![North Carolina survived a barrage of three pointers in the first half by quickly erasing a halftime deficit and easing to a 88-73 victory over Iona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels, the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region, fell behind by eight points in the first half as Iona drained 10 of 21 threes. “They controlled the clock and shot threes (in the first half),” UNC coach Roy Williams said. “And we didn’t shoot very well.” All that changed in the second half as Coach Williams said his team turned it around by […]](http://capitalsportsnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IonaLittle-490x225.jpg "Carolina’s big second half buries Iona")
North Carolina survived a barrage of three pointers in the first half by quickly erasing a halftime deficit and easing to a 88-73 victory over Iona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels, the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region, fell behind by eight points in the first half as Iona drained 10 of 21 threes. “They controlled the clock and shot threes (in the first half),” UNC coach Roy Williams said. “And we didn’t shoot very well.” All that changed in the second half as Coach Williams said his team turned it around by […]
North Carolina’s players and head coach Roy Williams meet with the media in Columbus to talk about Sunday’s matchup with Washington for the right to advance to the Sweet 16. …read more
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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski meets with the media in Columbia to talk about the matchup with his former …read more
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Duke’s players, Coach K meet with the media to talk about Saturday’s game against UCF for the right to go to the Sweet 16. …read more
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North Carolina completed a perfect first round for top seeds in this NCAA Tournament, but not before Iona became the latest No. 16 seed to show these matchups are no sure thing. …read more
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![Clifton Barnes, the owner of CapitalSportsNC.com, has won a national award for writing for a series of articles on the website. CapitalSportsNC.com has now won awards four years in a row. The series of articles revolves around former University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith won an Award of Excellence from the DC area-based Communications Concepts through its 2016 Awards for Publication Excellence competition. John De Lellis of Communications Concepts says competition was intense as there were more than 1,600 entries with seven winners in the Writing Series category. Barnes was the only winner in the category from North […]](http://capitalsportsnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/CliftonBarnes2016capitalsportsnc-490x225.jpg "CapitalSportsNC.com wins national award for writing")
