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#5 UNC vs #9 Wisconsin

What: ACC-B1G Challenge Where: Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill, NC When: Wednesday, November 30th, 9:30 PM TV: ESPN Records: UNC 5-1; Wisconsin 6-0

After the sort of surprising first loss of the season to UNLV in Las Vegas on Saturday night, UNC must rebound quickly to take on a pair of top ten opponents who [...]

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Wisconsin’s Former AD Hates Roy Williams Or Something

This is silly season material at its finest.

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UNC To Host Wisconsin For ACC-Big 10/11/12 Challenge

For those who wanted Ohio State will have to settle for a rematch of the 2005 East Regional Final. Here is the full schedule via Inside Carolina:

Tuesday, November 29

Miami at Purdue Northwestern at Georgia Tech Illinois at Maryland Michigan at Virginia Clemson at Iowa Duke at Ohio State

Wednesday, November 30

Indiana at [...]

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UNC at #20 Illinois

What: ACC-Big Ten Challenge Where: Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL When: Tuesday, November 30th, 9:30 PM TV: ESPN Records: UNC 4-2; Illinois 6-1

Even before the season started, this was expected to be a tough game and the most probable game for UNC to collect a loss. Of course there was also the belief  the Heels [...]

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Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One…

… but Jeff Goodman at Fox Sports.com is reporting UNC will play at Illinois in this year’s ACC/Big 10 Challenge. I say “stop me if you’ve heard this one” because in the 12 years of the event, Carolina has only played four teams: Michigan State (four times), Ohio State (twice), Indiana (twice), and Illinois.

This [...]

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UNC 89 MSU 82

There are a lot of parts we could discuss about this game but leaving the Smith Center tonight one thing struck me as the most important benefit UNC gleaned from this game:

Confidence.

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Title Game Rematch in Chapel Hill December 1st

Just like 2006.

The ACC/Big Ten Challenge schedule has been released for 2009-2010 and UNC will host Michigan St. in Chapel Hill on December 1st.  In 2006 UNC hosted Illinois eight months after they had beaten the Illini for the title.  The Heels lost the rematch mainly because Illinois still retained some of their players [...]

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THF On Vacation Open Thread

Okay, I am going to be offline for the next week as the Tar Heel Family heads to Disney World.  I was instructed by Tar Heel Wife that I would not be bringing my laptop to Disney and am currently in negotiations to hold on to my Blackberry for the week.

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ACC 8 Big Ten 3

It has been said that the definition of insanity doing something over and over while expecting a different result.  If this is true then the Big Ten is certifiable.  Nine times we have played this and every year the results have been the same.  Maybe it’s just me but I think it might be time [...]

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UNC at Ohio State: Live Blog

This is like deja vu all over again. Last year UNC hosted then #1 Ohio State in a game that did not include Greg Oden. This time it is #1 UNC(I have always been an AP poll kind of guy) heading to Ohio State who is 4-1 but presently unranked. The Buckeyes beat #21 Syracuse [...]

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