CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina is the favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference, while Tar Heels sophomore Harrison Barnes is the league's preseason player of the year.
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October 21, 2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The word "drive" comes up a lot these days when you talk to Harrison Barnes, the North Carolina...
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October 19, 2011
North Carolina is the favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference, while Tar Heels sophomore Harrison Barnes is the league's preseason player of the year. The Tar Heels were picked first on 57 of 59 ballots from media members during Wednesday's ACC Operation Basketball event.
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October 18, 2011
North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell says junior center Waltiea Rolle will be out until at least mid-December because she is pregnant.
Hatchell said Tuesday during the Atlantic Coast Conference's preseason media day that Rolle is due Nov. 3. Rolle withdrew from school for the fall semester but will be eligible to return once the semester ends and final exams conclude Dec. 16...
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October 20, 2011
When lifelong North Carolina fan John Snipes and his buddies attended a Clemson-South Carolina football game seven years ago, they walked past an orange-and-white Clemson-themed hearse in the tailgate area with a tiger paw logo painted on the hood.
The rest of Snipes' group admired it, laughed, then forgot about it. Snipes, on the other hand, hatched an idea to one-up it.
Upon...
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October 20, 2011
The North Carolina Tar Heels claimed 30 of 31 first-place votes to earn the top spot in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches preseason poll. The Kentucky Wildcats received the other first place vote and start the college basketball season ranked second with Ohio State Buckeyes, Connecticut and Syracuse rounding out the top five. The Duke Blue Devils are sixth, followed by Vanderbilt, Louisville...
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October 19, 2011
Clemson holds a 34-19-1 lead in the series with North Carolina that dates to 1897, the second year of Clemson football. The 1897 game was just the sixth game in Clemson football history and the Tar Heels won that game 28-0. It was the first game for the Tigers against a team that is now in the ACC Clemson has won five of the last seven meetings dating to the 1999 season, Tommy Bowden...
Inside Carolina's weekly 'State of the Heels' discussion hosted by Buck Sanders, featuring former Tar Heels Scott Lenahan, Deems May, Quincy Monk and Mark Paschal ...
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October 19, 2011
Just a few days before the deadline when former North Carolina coach Butch Davis was expected to turn in cell phone records, including personal phone bills, to requesting media outlets, Davis’ lawyer has filed papers asking the subpoena be terminated. Requesting media, including the The Raleigh News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer, has asked for…
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October 19, 2011
The big question heading into ACC Operation basketball was not who would be picked to win the ACC but whether or not UNC would put four players on the All-ACC team. The Heels ended up with three players on the preseason All-ACC team including the pick for conference player of the year and being tabbed to win the regular season.
ACC Preseason Predictions
First place votes in parenthesis...
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October 18, 2011
Oct 22, 12:00 PM | Grass of Memorial Stadium
North Carolina Tar Heels vs Clemson Tigers Odds
5-2TEAM RECORD7-0
The Tigers will do battle with the visiting North Carolina Tar Heels on Saturday, looking to bolster their record and fatten the pocketbooks of bettors who back them.
The Tigers are 7-0 so far on the season, and 6-1 ATS vs. the number. The Tar Heels, meanwhile...
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October 19, 2011
UNC was picked to finish first in the 2011-12 preseason ACC poll voted on by media members at today’s ACC Operation Basketball in Charlotte. Below are the media's preseason predictions.
2011-12 ACC Preseason Predictions
ACC Operation Basketball, Charlotte, N.C.
59 Ballots
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October 19, 2011
Final Stats | Sagula Postgame Podcast (mp3)| Season Statistics |North Carolina fell to Duke, 3-0 (25-18, 27-25,25-22) in a nationally televised match with the Blue Devils from Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Tar Heels remain second in the Atlantic Coast Conference with an 8-2 mark, 16-5 overall, while Duke improves to 7-3 in the conference, 13-6 overall.
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