basketballprospectus.com - 12/8/2008
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The Tar Heels have destroyed all comers this season, outscoring even their major-conference opponents by .30 points per possession.
totalprosports.com - 12/10/2008
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totalprosports.com —
Total Pro Sports - Sorry to all our
readers as we missed week 2, enough of that
lets get back to the sport we love NCAA College Basketball. Can North Carolina book their hotel rooms for Detroit and the Final Four come early April? They are #1 in ..
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College Basketball Power Rankings: Week 3
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thebiglead.com - 12/9/2008
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thebiglead.com —
Let’s preface this with two statements: Florida QB
Tim Tebow is a tremendous college football player. North
Carolina PF Tyler Hansbrough is a excellent college basketball player. But can you recall a time when the media has gone so ...
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The Media’s Love Affair with Tyler Hansbrough and ...
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How good is UNC? Your eyes agree with the numbers
The Dagger —
... are, one day, going to
be as famous as their baseball brethren. To help fans see things their
eyes don't tell them -- this is a service with a future.
Of course, it's more fun when tempo-free numbers line up completely
with what your eyes tell you. North Carolina's success this year could
best be described as "insane." Actually, come to think of it, it's
still early December, and I've already run out of ways to describe how good the Tar Heels have been. Basketball Prospectus' Jon Gasaway has the numbers, and they concur: ...
UNC Should Join the NBA
Carolina March —
UNC Should Join the NBA
John Gasaway has the same problem I do about writing about this team - what's there to say besides "Wow?"
Daily Links (12/08/08)
The 5th Corner —
... At the Basketball Prospectus they are thinking that head coach Roy Williams and his squad should just leave the NCAA and join the NBA ...
Gasaway: UNC is “Insane”
Tar Heel Fan —
John Gasaway at Basketball Propsectus takes a look at the Heels’ first eight games and decides they would be better suited for the NBA.
I know. I hate it when folks say a college team could beat the Grizzilies or something along those lines. I think Gasaway’s ultimate point is UNC is existing on a plane above the rest of the college basketball. Sure plenty can still go wrong but after eight games, UNC has been incredible.
Rather than rake the ashes of this particular blowout, then, I resolved to look ahead and ask a question. One that, as it happens, is put to me on a daily ...
MBB Game 21: UNC at FSU, Jan 28th at 9pm EST
Tomahawk Nation —
... In the early going, things looked good. UNC was beating big time opponents with ease, but their run fell short when they faced Boston College, who then flopped to Harvard, and again to Wake Forest. Two early losses in the ACC is not what any UNC fan expected, nor did the rest of the country. Let's take a look at some scary numbers: ...
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You Think This Is Bad?
tarheelfanblog.com 1/13/2009 — This isn’t bad. Try this.
January 4th, 1997: #2 Wake Forest 81 #11 UNC 57
January 8th, 1997: #19 Maryland 85 #13 UNC 75
January 11th, 1997: Virginia 75 #13 UNC 62
That is how ACC played opened for the Tar Heels in 1997. Three double ...
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HANSBROUGH INJURY SETS UNC BACK
community.foxsports.com 10/31/2008 — First the top-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels
lost Marcus Ginyard, their top defensive player, to a stress fracture on his
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Tar Heels on top as season sets to begin - Men's College Basketball
sports.espn.go.com 10/13/2008 — This is it. The last top 25 to get you started on the 2008-09 season. North Carolina is the consensus No. 1. That hasn't changed. But the group of seven teams directly under UNC, the ones that provide the toughest test for the Tar Heels, is a bit more ...
Vegas Odds: Season Edition Vol. 1
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It seems like we’re still feeling things out, getting our bearings, and getting to know some teams in this college basketball season, but ...
North Carolina remains unanimous No. 1 —
The Seattle Times: Sports 12/8/2008
North Carolina's 35-point romp over a ranked team kept the Tar Heels a unanimous No. 1 choice in The Associated Press' college basketball poll Monday. Ohio State joined the Top 25 following a pair of five-point victories over ranked teams.
