University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina NewsStand Archive: Jan. 20-26, 2002
February 4, 2002 | General
Saturday, January 26, 2002
MBB: A victory for Heels: Capel cleared to play
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
The North Carolina basketball team's chances of ending its six-game losing streak got better when leading scorer and rebounder Jason Capel was cleared to practice Friday and to play Sunday at Clemson...
MBB: Wounded Heels Get Capel Back
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
CHAPEL HILL -- After 10 rough days, North Carolina's Jason Capel finally got some good news...
MBB: Healthy Bodies Lacking at UNC
Greensboro News & Record/By Rob Daniels
After seeing players fall like thrill-seekers from helicopters, the North Carolina Tar Heels finally got some good news Friday when Jason Capel was cleared to practice for the first time since suffering a concussion 10 days earlier...
Friday, January 25, 2002
FB: Bunting Gets a Better Deal
Raleigh News & Observer/By Jane Stancill
CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina football coach John Bunting, who led the Tar Heels to the Peach Bowl after an 0-3 start in his first season, was rewarded Thursday with a contract extension and a $100,000 raise...
WBB: Big First Half Propels Duke Women To Win Over UNC
Durham Herald-Sun/By Jim Furlong
One of Dick Vitale's exhuberant expressions described how the game between the No. 5 Duke women and No. 21 North Carolina played out Thursday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium: "Blowout city!"...
FB: Bunting Rewarded With Raise, Extension
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
One season, one unexpected bowl trip and one big raise for UNC football coach John Bunting. On Thursday, the UNC Board of Trustees approved a contract extension and $100,000 salary increase for Bunting, the former UNC linebacker who guided the Tar Heels to an 8-5 season and a victory over Auburn in the Peach Bowl...
Thursday, January 24, 2002
MBB: At Home In The Dome
Raleigh News & Observer/By Chip Alexander
CHAPEL HILL - It was 13 minutes before tipoff Wednesday night when an interesting, almost haunting, cheer broke out at North Carolina's Smith Center...
MBB: Kris Lang Alone Not Enough
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
CHAPEL HILL - Kris Lang wanted the ball, and he wanted it badly enough to dive to the Smith Center floor. But N.C. State's Julius Hodge wanted it, too, just as the rest of the Wolfpack did Wednesday night against rival North Carolina...
MBB: Frustration Ends For Pack, continues For UNC
Durham Herald-Sun/By Al Featherston
CHAPEL HILL -- N.C. State's basketball players walked into the Smith Center on Wednesday night and made it their own. The Pack's ownership was visible even before tipoff as thousands of red-clad Wolfpack fans occupied the prized lower-level seats that usually belong to the Tar Heel faithful. It was audible from the closing lines of the national anthem - when the State fans downed out the words "land of the free" and replaced them with "land of the Wolfpack."...
MBB: Lang's One-Man show Not Enough For Heels
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
CHAPEL HILL -- Kris Lang made 11 baskets for UNC. The other eight Tar Heels who saw time Wednesday night made nine. That unbalanced offense, the usual slew of UNC turnovers and N.C. State's offensive rebounding were the undoing for the Tar Heels in a 77-59 Wolfpack victory at the Smith Center...
Wednesday, January 23, 2002
MBB: Capel Doubtful, Manuel Definitely Out For UNC
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
CHAPEL HILL - Jason Capel's headaches haven't completely gone away, and they're just feeding the migraine that North Carolina's entire basketball situation is giving coach Matt Doherty...
MBB: Pack, Heels Under Pressure
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
CHAPEL HILL -- It was November of 1999, and UNC was playing its fourth quarterback of the season against rival N.C. State...
Tuesday, January 22, 2002
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Monday, January 21, 2002
MBB: Huskies Take Another Bite Out Of Wounded Heels
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
STORRS, Conn. -- By halftime, York Larese had seen enough...
Sunday, January 20, 2002
MBB: A Blue Low
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
STORRS, CONN. - File this away: Prior to this season, the worst loss in the history of North Carolina basketball came back on Feb. 20, 1915. That day, the Lynchburg YMCA team -- fearsome as it was -- came to Chapel Hill and won, 63-20, a 43-point blowout. At least for the Tar Heels' sake, the humiliation that day didn't make it onto SportsCenter...
MBB: Another Day, Another Blowout Loss For UNC
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
STORRS, Conn. -- A few harmless flakes of snow greeted the Tar Heels as they exited their chartered bus Saturday afternoon...
