Preview: Meet UNC men's basketball's "Biscuit Boys"
By PJ Morales | Feb. 3These are the “Biscuit Boys,” the Tar Heels that never see much game time, but have the power to ensure that fans can start the next day with a warm bready treat.
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These are the “Biscuit Boys,” the Tar Heels that never see much game time, but have the power to ensure that fans can start the next day with a warm bready treat.
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When you think of North Carolina basketball, are any regular season memories clearer than Eric Montross’ bloody face, Tyler Hansbrough’s broken nose, UNC upsetting J.J. Redick and the No. 1 Blue Devils on their senior night? These moments could not exist without Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski on the sideline.
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The decades-old Tobacco Road Rivalry has a history of producing exciting backcourt matchups, and this year’s first meeting between North Carolina and Duke is no exception.
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The North Carolina men's basketball team will have its hands full when it welcomes Duke to the Dean E. Smith Center on Saturday, as the Blue Devils boast a number of talented swingmen that have the potential to break the game wide open.
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Hubert Davis and the Tar Heels posted a 6-5 record against the Blue Devils and played in some of the rivalry’s most notable matchups. Ahead of his coaching debut against Duke, here’s a look at two of Davis’ most impressive individual performances in the series.
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When thinking about UNC playing Duke in the Smith Center on Saturday, I can’t help but feel like a page is truly being turned.
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With the All-Star break and midway point of the NBA season quickly approaching, here’s a look at how some former Tar Heels currently in the league are playing.
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By the time the buzzer has sounded in almost every game of the North Carolina men's basketball season, the score margins have not been remotely close. Win or lose. But in the Tar Heels’ narrow 90-83 victory on the road against Louisville, the script was a little different.
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North Carolina came out with a 90-83 win against Louisville Tuesday, finally breaking their month-long road drought thanks to the team's resilience and the play of its upperclassmen.
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The Tar Heels came into this matchup riding a three-game win streak. But they were all at home. They haven’t won a road game since January 2 at Boston College.
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Here are three things North Carolina should keep in mind if they hope to take down Louisville in the KFC Yum! Center on Tuesday night.
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The Tar Heels beat their crosstown rival and decades-old foe, N.C. State, 100-80, on Saturday. Michael Jordan and members of the 1982 national championship team was celebrated at midcourt. And at halftime, former head coach Roy Williams was honored, and he told the crowd a phrase that summed up the afternoon: “North Carolina basketball is not about one person and certainly not one coach."
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“We’re hard to beat when we’re shooting the ball like that,” junior forward Armando Bacot said. “It was a lot of fun to see the guards hit shots and see everybody hitting shots.”
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After strong scoring performances in the Tar Heels’ first two games of the week, Love concluded a week of high-scoring games with 21 points on 6-16 shooting against the Wolfpack.
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“As good as we are shooting, there are going to be times throughout the year and particular games where you aren’t shooting the ball well and you’re not finishing around the basket,” head coach Hubert Davis said. “You’re gonna have to get stops and have to rely on the defensive end. Towards the end when we needed a stop we got the stops and when we needed a basket we made a basket.”
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“Honestly, there’s going to be some ugly games, obviously, we know we’ve got to get better moving forward, but I’m just glad we got the win,” senior wing Leaky Black said.
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Junior forward Armando Bacot continued his dominance on the glass finishing with 18 rebounds — seven coming on the offensive end — but the big man struggled from the field, finishing with six points on 1-10 shooting.
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With their current 8-10 record, the Eagles don’t pose a huge threat to the Tar Heels’ undefeated record at home. However, when looking closer at the statistics, Boston College is equal to — and even outranks — North Carolina in several areas. Here are a couple of areas the team needs to focus on to defeat Boston College on Wednesday.
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Every promising performance has been followed by an embarrassing defeat and then a solid win to rebuild the remaining hype surrounding the team. There is still time to salvage this season, but the first half of it has been far from pretty.
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“We started running sets where we had a lot of movement, and it just gave us an opportunity to drive,” head coach Hubert Davis said. “And when we drove, we made the right play finding guys out on the perimeter shooting threes.
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