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  • Bitter Fan’s Preview of Saturday’s Dook Game
    I haven’t written any basketball game previews this season, but this game is special, so I’ll make an exception and chalk up a position-by-position breakdown of Saturday night’s matchup with the Devil Worshiping Dukies from Durham. Where the prose turns perilously acidic, remember: 1) I’m a suffering Tar Heel fan rooting for a team that might [...]
  • As Drew II Goes, So Go the Heels
    As the Tar Heels have trekked through a very stormy 2009-2010 season, fans have pelted point guard Larry Drew II with an onslaught of verbal snowballs and blustery boos, as if he were TJ Yates or something. Still, it’s undeniable that Drew II has played a critical role in each of the team’s five ACC wins. Don’t [...]
  • Making an Effort to Make an Effort
    All season long, we’ve heard a thousand reasons why this basketball team full of McDonald’s All-Americans has gotten Whoppered night in and night out by less talented teams. They’re young, inexperienced, scared, and tense. They haven’t learned the playbook, defended well, or communicated effectively. All of these excuses (though they are just that—excuses) are at [...]
  • 2010-2011 Tar Heels: An Early Glimpse
    I’m proud of the way the Tar Heels pulled out a double digit. 74-61 win today against the NC State Wolfpack. Once again, our rivals of the red and white reminded us that rock bottom in Raleigh is (Sidney) Lower than anything we’ve experienced this year in Chapel Hill. Still, this season—this past week in particular—has left [...]
  • And the Scheduling Gods Smiled Upon Us
    Sep. 4- LSU (Atlanta) Butch Davis couldn’t have asked for a better season-opener than this one. LSU represents the perfect blend of program prestige and  vulnerability. It’s extremely early, but I really don’t think that this year’s Bayou Bengals will match up well against North Carolina. For starters, they lose their best running back (Scott), their [...]