In other words: for one night, at least, Notre Dame was to “boy” as North Carolina was to “man.” Even without senior forward Garrison Brooks, who sat out due to injury, the sixth-seeded Tar Heels’ 101-59 win on Wednesday over the eleventh-seeded Irish was its most dominant frontcourt showing of the season.
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Annihilation. There is no other word. Complete and utter annihilation. Annihilated. That is what the North Carolina men's basketball team did to Notre Dame on Wednesday, trouncing the Fighting Irish, 101-59, the likes of which will probably never be seen in the ACC Tournament again.
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After forming the “bubble” in Orlando to complete last year's season, the NBA's 2020-21 season has kicked off mostly without incident. As a degree of normalcy returns to professional basketball, many former Tar Heels continue to impress leading up to this season's All-Star break.
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The senior class of Garrison Brooks, Andrew Platek, K.J. Smith and Walker Miller arrived in Chapel Hill in 2017, just months after the Tar Heels won a national championship. A high standard existed the moment they stepped foot on campus, but the four of them earned the opportunity to be honored in their final home game on Saturday.
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From now on, there are no more chances to bounce back. It’s single-elimination. In order to have success in March, the Tar Heels will have to do something they haven’t been able to do all year: maintain consistency. Here’s what the path looks like for UNC in the ACC and NCAA tournaments.
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The North Carolina men's basketball team has defeated Duke, 91-73, and for the first time in a very, very long time, there is hope that the world is getting better.
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"I couldn't even look at Garrison today when he came to shake my hand pregame," coach Roy Williams said. "I had to just slap him on the butt and say, 'Play, big fella.'"
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Following UNC men's basketball defeat of Duke, fans rushed Franklin Street for the second time this year. Last month, officers took over 35 minutes to clear the intersection. This crowd, which was substantially smaller, dispersed from the intersection for the resumption of traffic within five minutes. The crowd later regrouped for another brief period.
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In the rivalry matchup to end the season, the North Carolina men's basketball team (16-9, 10-6 ACC) dominated Duke (11-11, 9-9 ACC) from start to finish in a 91-73 win.
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After losing to Syracuse on Monday, UNC must avoid a loss to Duke in order to hold its place in the NCAA field. Here are three key factors that will dictate the outcome of this critical rivalry showdown.
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About 3,200 fans — the majority of which were students — attended the UNC basketball game on Saturday, the first since Gov. Cooper eased COVID-19 restrictions.
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“The University is working closely with the Town of Chapel Hill and the Orange County Health Department on communications to the campus community encouraging everyone to watch and celebrate a possible win safely,” University spokesperson Jeni Cook said in a statement.
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There’s still much to be resolved, but here are the North Carolina basketball team's most likely opponents in the opening round.
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With one game left in the season, there's really just one thing the Tar Heels need to do to hold onto their spot in the tournament — don't lose. Plain and simple.
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It’d be a fool’s errand to try and rank any number of Roy Williams’ most important victories, and that’s not what this is. But after 900 winning games of basketball, let’s take a look at three of those games that have helped define his career.
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“Every part of basketball is a two-way street,” head coach Roy Williams said. “Sometimes you do something better than the other team and then during the course of the game they change. And today, the changes they made we didn’t adjust back well enough.”
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After a dominating win over ACC-leading Florida State on Saturday, UNC continued its established win-lose pattern by falling, 72-70, against unranked Syracuse on Monday night, in a critical game against a middle-of-the-pack ACC team with NCAA Tournament stakes on the line.
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After a signature win over No. 11 Florida State on Saturday, the UNC men’s basketball team (15-9, 9-6 ACC) flopped in a 72-70 loss to the Syracuse Orange (14-8, 8-7 ACC) on Monday night at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y.
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