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Let's face it; these early opponents, Florida International and N.C. Central are not good teams. They both had 20 losses or more last year. The only way these games will be ...
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tarheelblue.cstv.com - 14 days ago
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Nov. 9, 2009 By Lauren Brownlow The Basics
Defending national champions North Carolina will begin the 2009-10
season against Florida International on Monday night. FIU was 13-20 last season and 7-11 in conference, and lost four starters from that ...
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The Big Blue Daily Mail -- Season Kickoff Edition
A Sea Of Blue —
... Well, what do you know, the basketball season has officially begun, but with a whimper rather than a bang. North Carolina opened up tonight against the Fighting Isaiah Thomases, and lo and behold, the Tar Heels were not even a shell of last year's team. But of course, like UK, they are very young but very talented, and they will certainly improve.
The SB Nation UNC blog Carolina March has more, as does this News and Observer piece, about how the Heels did in their first outing versus an opponent that counts. Of ...
Around the SB Nation: Hokies' uniforms worst ever?
Rocky Top Talk —
... could've been worse. A year ago I sat through a miserable downpour in 28 degree weather to watch Michigan lose to a Northwestern team they probably could've beaten. But Saturday wasn't like that.
Saturday was sunny.
Black Shoe Diaries bids adieu to casual Penn State fans until next season.
Team Speeds Kills, on the lessons learned from the weekend.
Basketball season kicks off, and North Carolina is out of the gate with an 88-72 win over Florida International.
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