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Tar Heel Fan found this 7/18/2008 on sports.espn.go.com [flag]
AKRON, Ohio -- North Carolina coach Roy Williams made it clear to his Tar Heels that if they don't put the team first in their quest for a national title, they won't play for him next season. "If I feel that someone is out for themselves, I don't give a darn who it is, they won't play," Williams said last week in Akron, Ohio, while evaluating high school talent at the LeBron James Nike Skills ... [link]

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Roy Talks With Andy Katz
Published 7/18/2008 by Tar Heel Fan at Tar Heel Fan
I am actually surprised at the frequency of articles we are still getting about basketball.  The first meaningful game is four months away and the media keeps pumping out articles such as this one about the 2008-09 Tar Heels.  Granted there is still some level of housekeeping going on concerning the active spring/early summer.  It is a requirement that everyone’s take on the NBA draft process and the decision of the Tar Heel Three to return is recorded.  In this article Roy discusses everything from the expectations next season to how surprised he was Lawson, Green and Ellington returned.  Selected quotes after the jump. ...

The Daily Roundup: Monday
Published 7/21/2008 by Ed (noreply@blogger.com) at ACC BasketBlog
The BEST ACC Sports Coverage!!! PHOTO: The ACC Coaches met last week to discuss the upcoming season. Gotta love the South Park take on former Duke coach Ted Roof and The Fridge, to the left. Getting your mind right: Mike Wise of the Washington Post - Dancing With a Star: "Before accusing the Redskins of having a quick-trigger in trading for Jason Taylor, realize that it was a move they absolutely had to make." Beijing curbs cars to clear the air in time for Olympics: "Authorities Sunday ordered half of Beijing's 3.3 million ...

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Five burning questions about the ACC

ACC BasketBlog found this 7/18/2008 on www.ajc.com

The ACC Preseason football meetings start Sunday at Reynolds Plantation at Lake Oconee. There will be a million questions asked by the assembled scribes, but here are five that interest me: 1. What will the Georgia Tech defense look like...
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Times set for the ACC/Big Ten Challenge

AEM posted 7/18/2008 from unc5corners.blogspot.com

Looking around I found that ESPN has released the tv schedule for the 10th ACC/Big Ten Challenge. From what you will see below ESPN and ESPN2 will show nine of the games and ESPNU will televise the other two games of the Challenge.
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Another signature on the championship wall in Chapel Hill

AEM posted 7/19/2008 from unc5corners.blogspot.com

People sometimes ask me why I'm proud of being a Tar Heel. Well, in about 5 lines you can understand it all. And those five lines are written in this short blog on the official web site of UNC Athletics.
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ACC Nation podcast — Phil Steele interview

Eagle in Atlanta -- atleagle.com found this 7/18/2008 on accnation.com

Click below to listen: Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes Phil Steele, who publishes and writes one of the most-respect college football preview magazines on the market, joins ACC Nation this week to talk ACC football. Visit Phil’s website ...
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Sources: Former Harvard-Westlake standout Stepheson to transfer to USC - The Daily Breeze

Tar Heel Fan found this 7/18/2008 on www.dailybreeze.com

Former Harvard-Westlake High of Studio City and North Carolina forward Alex Stepheson informed USC he intends to transfer to the school in the fall, according to sources close to Stepheson. The 6-foot-9 junior also considered UCLA and Arizona State ...
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