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UNC hires Hubert Davis as assistant

North Carolina has hired former Tar Heels guard and NBA veteran Hubert Davis as an assistant men's basketball coach. Davis was a first-round draft pick in 1992 and played 12 years in the NBA. He spent the past seven years as a college basketball analyst on ESPN. Davis replaced Jerod Haase, who left in March after nine years as an assistant in Chapel Hill to become head coach...
Via AP on Fox  |  25 days ago

North Carolina hires Huber Davis as assistant

North Carolina has hired former Tar Heels guard and NBA veteran Hubert Davis as an assistant men's basketball coach. Davis was a first-round draft pick in 1992 and played 12 years in the NBA. He spent the past seven years as a college basketball analyst on ESPN. Davis replaced Jerod Haase, who left in March after nine years as an assistant in Chapel Hill to become head coach...
Via AP on Fox  |  25 days ago

Holly Warlick well-prepared to be Lady Vols' coach

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Holly Warlick has her work cut out for her as Tennessee's new women's basketball coach. She is replacing Pat Summitt, which has been compared to following Dean Smith at North Carolina, John Wooden at UCLA or Bear Bryant at Alabama. Warlick, however, says she's simply taking over a program she's very familiar with for her close friend....
Via Fox Sports Tennessee  |  April 20, 2012

UNC’s Smith And Gutheridge: Coaching Lives Shared

(Bob Rosato/Sports Illustrated)Dean Smith and Bill Guthridge have known each other most of theirlives. They grew up not too far apart from one another in Kansas and Smith oncedated Gutheridge’s sister.In 1967, Smith invited Guthridge to join him in Chapel Hillwhere the two spent their remaining basketball careers together. They won National Championships in 1982 and1993, and even...
Via Today's ACC Headlines  |  April 04, 2012

UNC's Williams says team should be "ticked off"

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --- So where does North Carolina go from here? It may take the Tar Heels until lining up to face nationally-ranked Virginia on Saturday at the Dean Smith Center before they shake most of Wednesday's shocking 85-84 home loss to Duke at the buzzer. The pain that probably caused a lot of sleepless nights along Tobacco Road must resonate within the players 10-fold...
Via Fox Sports Carolinas  |  February 09, 2012

UNC-Duke Night: Here’s Dean Smith’s Recruiting Letter To Michael Jordan

UNC legend Michael Jordan did a little public reminiscing today via Twitter, probably because his Tar Heels meet arch rival Duke tonight. Jordan tweeted a photo of a recruiting letter Dean Smith sent to him and his family on Sept. 30, 1980 after he first visited the UNC campus. It’s kind of folksy and we say that because Smith was apparently fond of using the word folks. The...
Via Busted Coverage  |  February 08, 2012
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Dean Smith's recruiting letter to Michael Jordan

Now that is one piece of North Carolina basketball history right there. Fittingly, given it is a piece of North Carolina basketball history, the letter from then-Tar Heels head coach Dean Smith to Mr. and Mrs. James Jordan and Michael is housed at the Carolina Basketball Museum, where such relics should be placed. A pic [...]
Via Sportress of Blogitude  |  February 08, 2012

Baller's Almanac for January 6th, 2012

On this day in 1965, Dean Smith was hung in effigy outside of Woollen Gym. The Tar Heels were returning from Winston-Salem where they had just suffered their 4th consecutive loss. When the bus arrived about 100 students were waiting around a stuffed dummy suspended by a noose. Smith would later write that he knew it was him "because of its long nose." Two of his players...
Via Bloguin Best  |  January 06, 2012

Phoenix open as college hoops underdog vs Tar Heels

Dec 29, 7:00 PM | Dean Smith Center Elon Phoenix vs North Carolina Tar Heels Odds 7-4TEAM RECORD11-2 The visiting Phoenix hope to send their backers to the pay window on Thursday as they look to cover the spread at Dean Smith Center against the North Carolina Tar Heels. The Phoenix will look to vanquish their hosts on Thursday, as they are 5-3 ATS versus the spread this...
Via Odds Shark NCAAB Previews  |  December 29, 2011

UNC embraces opportunity to improve

Chapel Hill, NC -- Forget who North Carolina's opponent was Tuesday night at the Dean Smith Center, although Evansville does own a victory over Butler this season. This game wasn't about the Purple Aces, not who they are and what they might become. Given UNC's circumstances, this was about the Tar Heels and what kind of team they might develop into. We know they are...
Via Fox Sports Carolinas  |  December 06, 2011
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