UNC Withstands Husky Onslaught
It had the intensity of a Final Four showdown, the contentiousness of an off-camera get-together before "Joe Millionaire," the pace of the Daytona 500 and the head-scratching finale of a David Lynch flick.
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It had the intensity of a Final Four showdown, the contentiousness of an off-camera get-together before "Joe Millionaire," the pace of the Daytona 500 and the head-scratching finale of a David Lynch flick.
The taunt was a mere peep at first, but by the time Chris Hobbs walked toward the tunnel leading to the Clemson locker room, it had crescendoed to a booming chant.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Even though the motivations were different, North Carolina and Virginia entered Saturday afternoon's matchup with similar game plans.
At some point before Wednesday night's game against Davidson, a certain memory from a season ago occupied the recesses of Melvin Scott's mind.
Even from the start, things were a bit off Wednesday night at the Smith Center.
It was supposed to be a quick weekend of work at the Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival, a triumphant return to New York for the North Carolina men's basketball team.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>To get itself started, it first had to stop its opponents.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>NORFOLK, Va. -- North Carolina backup shooting guard Melvin Scott knew the signs. He could feel the energy of the crowd rise, the flow of the game change. It was obvious.
As his young team started to make its slow crawl back into contention Wednesday night, North Carolina men's basketball coach Matt Doherty invoked the past to inspire the present.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Perhaps the start of it all came before they hit the court, a bit before they even got on the floor.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- His 73-year-old eyebrows raised, momentarily breaking the serious furrows in Bobby Bowden's face.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The North Carolina men's basketball team came as advertised Wednesday night at the Smith Center.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The NCAA has suspended North Carolina men's basketball players Jonathan Holmes and Will Johnson for the Tar Heels' season opener because of their participation in an on-campus three-on-three basketball tournament in the spring.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Melvin Scott backpedaled down the court, looked up at the 12,574 Smith Center fans and slowly broke out a smile.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The North Carolina football team, knees skinned and egos bruised, finally found itself at the bottom of a spiraling slide Saturday, wondering what had caused it to slip as far as it has.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Everyone knows how big tonight's showdown at Clemson is for N.C. State.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>It was the movie you've seen over and over again but continue to watch. Even though you knew how it would end, it all seemed, for just a while, so compelling, so different.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>TEMPE, Ariz. -- Maybe if the whole football coaching thing doesn't work out for Dirk Koetter, he could start a new career as a college football analyst.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>TEMPE, Ariz. -- Darian Durant's instincts told him to tuck the ball under his arm and run, to take off and forget about finding an open receiver.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>TEMPE, Ariz. -- Chesley Borders is known as a possession receiver, the kind that catches the tough ball over the middle and runs the four-yard curl route on third-and-3.