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Yet Another College Basketball Column (Post-Selection Edition)

Sadac Israel — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:29:26 +0000

Coming Tuesday: The correct way to measure which teams are hot heading into the NCAA tournament. The Last Four In Trying to predict how a group of people will vote is not a scientific process. This is why I no longer make an official bracket prediction myself. But I think a few things factored into [...]

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Wolfpack cruises past BC

Sadac Israel — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:53:23 +0000

RALEIGH — N.C. State’s celebratory postgame locker room gathering was just about to break up Saturday afternoon when senior linebacker Nate Irving called the team to a halt. After three straight losses to his former team, coach Tom O’Brien finally had directed N.C. State to a victory over Boston College, the Wolfpack winning 44-17 at [...]

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Pieces Appear To Be In Place For Wolfpack Surge

Sadac Israel — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:17:52 +0000

North Carolina State coach Sidney Lowe says he is excited about the possibilities that could await his fifth season with the Wolfpack. The Wolfpack bring back an All-Atlantic Coast Conference performer in Tracy Smith, several experienced returnees in Javi Gonzalez and Scott Wood and a recruiting class that ranks among the nation’s top groups. With [...]

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Heels cruising through conference

Sadac Israel — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:56:38 +0000

The Tar Heels overcome personnel losses, a shallow bench and poor shooting to get back to the top of the ACC after a 0-2 start in the league. Now, UNC may get Tyler Zeller back Wednesday CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Was it really only a month ago that North Carolina was wondering how to dig [...]

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UNC’s game with Vanderbilt is top secret

Sadac Israel — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:38:01 +0000

CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina’s men’s basketball team, a Final Four favorite, will play for the first time this season against Vanderbilt — on Nov. 2 at the Smith Center. But it’s not on the preseason schedule. You can’t buy a ticket. It won’t be on TV. And the score will never be made public [...]

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Duke Clipboard

Sadac Israel — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:35:04 +0000

INSIDE THE GAME Duke coach David Cutcliffe was surprised to see Duke execute poorly and play passively on offense in the loss at Georgia Tech, considering the team had such a good week in practice. “Which concerns me,” Cutcliffe said Sunday. “Something isn’t correlating. We have to address it quickly.” In the past, he has [...]

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UNC ranked No. 22

Sadac Israel — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:34:24 +0000

Tar Heels hope to stay grounded CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina is back in The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time since November 2001. And the No. 22 Tar Heels hope they have finally found the running attack to keep them there. Converted safety Shaun Draughn accounted for 109 of UNC’s 146 rushing [...]

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Davis credits UNC’s preparation

Sadac Israel — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:11:26 +0000

Tar Heels dominated game against Rutgers after so-so win over McNeese State PISCATAWAY, N.J. – North Carolina coach Butch Davis was pleased by his team’s dominating Thursday night performance at Rutgers Stadium. But what might bode the brightest for the Tar Heels’ continued rebuilding effort — and their ACC opener against Virginia Tech next weekend [...]

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Cutcliffe has Duke thinking positively

Sadac Israel — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:05:44 +0000

DURHAM – In years past, Duke’s football team would not have defeated Navy on Saturday in Wallace Wade Stadium. Instead of a 41-31 Duke win, here’s what would have happened: * Navy would have forced a couple of turnovers late. * The Blue Devils defense would have gone into a surrender posture during the fourth [...]

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UNC’s Lawson, Ellington, Green to return

Sadac Israel — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:34:23 +0000

The three UNC players who were testing their status in the NBA draft all said they would return to campus for next season, setting the Tar Heels up for a national title run. Point guard Ty Lawson, forward Wayne Ellington and last year’s sixth man, Danny Green, withdrew their names from the draft Monday, the [...]

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