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Armando Bacot just said this was one of the biggest non-national championship wins in Carolina’s history. Agree?
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UNC's Armando Bacot named 1st team All-ACC with more votes than Wake Forest's Alondes Williams, who won ACC Player of the Year over Bacot
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UNC to hire Hubert Davis as its next basketball coach
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Roy Williams at his first NBA draft party as a retired coach, tells UNC forward Day’Ron Sharpe he has Hall of Fame expectations
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It’s official. excited to announce I’m joining the
@newsobserver
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Landed in Madrid. Turned on phone 1st time all vacation. Got texts asking if job was safe. Found out it was not. Enjoyed my 4 years, ESPN.
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UNC coach Mack Brown on Notre Dame QB Ian Book: “I dont know if he’s in the Heisman race, but he should be. He was as good tonight as anyone I’ve ever seen.”
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UNC offensive coordinator Phil Longo says he's "now recruited mom and dad" to help tell QB Drake Maye to stop leaving his feet to hurdle defenders
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Roy Williams: “I could never come close to matching what (Dean Smith) did, but every day I tried to make him proud.”
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UNC Mack Brown asked if he thought schools would try to lure Drake Maye away with NIL: "I don't think Drake will go anywhere because he's (from) a Carolina family"
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UNC’s Hubert Davis says Armando Bacot made 1000 3s every week in the summer. Expects his game to expand beyond the blocks
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Roy Williams already about to lose it when Kenny Williams recognized during senior day
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Puff Johnson is like getting every loose ball for UNC right now, quickly becoming a fan favorite
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It's official. I'm joining
@TheAthleticCBB
starting Oct. 1 as a staff writer. Let the count down to college hoops season begin!
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Roy Williams with the thinly-veiled shot? Or simply reppin’ Carolina? You decide
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needless to say, this is the most spirited I've seen Carolina all season. They finally came to fight
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Ian Jackson chooses UNC. No. 2 player in Class of '24 Carolina with two top 10s in class now (Elliot Cadeau)
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Jalen Washington with 5 straight points for Carolina, had a NBA scout tell me pregame that he's the best prospect on the roster
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I'm overwhelmed by all the love & have way too many people to acknowledge, so please accept this universal thank you!
I'm excited to be back...
C.L. Brown returns to The Courier Journal and his 'second home' as new sports columnist via
@courierjournal
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Caleb Love with a 3, a steal and a dunk. I keep saying to whoever will listen he's gonna have a monster year for UNC. Heels up 13-3
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UNC coach Hubert Davis said Armando Bacot’s x-rays on his ankle were negative. He will practice today & will definitely play vs Kansas
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Roy Williams opens press conference putting down conspiracy theories of his retirement sprung from him kissing the floor after senior day & the $3 million gift he & his wife gave to UNC "There's no master plan" .. "Let's put all this other stuff to rest"
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Duke didn’t have many Black fans in Durham until Coach K changed the perception of Duke basketball
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Feels like UNC fr. Dontrez Styles could have been doing this all season not the 3 TOs part, but 4 pts 2 off reb
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UNC’s Mack Brown says he’s “never been more disappointed with the response” he got from ACC office on dirty hit on Josh Downs & a questionable play on Quirion Johnson. Says it’s a matter of player safety
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yes, Ryan McMahon shot an airball. But do u really want to keep chanting that to a dude that has hit 7 against u NC State fans?
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With Clemson dismantling Bama, can Syracuse make the same argument Georgia made about a playoff bid? Orange the only team to hold a 4th Qtr lead on the Tigers - and that was in Death Valley
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UNC's Mack Brown: Drake Maye's 22 TDs the most for any Carolina player in program history through five games
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Roy Williams turned to the crowd and waved off a meek chant of "N-I-T" that seemed to start in the upper level
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It makes no sense that an NBA arena, named after a company that provides internet service, has wifi this terrible. Rant over.
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Roy Williams said he figured the Louisville win would have been springboard “but the springboard broke and everybody fell in the pond” in loss to Marquette
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UNC coach Mack Brown said he got a text from his daughter who is a faculty member at UVA saying she's okay "We can't keep having useless deaths. Thoughts and prayers to everybody"
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Seventh Woods a completely different player now than he was his first two seasons
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Duke with Zion Williamson update, day-to-day status kinda renders these ‘shut it down’ takes meaningless
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How Monmouth coach, former UNC standout King Rice is making the most of second chances
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UNC Mack Brown on QB Drake Maye: "I think he should be invited to New York based off what he's doing"
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the real mvp move was baylor switching to nike from adidas and not being fitted in some clownish neon unis
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Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski says Zion Williamson actually “did some basketball stuff” this afternoon but “I dont think he’ll be ready for Saturday (vs Carolina). I have to be careful not to push this. I’d be surprised if he’s not ready by the ACC tournament”
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Here’s what ending a 59-game losing streak sounds & looks like
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Roy Williams says he was “dumbfounded” that NCAA didnt grant the school a waiver to play an exhibition game with South Carolina to raise money for Hurricane Florence. Says teams wouldn’t gain any advantage from playing
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A Duke-UNC friendship? It's true for Grayson Allen, Joel Berry II
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That's 5 assists for Caleb Love and Leaky Black has 3... Carolina about to be 14-0 when Love has 5 and 13-0 when Black has 3
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Four UNC coaches who retired last year being honored on the field including Roy Williams. Mack Brown goes over to give everybody daps and hugs
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Don't agree with everything Dakich says (Bagley is not a selfish player) but he's spot on about officials talking to Krzyzewski too much. Funny that way back when K complained about Dean Smith & officials having 2 sets or rules but now K's the beneficiary
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Davis is re-recruiting center Walker Kessler “I want Walker here. He’s a Carolina guy” sent him a text and has call w/him later today
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UNC QB Sam Howell on his 62-yard TD run said he was thinking, "Dang, someone hasn't caught me from behind yet?"
