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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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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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Panthers’ rally good for 1st

Sadac Israel — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:12:29 +0000

Win puts Carolina atop NFC South CHARLOTTE – For only the third time in franchise history, the Carolina Panthers are 6-2 at the halfway point of their season. They rallied from a 14-point deficit in the third quarter — matching the second-best comeback in team history — to beat the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 on Sunday [...]

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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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Hurricanes are eager to start over tonight

Sadac Israel — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:46:34 +0000

RALEIGH – Opening night in the National Hockey League is all about new beginnings. A new season, with all its possibilities. New faces in the locker room. New hope. So it will be tonight for the Carolina Hurricanes, who open the season against the Florida Panthers at the RBC Center. The Hurricanes missed the playoffs [...]

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Today’s key football games

Sadac Israel — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:35:48 +0000

NO. 7 BROUGHTON AT NO. 1 WF-ROLESVILLE 7 P.M., TRENTINI STADIUM WF-R WON 14-13 IN 2007 Top-ranked Wake Forest-Rolesville (5-1) faces red-hot Broughton. The 5-2 Caps upended Leesville Road last week. Broughton’s Emery Young averages 113 yards rushing, while WF-R QB Tim Hartman gets 119 yards passing. NO. 5 WAKEFIELD AT NO. 9 LEESVILLE ROAD [...]

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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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Canes end preseason with win

Sadac Israel — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:34:45 +0000

RALEIGH – Rod Brind’Amour wanted more minutes. Ray Whitney wanted the puck, and Cam Ward refused to let one go past him. The Carolina Hurricanes ended the preseason Sunday with a solid 2-0 victory over the Nashville Predators, getting the winning goal from Whitney and a shutout from Ward in goal. And, in the end, [...]

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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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