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General Info
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Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Colors: Powder Blue and White
Nickname: The Tar Heels
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Williams, Heels get to see what they missed
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CHAPEL HILL -- At one time, it seemed distinctly possible that Roy Williams would watch Delvon Roe play all his college games. Now North Carolina’s coach will have to settle for watching the talented Michigan State freshman from the sidelines tonight when the top-ranked Tar Heels face Michigan State at Detroit’s Ford Field in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (9:15 p.m., ESPN).
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Hansbrough's status uncertain
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12.3.2008 : 12:48 am
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CHAPEL HILL -- The first words out of the mouth of UNC coach Roy Williams at Tuesday’s news conference were “I don’t know.”
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Official: UNC to accept Meineke Bowl bid
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12.3.2008 : 12:59 am
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CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina will play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte on Dec. 27, according to bowl officials.
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UNC, Ohio State square off in the women's Challenge
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12.3.2008 : 12:51 am
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DURHAM -- North Carolina will put its 8-0 record and No. 2 ranking on the line tonight when the Tar Heels visit No. 18 Ohio State (6-1) at St. John Arena (7 p.m., Big Ten Network).
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Tar Heels headed to Charlotte for Meineke Bowl
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12.2.2008 : 4:26 pm
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CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina will play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte on Dec. 27, according to bowl officials. The Tar Heels will play a Big East opponent at Bank of America Stadium.
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Tar Heels, ACC teams no closer to knowing their bowl destinations
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12.1.2008 : 10:07 pm
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The ACC bowl picture is confounding even to those who are paid to make sense of it all.
"It's pretty wild," said Scott Ramsey, president of the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl. "This is our 11th year, and I can't remember a year or even a conference with another bowl that's been as wide-open as the ACC's been this year."
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UNC's Lawson back to playing at top form
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12.1.2008 : 10:07 pm
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CHAPEL HILL -- Roy Williams charged onto the court, his fists clenched and his face getting redder by the millisecond.
North Carolina's coach had just witnessed Ty Lawson being bodied down on a fast break against UNC Asheville on Sunday, and 10 days after seeing Tyler Zeller break his wrist on a similar play, thoughts of losing Lawson to a serious injury probably rushed through Williams' head.
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Tauiliili, Goddard, Nicks top All-ACC
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12.1.2008 : 10:07 pm
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DURHAM -- Three of the key players in the outcome of Saturday's rivalry game between North Carolina and Duke were honored as first-team All-ACC selections Monday.
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UNC MMQB
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11.30.2008 : 11:51 pm
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The Tar Heels concluded a successful regular season with its Victory Bell win over Duke.
Now UNC can focus on its first bowl appearance since 2004, when it lost to Boston College in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
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Heels win an easy one
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11.30.2008 : 11:45 pm
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CHAPEL HILL -- Tyler Hansbrough's and Kenny George's absence took some of the starch out of North Carolina's 116-48 victory over UNC Asheville at the Smith Center on Sunday night.
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UNC records 8 wins for first time since '01
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11.30.2008 : 11:45 pm
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DURHAM -- North Carolina has won eight or more games in a season 28 times in program history, so the fact the Tar Heels hit that number with their 28-20 triumph over Duke on Saturday isn't a cause for celebration.
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Duke, UNC, N.C. State all have something to chirp about
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11.30.2008 : 11:45 pm
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We've become accustomed around here to witnessing success on the fields of competition and especially in arenas where the bounce of a basketball swings the emotions of fans.
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UNC-Duke postgame
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11.29.2008 : 11:30 pm
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PLAYER OF THE GAME
Michael Tauiliili, LB, Duke
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Healthy Lewis comes close
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11.29.2008 : 11:30 pm
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DURHAM -- Duke quarterback Thad Lewis sported a new look from head to toe for Saturday's season finale against North Carolina.
Gone from his head were the dreadlocks that he had let grow for the past 2Ôªø1â??Ñ2 years, and gone from his feet was most of the swelling caused by a mid-foot sprain that seemed sure to end his season.
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Duke's Tauiliili goes out with a bang ... 20, in fact
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11.29.2008 : 11:29 pm
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DURHAM -- Snap after snap in his Duke swan song, linebacker Michael Tauiliili put a hurting on North Carolina's ball carriers.
Yet Tauiliili was the one hurting after the game -- and before the game, as well.
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Goddard's interception seals UNC win
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11.29.2008 : 10:41 pm
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DURHAM -- Considering the scrutiny its two-minute defense has endured this year, maybe it was fitting that North Carolina's final responsibility of the regular season was keeping Duke out of the end zone in the waning seconds of a taut affair.
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Heels women's soccer advances in overtime
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11.29.2008 : 1:19 am
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CHAPEL HILL -- Sophomore midfielder Ali Hawkins put her third shot of the second overtime into the back of the net in the 102nd minute as fourth-ranked North Carolina defeated 14th-ranked Texas A&M 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the 2008 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Tournament at Fetzer Field.
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Blue Devils, Tar Heels throw out record book
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11.29.2008 : 12:41 am
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DURHAM -- For the longest time, it looked as though today's annual Duke-North Carolina football game could have the kind of big-picture implications normally reserved for the rivals' basketball matchups.
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Second-ranked Tar Heels run past Pacific
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11.28.2008 : 11:05 pm
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FREEPORT, Bahamas -- Italee Lucas scored 25 points to help North Carolina rout Pacific 98-62 on Friday night in the Junkanoo Jam. Jessica Breland added 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Tar Heels (7-0), who ran out to a 47-25 halftime lead and never looked back. Heather Claytor also had 14 points, hitting four 3-pointers.
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Keys to the Game: UNC at Duke
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11.28.2008 : 10:00 pm
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QB or not QB?
