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As the 2000s wind to a close, Sports Illustrated has been looking at the decade in various sports. Up today: college basketball.
And to nobody’s surprise, the Blue Devils were involved in almost every list. The Miracle Minute came in at No. 7 on the best games of the decade. Indiana’s 2002 regional semifinal win over [...]
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Move over, J.J. Redick.
Tyler Hansbrough is the ACC’s new scoring leader.
Hansbrough hit a free throw with 15:43 left in North Carolina’s opening-round game against Radford Thursday to give him 2,770 career points, the most in ACC history. The crowd in Greensboro gave him a short standing ovation. Coming into the game, Hansbrough needed just three [...]
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In the preseason poll, North Carolina was a unanimous pick for the No. 1 team in the country.
Eighteen weeks later, the choice is still that simple: On April 6, the Tar Heels will be cutting down the nets in Detroit.
The only thing currently working against North Carolina is the right big toe of Ty Lawson. [...]
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Photo by Chase Olivieri/The Chronicle
ATLANTA — Tyler Hansbrough ran off the floor of the Georgia Dome, struggling to find the right tunnel to the North Carolina locker room, but with his arms raised in triumph the whole time. He trailed his head coach, Roy Williams, who cleared his own path to jog off the court. [...]
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Just a week ago, it seemed as if the race for ACC Player of the Year teetered between North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson and Duke forward Gerald Henderson, with the individual laurel presumably going to the player whose team won in Chapel Hill Sunday. The Tar Heels beat Duke 79-71, and as expected, Lawson [...]
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When I got dressed to catch my 10:45 a.m. flight from RDU to Chicago this morning, I had no idea my selection of a Duke T-shirt would be such a conversation starter.
Let’s just say I vastly underestimated the number of Tar Heel fans who had come to Carolina to watch the game. I small talked [...]
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If only there were some love for Mike Krzyzewski’s team this week. Duke kept it close with North Carolina for 30 minutes, but Ty Lawson and the Tar Heels pulled away late to give Tyler Hansbrough and Danny Green their fourth straight win in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Some other notes from the loss: It was really [...]
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Anytime North Carolina comes to Duke, the game figures to be littered with historical hyperbole. Every contest provides the players on both teams to cement their legacy in this rivalry—and every player wants to be the one whose highlight is still being shown 20 years later.
There was no signature play Wednesday night—no Stackhouse dunk or [...]
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The Chronicle talked for a few minutes on the phone with Seth Davis Wednesday afternoon. Davis writes for SI.com and is a studio analyst for CBS Sports. Plus, he’s a Chronicle alumnus.
What are some of the keys for Duke to win tonight?
I think it’s a more important game for Duke than North Carolina given the [...]
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