Author: Cliff Barnes

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Improbably, Tar Heels whip Duke for ACC regular season title

Before the season only one basketball writer picked North Carolina to win the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season and he tried to renege saying it…

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Despite heroics, Barnes no longer a top 5 NBA pick

Basketball insiders who had thought UNC freshman Harrison Barnes would stay in college only one season now believe he perhaps should stay in Chapel Hill…

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UNC’s Bullock out for the season

The knee injury that has plagued UNC freshman forward Reggie Bullock has ended his season. UNC announced this afternoon that Bullock has a torn lateral…

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Duke women wrap up top seed with win over UNC

The Duke women’s basketball team has clinched the top seeding in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament and they did it against one of their favorite…

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Heels tie Duke by putting away Maryland

North Carolina never trailed as the Tar Heels banged inside and hit from outside to defeat Maryland 87-76 and tie Duke for the ACC lead…

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Heels hang on in low-scoring affair against BC

I like low-scoring games, I promise. But I found myself surfing the Internet during the first half of North Carolina’s 48-46 victory at home over…

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Williams more comfortable with this UNC team

North Carolina might be coming off a big win over Florida State and UNC may have found a solid point guard but now the Tar…

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UNC’s Marshall now making opponents sick

Kendall Marshall said he threw up at halftime of North Carolina’s 89-69 win over Florida State. If his first game without Larry Drew II sharing…

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Bullock’s three-pointers change UNC game at BC

The three-point shot can certainly change games in a hurry and it did so during North Carolina’s 106-74 drubbing of Boston College. It looked as…

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Czisny stars in Saturday’s Figuring Skating performance

Alissa Czisny, reason enough for red-blooded American males to watch figure skating, is back as America’s best female skater after taking the U.S. Figure Skating…

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