNC, that's what we prepared to do. It's not an upset.
This is another sad day in sports journalism.
@SInow
, which set the standard in my youth, gradually has become a shell of its former self.
@GrantWahl
, one of the best soccer writers of my lifetime, deserves better.
Shawn Clark: I want to make sure people understand that Eli Drinkwitz did a fantastic job here, and he did what was ultimately best for his family. We that were on his staff are so happy for him.
Stephen's conclusion is absolutely correct, and
#2
was particularly egregious, the sort of thing that should get a replay official fired.
Superb, all-around team effort by
@ECUPiratesFB
against a quality opponent. Just a horrible, unfair (34-30 L) result.
.
@American_FB
refs handed Tulsa this one with three questionable (at-best) calls on the final drive.
1. The flag three seconds after the fourth-down incompletion.
2. The fumble overturned (when he never regained possession).
3. The completed pass that dragged the ground.