Carolina will face tough challenge Saturday at BC
Life gets no easier for a North Carolina football team fighting to have the best possible season it can under some genuinely trying circumstances. At 7-3, 3-3 in the ACC, the Tar Heels will travel to Boston College this week to face the Eagles, who are 7-3, 4-2 in the league. The game will kickoff at noon.
(Tar Heel Daily)
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Boston College line is all straightened out
The mind-set has been a BC staple over the years: run first, whether your quarterbacks is fifth-year veteran Matt Ryan or 25-year-old freshman Dave Shinskie. Shinskie has earned his letter after a monthlong apprenticeship.
(Boston Globe)
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Special game to Boston College seniors
The last home game is emotional for each senior class at Boston College. In one of the final chapters of his collegiate football career, each departing senior is sure to cherish some special memory and reflect on his accomplishments.
(Boston Herald)
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Previewing Syracuse
A [Syracuse] exhibition loss to LeMoyne on Nov. 3 raised serious concerns, but blowout wins over Albany and Robert Morris followed and just over two weeks later that preseason loss seemed a distant memory as the Orange dismantled California in Thursday's 2K Sports Classic semifinal. Point guard Scoop Jardine led the way against Cal, posting 22 points, six rebounds, six assists and four steals.
(Inside Carolina)
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Syracuse Game Guide
No. 6 North Carolina (4-0) will face off against No. 24 Syracuse (3-0) in the finals of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic tonight. Carolina beat No. 15 Ohio State 77-73 in the late game after Syracuse vanquished No. 12 Cal, 95-73. The Tar Heels have a 27-8 record in Madison Square Garden; its last loss came in the Preseason NIT to Gonzaga in November of 2006. Carolina has a 4-2 record against Syracuse.
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Orange and Tar Heels meet at Madison Square Garden
The championship game of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer pits the sixth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels against the dangerous Syracuse Orange. No team nationally has been more dominant than Syracuse thus far, as it has won its first three games by an average margin in excess of 31 points. Last night, the team completely dismantled 13th-ranked California in a 95-73 final in front of the New York crowd.
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Video: UNC-Ohio State highlights
Highlights of Carolina's 77-73 win over Ohio State in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic in Madison Sqaure Garden.
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No. 6 Tar Heels pass test vs. No. 15 Ohio St.
There was coach Roy Williams' halftime rant directed at Ginyard, something that never happens. "I chewed his rear end out probably the hardest I've ever got on him," Williams said of the fifth-year senior. "If I'm going to chew him out, it scares the dickens out of the rest of the team. He's one of my pets."
(Associated Press)
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Bucs' Barth kicks his way into record book
Connor Barth kicked himself into the NFL and Bucs record books Sunday. As a result, the likelihood of Barth getting the boot from the Bucs anytime soon has been greatly diminished.
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Video: UNC-Miami highlights from the sideline
Highlights of the UNC-Miami football game from a field-level perspective.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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Lucas: A Lot On The Line
Everyone knew that somehow, somewhere, some Tar Heel was going to have to make shots like these. But tonight? On a night when Carolina led by 19 midway through the second half and 10 with 53 seconds to play, no one expected it to be tonight. It felt like the Tar Heels had negated that possibility by playing a much more complete first 30 minutes.
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Big Apple Survival
For a city that never sleeps, the first 35 minutes of Thursday’s contest between No. 4 North Carolina and No. 15 Ohio State provided an insomniac’s dream of a snoozer. But the Tar Heels were able to hold off the Buckeyes’ adrenaline-fueled late rally to collect a 77-73 victory at Madison Square Garden.
(Inside Carolina)
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UNC-OSU: Postgame Quotes + Audio
"Some of the things that we’ve been worried about – the turnovers – we’ve still got to do a better job with that. But I liked our competitiveness tonight. The first three games we were okay, but last Sunday we weren’t very tough mentally or physically, and I thought we were tonight. It is a very good basketball team that we beat. I think we have a good chance of being a very good basketball team. I just want it to come sooner than it is coming to us.”
(Inside Carolina)
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Scary end, but the beat goes on for UNC
It's downright maddening. Where's the stumble from too many guys leaving early for the NBA draft? Not here. Future lottery pick Ed Davis gets in foul trouble? No problem. Roy Williams will pluck future lottery pick John Henson off the bench. What, 6-10 Deon Thompson needs a breather? Alrighty, let's see, will Williams go with 6-10 twins Travis and David Wear or 7-foot Tyler Zeller? Oh, the inhumanity of it all.
