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March 1, 2001 | General
Saturday, February 17, 2001
MBB: Tar Heels Bond -- All The Way To No. 1
Raleigh News & Observer/By Dave Droschak (AP)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- The Tar Heels needed more than extra
practice when Matt Doherty got into town...
MBB: Boone Injures Ankle, Doubtful For Sunday
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
North Carolina guard Adam Boone sprained his left ankle Thursday
night and is unlikely to play in Sunday's game at Clemson...
MBB: Lang Expected to Be Ready For Clemson, Boone Doubtful
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
UNC reserve point guard Adam Boone sprained his left ankle in a Smith Center
parking lot after practice Thursday night, and he is doubtful for the top-ranked Tar
Heels' game at Clemson on Sunday (4 p.m., WRAL)...
Friday, February 16, 2001
MBB: Doherty Issues Apology
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
An off-hand comment made by North Carolina basketball coach Matt
Doherty during a recent ACC game has become big news for some...
MBB: ACC Notebook: Tar Heels Welcome Chance To Rest, Heal
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
Notice something missing from Wednesday night's four-game,
what-could-possibly-happen-next ACC slate? How about the No. 1
team in the nation, North Carolina. The Tar Heels last played on
Saturday, when they routed Maryland 96-82 in Chapel Hill for their 18th win in a row. You might think,
with that kind of momentum, that UNC coach Matt Doherty would like to play every day. Not so...
College Report: Strong First Day For UNC Swimmers
Durham Herald-Sun/Staff Reports
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- North Carolina has taken an early lead after one day of
competition at the ACC Women's Swimming & Diving Championship...
Thursday, February 15, 2001
MBB: Forte, Peppers Elected To Student Seats
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
Joseph Forte won't find out for several weeks whether he will be
chosen the ACC's player of the year. Julius Peppers already been
voted, in one poll, the nation's best two-sport athlete...
WBB:
UNC Women Coast To Victory
Durham Herald-Sun/Staff Report
CHAPEL HILL -- The North Carolina women's basketball team stepped outside the
ACC on Wednesday evening and improved to 14-10 on the season with a 72-54 win
over visiting Coastal Carolina at Carmichael Auditorium...
Wednesday, February 14, 2001
MBB: UNC Notebook: Heels, Devils on a Pedastal
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
In the polls, North Carolina is No. 1 and Duke is No. 3. In the Ratings Percentage
Index, North Carolina is No. 1, Duke No. 3. In the Sagarin computer ratings, Duke is
No. 1, North Carolina No. 3. Stanford is No. 2 in all those rankings...
MBB: Break Time Falls Right For Heels
Greensboro News & Record/By Rob Daniels
When they won three games in six days, the North Carolina Tar Heels became No. 1 in the polls and in the Ratings Percentage Index. And when they came up for air, they realized they would soon get another benefit from all the exercise: a reprieve...
MBB: Ready To Rumble
Winston-Salem Journal/By Lenox Rawlings
CHAPEL HILL - The wine-and-cheese crowd now rises during the opening tap and
roars in unison, the visceral appetizer before North Carolina feasts on another
visitor...
College Roundup: Baseball, Swimming, Wrestling Reports
Durham Herald-Sun
North Carolina scored six first-inning runs and added
three more in the eighth en route to a win over Coastal Carolina at Boshamer
Stadium....
Tuesday, February 13, 2001
MBB: Tight Race For ACC Honor
Raleigh News & Observer/By Caulton Tudor
With three weeks of regular-season basketball games left, the
ACC's race for player of the year is down to a three-horse race, all
indoor thoroughbreds. In alphabetical order, the winner will be
Shane Battier (Duke), Joseph Forte (North Carolina) or Jason
Williams (Duke). The closest vote in years is virtually certain. "How
do you pick from those three?" ESPN analyst Dick Vitale asked.
"All three deserve it."...
MBB: UNC Remains No. 1 In AP Hoops Poll
Raleigh News & Observer/By Steve Bailey (AP)
North Carolina (21-2), which extended the nation's longest winning streak to 18 games with victories
over Wake Forest and Maryland last week, received 62 first-place votes and 1,742 points from the
national media panel...
MBB: Could ACC Get Six Pack in NCAA Tournament
Durham Herald-Sun/By Al Featherston
Georgia Tech's victory over Virginia on Sunday in Atlanta made a lot of people in the
ACC hierarchy happy...
MBB: Devils, Heels Among ACC Finalists
Durham Herald-Sun/Staff Report
ATLANTA -- Four area players -- Shane Battier and Jason Williams of Duke and
Joseph Forte and Brendan Haywood of North Carolina -- are among the finalists for
the Naismith men's college basketball player-of-the-year award...
MBB: Getting Pummeled and Other Moments in Mascot History
Greensboro News & Record/Staff Report
The UNC mascot, which has no name, still managed to get his moment in the sun and the rest of the afternoon in exile Saturday when official Duke Edsall ejected him for taunting referee Karl Hess. In light of that humorous event, we present the top five mascot moments in recent sports history:...
MBB: Peppers Makes Most of First Start
Daily Tar Heel/By Rachel Carter
During warmups before North Carolina's
game against Maryland, Kris Lang
wasn't feeling quite 100 percent...
BB: Tar Heels Adjust to Young Pitchers
Daily Tar Heel/By Matt Terry
The guys on the mound for the North Carolina baseball team might be wide-eyed, fresh faced
youngsters, but given the lack of veteran arms on the pitching staff, the whole lot of them will
be growing up quickly...
Monday, February 12, 2001
WBB: Hoos Women Edge Heels
Raleigh News & Observer/Staff Report
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Led by a strong all-around performance
by sophomore forward Schuye LaRue, the Virginia women swept the
season series against North Carolina with a 76-73 win on Sunday...
WBB: 3-Point Woes Doom UNC Women
Durham Herald-Sun/By John Galinsky
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- North Carolina accomplished most of its objectives Sunday
afternoon in its women's basketball game at Virginia...
Sunday, February 11, 2001
MBB: Heels Have The Hang Of It
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
CHAPEL HILL -- So Julius Peppers started for the first
time in his North Carolina basketball career Saturday.
First possession against Maryland, and the
most-of-the-time All-America defensive end came down,
merely filling in for Kris Lang, who was out with a sore
ankle...
MBB: Heels Total Effort Yields Win
Greensboro News & Record/By Rob Daniels
CHAPEL HILL -- If indeed the top-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels were "slipping," as coach Matt Doherty put it the other day, their slope was not steep...
MBB: Capel's Shooting Helps Tar Heels Shed Maryland
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
CHAPEL HILL -- At the risk of flooding you with too many unnecessary numbers, with
the minutiae that builds up when a team is rolling along smoother than Matt
Doherty's BMW, here's all you need to know about North Carolina's basketball team:
Still No. 1, 18 straight wins, seven days off...
MBB: Capel Says Respect Hasn't Come With Ranking
Durham Herald-Sun/By Frank Dascenzo
CHAPEL HILL -- Could Matt Doherty have it any better?...
MBB: Ram Feigns Kick, Gets The Boot
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
CHAPEL HILL -- Coaches have been ejected in the Smith Center. Players, too.
Probably even some fans...
MBB: Capel, Tar Heels Defend Ranking With Vengeance
Charlotte Observer/By Gregg Doyel
CHAPEL HILL -- Duke forward Nate James is in the North Carolina locker room. Not in the real sense, but his words are there, tacked to a cork board for every Tar Heel to see. James' words, in a quote from a recent newspaper article: "We still feel we're No.1 in the country."...