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UNC having a moment of silence for longtime basketball office assistant Linda Woods who passed away this week
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North Carolina’s Cole Anthony going with the goggles tonight in home/ACC opener vs Notre Dame
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Louisville’s McMahon picks game ball proceeds to pick apart Wolfpack
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Had so many people text me a screenshot, I felt compelled to tell the tale of what happened
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Had been rumors that South Carolina would cancel game vs UNC in Duke's Mayo Bowl. Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer just said they had positive tests but: "At no point this week did I think we were in danger of not playing this game. We're in good shape and excited about playing."
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Call me old school but it's a little weird seeing Duke slap the floor... while playing zone
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Brown: “People are cutting us in recruiting, I’m so excited about that. Nobody was doing that in our first three years”
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Word is, Michael Jordan is in the building for North Carolina's game against rival Duke....
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Cole Anthony with seven rebounds (all defensive) affirming Roy Williams' claim that in high school Cole was the best defensive rebounding guard he'd ever seen
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Memphis tops George Washington 71-66 advances to play Virginia-Coastal Carolina winner
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Cole Anthony, the No. 1 point guard in class of 2019 commits to North Carolina. Heels had to get him with Coby White departing for the NBA
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Vols up 42-27 at halftime over Mercer; Richardson leads all scorers with 16; Coursey has 9 for the Bears
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FWIW, Buckeyes probably just became a Q1 win for UNC again
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UNC’s Hubert Davis said he’s spoken with both Duke’s Jon Scheyer & Chris Carrawell since handshakegate after Saturday’s game and he had a good relationship with them & coach K before the game and he has a good relationship now
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UNC’s Armando Bacot named region Most Outstanding Player. Joined on all-region team by Caleb Love & Brady Manek. Saint Peter’s Banks & Edert round out team
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Krzyzewski on Zion: "Yesterday was a big day for him because he didnt think before he moved... We'll have our shootaround in the morning and then give final word after that. It'll be known by 11 a.m. .. Roy isn't going to be up all night wondering."
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Brandon Robinson not falling for question about rivalry status of NC State
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Caught up with Mahktar Ndiaye to ask him about the 2009 photo that Carolina fans won’t let retire
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Seth Trimble's athleticism is gonna remind UNC fans of his brother
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Nassir Little and Coby White already having much better games after looking overwhelmed during the first meeting in Cameron. They've scored a combined 12 pts on 5-10 FG
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The future of
@UNC_Basketball
on display with
@usabasketball
U18 team in Mexico
@_ggjackson
&
@sethtrimble1
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In Mike Krzyzewski’s post game, he elaborated a bit on his ‘blip’ remark regarding the recruiting underworld exposed in the college basketball corruption trial (and i didnt want to just take one quote)
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Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski says he’s comfortable that Zion Williamson (& all of his freshman class were fully vetted by NCAA) despite implications from the corruption trial that his stepdad was actively seeking benefits
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It’s like u forget how much energy a crowd can bring until u’ve been without it...
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Whoa. ACC just announced another COVID casualty, this time Virginia. Georgia Tech moves into ACC championship game Saturday vs winner of UNC-FSU. Carolina will now tip at 8:30 p.m. tonight
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Hubert with a couple of emphatic 'let's go' pacing a bit before joining the huddle. the finish should be something else here. Heels up 61-60 4:16
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UNC Hubert Davis said Justin McKoy & Dawson Garcia aren't practicing today, but other than that, there's no update on their status for Wed. at Notre Dame. McKoy is in COVID protocol. Garcia played just 2 min Sun. after taking a blow to the head
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Heels take floor for warmups & Bacot showing no signs of ankle injury from yesterday
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Carolina's starters look like they're just getting tired. Davis not using the bench much considering they just played Saturday
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Downtime with CL Brown: Duke’s Coach K explains why the toy soldiers in his office aren’t for play
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UNC picks up another big recruit in 4-star WR Andre Greene Jr
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Reporter asks UNC’s Mack Brown about being “criminally underrated” heading into the season, “I love it because we were criminally overrated last year”
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Theo Pinson during his senior night comments, "To Cam (Johnson) I see why you left Pitt"
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It should be mandatory that when a visiting team gets a dunk like Tulane's Melvin Frazier just had on North Carolina, they HAVE to show the replay. We're all basketball fans here, right? Frazier's dunk was downright nasty even the folks in the lifetime seats recognize that.
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Nick Johnson now 0-9 FG, but Zona has got to feel good still just down 42-40 11:20
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Manny Bates is potentially a game changer for NC State defensively with the way he blocks/alters shots
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all i can hear watching this is Jim Valvano’s Espy speech: “…God, your family & Rutgers basketball”
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UNC CB Storm Duck made his first tackle and seeing his first action since the Boston College game last season
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Louisville’s Chris Mack on if David Johnson can establish himself as the guy at PG moving forward
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Davis: “It is significant. Only 26% of coaches in D-I are African-American... I’m proud that I’m the fourth African-American coach at UNC”
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Some people complain about Nassir Little's playing time, a stronger argument could be made that Leaky Black is the one who needs to be playing more for Carolina
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Seems an easy call that Hubert could work the refs on Burton's off hand/arm. He's gotten away with several push offs that could have easily been charge calls
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UNC’s Roy Williams from his retirement presser: “I no longer feel I am the right man for the job”
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