(ESPN.com)
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Ginyard steps up as UNC stopper
About an hour before Thursday's game against No. 15 Ohio State, UNC shooting guard Marcus Ginyard posted a three-word message on his Twitter account: "talk is cheap" His sixth-ranked Tar Heels went on to win, 77-73, holding off a late Buckeyes rally, but Ginyard, when asked about his Tweet, grew cagey and looked down at the locker room floor. "You know what?" he said. "I'm going to take this opportunity not to elaborate on that."
(Sports Illustrated)
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Tar Heels’ youth is served
The North Carolina basketball team features seven freshmen and sophomores among its top nine players. Roy Williams likes to remind people of this, because he realizes not every night is going to be like Thursday, when his Tar Heels dominated No. 15 Ohio State for most of the game before staving off a late rally in a 77-73 win at Madison Square Garden.
(Yahoo!)
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North Carolina-Syracuse Preview
Roy Williams believes North Carolina has the tools to be among the best teams in the country, but it hasn't always looked one in winning its first four games. In Friday night's championship game of the 2K Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden, the sixth-ranked Tar Heels again try for a solid performance from start to finish against an Orange team coming off an impressive upset of another team in the AP Top 25.
(Sporting News)
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Durant brothers learn from each other
Darian and Justin Durant are brothers in pads. They have defied the odds and both are playing professional football, albeit in different leagues. Darian is the 27-year-old starting quarterback with the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders while Justin, 24, is the starting middle linebacker with the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars. The brothers will be on the field Sunday with their respective teams.
(Kelowna.com)
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Shinskie ready for UNC's defense
Dave Shinskie knows all about the four passes North Carolina picked off against Miami a week ago. He knows all about the 14 interceptions the Tar Heels have this season, second to Clemson in the ACC. He knows all about the two touchdowns North Carolina defensive backs returned for touchdowns in their upset win over Miami a week ago. But he's still worried more about the guys up front.
(ESPN.com)
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Tar Heels win 'ugly' over Ohio State
North Carolina held a 19-point second-half lead on Ohio State Thursday night and appeared well on its way to a blowout victory. But the No. 15 Buckeyes made shot after shot down the stretch and triggered a frenzied ending before time ran out and the No. 6 Tar Heels held on for a 77-73 victory in the semifinals of the 2K Sports Coaches vs. Cancer Classic before 15,635 at Madison Square Garden.
(SNY.tv)
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Heels find intensity in Ohio St. win
Roy Williams said his team didn't get very good leadership during its lackadaisical victory over Valparaiso last Sunday. Obviously, that stuck in senior Marcus Ginyard's craw - and he stuck it to No. 15 Ohio State. Led by Ginyard's defense, determination and timely buckets, the sixth-ranked Tar Heels (4-0) survived a late-game surge by the Buckeyes, 77-73 Thursday night at Madison Square Garden in their first real test of the season.
(Raleigh News & Observer)
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Tar Heels Outlast Buckeyes in MSG
Deon Thompson had 15 points and 12 rebounds and No. 6 North Carolina managed to hold on for a 77-73 victory over No. 15 Ohio State in the 2K Sports Classic semifinals on Thursday night. The Tar Heels (4-0), who led by 19 points with 10:23 to play, will face Syracuse, which beat No. 13 California 95-73, in Friday night's championship game of the tournament that benefits Coaches vs. Cancer.
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UNC Off To A Quick Start In Gamecock Swimming Invite
Both Tar Heel men and women's swimming teams finished day one in the Gamecock Invitational with an impressive lead. The Tar Heels are competing against nine other schools in the three-day meet in Colombia, South Carolina. "This kind of competition and setting in the fall is something we aim for and try to focus on. It is a great rehearsal for the ACC and NCAA Championships," said head coach Rich DeSelm.
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Ten Tar Heels Earn All-Region Field Hockey Recognition
Ten members of the UNC field hockey team have earned 2009 Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-South Region honors, as selected by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association and announced on Thursday. Six Tar Heels - seniors Melanie Brill, Illse Davids and Danielle Forword, juniors Katelyn Falgowski and Jackie Kintzer, and freshman Kelsey Kolojejchick - were named to the first team.
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Michael Farfan Honored By Top Drawer Soccer
UNC midfielder Michael Farfan, a first-team All-ACC selection, was honored by Top Drawer Soccer Thursday with a spot on its 2009 Men's College Soccer Team of the Season. Farfan was a third-team choice after posting five goals and three assists this season. An impact player after transferring to Chapel Hill from Cal State Fullerton, Farfan has started all 18 matches and was a two-time ACC Player of the Week during the regular season.
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