When UNC quarterback T.J. Yates suffered a broken ankle in September, he was leading the ACC in pass efficiency and Duke quarterback Thad Lewis was tops in total offense. But Yates struggled in his return to the starting role last week and Lewis has struggled to return from a mid-foot sprain. Which one plays closer to the way he played earlier in the season could go a long way toward determining today's winner.
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Yates earns starting nod
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11.26.2008 : 8:11 pm
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CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina will go with T.J. Yates as its starting quarterback for Saturday's regular-season finale at Duke (3:30 p.m., ESPNU), though the Tar Heels have to hope they get the version of Yates that started the season rather than the one that started last week.
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Reynolds: Tar Heels look to regain form
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11.26.2008 : 7:07 pm
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CHAPEL HILL -- Garrett Reynolds said he had a few regrets after North Carolina played the first of back-to-back games against its closest rivals last week.
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Hansbrough returns in No. 1 UNC's rout of Oregon
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11.26.2008 : 12:38 am
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LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Tyler Hansbrough was back for a second game and No. 1 North Carolina will be playing for a third title on Maui.
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DeGraffereid powers Tar Heels past Terriers
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11.26.2008 : 12:34 am
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CHAPEL HILL -- After the level of competition North Carolina has been playing lately, maybe the Tar Heels deserved a break.
And coming off their championship of the Preseason Women's NIT, they definitely got one Tuesday night.
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Cutcliffe: Lewis set to play vs. UNC
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11.26.2008 : 12:34 am
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DURHAM -- It is anyone's guess who will be starting at quarterback for either team when rivals Duke and North Carolina clash Saturday, and there's a chance that both coaches will decide to keep everyone guessing up until kickoff.
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Paschal remains upbeat despite career-ending injury
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11.26.2008 : 12:34 am
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CHAPEL HILL -- For a guy who just learned his football career was over, North Carolina senior co-captain Mark Paschal was in a pretty good mood Tuesday afternoon.
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Top-ranked Tar Heels win easy in Maui Invitational
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11.25.2008 : 2:33 am
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LAHAINA, Hawaii -- North Carolina didn't need Tyler Hansbrough. Chaminade needed a lot of help. Senior Danny Green scored a career-high 26 points and the top-ranked Tar Heels, again playing without Hansbrough, beat Chaminade 115-70 on Monday night in the opening round of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.
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UNC women look to keep momentum vs. Wofford
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11.24.2008 : 11:51 pm
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CHAPEL HILL -- Fresh off its championship in the Preseason Women's NIT, North Carolina returns home to the Smith Center tonight to take on Wofford at 7 p.m.
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Davis: 'It's up to us to fix us'
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11.24.2008 : 10:17 pm
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CHAPEL HILL -- Butch Davis says the most important thing he's concerned about this week is not Duke, and it certainly isn't N.C. State.
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UConn still No. 1 while rest of Top 25 reshuffles
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11.24.2008 : 4:24 pm
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Connecticut stayed No. 1 in women's basketball Monday while a week full of upsets reshuffled the rest of the Top 25.
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UNC-NCSU Postgame
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11.22.2008 : 11:46 pm
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PLAYER OF THE GAME
Russell Wilson, QB, N.C. State
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Plenty of unanswered questions for Tar Heels after latest setback
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11.22.2008 : 11:46 pm
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CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina's season, so full of promise two weeks ago, plummeted into an abyss Saturday with its feckless 41-10 loss to N.C. State.
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NCSU runs over North Carolina
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11.22.2008 : 11:30 pm
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CHAPEL HILL -- There's no doubt in N.C. State coach Tom O'Brien's mind which football team is the best in the state after Saturday's rivalry matchup with North Carolina.
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Paschal hoping legacy persists
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11.22.2008 : 12:46 am
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CHAPEL HILL -- Years from now, the North Carolina senior class that will play its final home game this afternoon may be considered the foundation of a resurgence.
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Heels have a history of bouncing back
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11.20.2008 : 11:33 pm
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CHAPEL HILL -- After North Carolina lost to Virginia Tech, it won its next three games, including dramatic victories over Miami and Notre Dame.
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Davis, O'Brien have a history in big-name rivalries
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11.20.2008 : 11:33 pm
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CHAPEL HILL -- N.C. State and North Carolina have never played a game that's meant as much nationally as the 1987 Florida State-Miami grudge match.
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McCants' 20 second-half points send Tar Heels to WNIT title game
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11.20.2008 : 12:41 am
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CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina didn’t dodge a bullet Wednesday night. It was more like a nuclear weapon.
UNC’s Rashanda McCants dominated the second half, finishing with 27 points to lead the No. 4 Tar Heels to a 73-67 win over No. 23 Xavier in the semifinals of the Preseason WNIT at the Smith Center.
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Zeller likely is out for the season
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11.20.2008 : 12:41 am
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CHAPEL HILL -- Tyler Zeller broke his left wrist in two places during a hard fall in the final minutes against Kentucky on Tuesday and likely will miss the rest of the season, the school announced Wednesday.
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Heels have made their QB decision; they're just not telling anyone
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11.19.2008 : 11:35 pm
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CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina has decided on its starting quarterback for Saturday's game against N.C. State.
There's a catch, of course.
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Tar Heels blitz Wildcats
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11.19.2008 : 12:53 am
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CHAPEL HILL -- What would’ve happened had Tyler Hansbrough played?
North Carolina would’ve won by what? Thirty points?
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Heels aim for WNIT semis
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11.19.2008 : 12:04 am
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CHAPEL HILL -- CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina will host No. 22 Xavier tonight in the semifinals of the Preseason Women's NIT at 7 p.m. at the Smith Center.
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