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College
Basketball North
Carolina Tar Heels Head coach Roy
Williams and the University of North Carolina Tar Heels play Division I basketball
in the Atlantic Coast Conference, better known as the ACC.
The
UNC teams have forged a basketball powerhouse beginning in the early days of the
colligiate sport. North Carolina played its first basketball game against Virginia
Christian, on January 27, 1910. The
Tar Heels have been in 41 NCAA championships, taking home the Championship in
1957, 1982, 1993, and 2005. The
North Carolina Tar Heels were contenders for the championship making it
to the final two in 1946, 1968, 1977 and 1981. They advanced to the Final
Four seventeen times - the last one in 2008. in 2008, but . They are seeded number
1 in the Tounament in 2009 and have advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. They
also have won 16 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament titles. The
Tar Heels won their first NCAA Championship under coach Frank McGuire in 1957.
Dean Smith took over from McGuire in 1961 and coached the Tar Heels until 1997.
The
fiercest rival of UNC is Duke
University, located practically around the corner from UNC. Some
of the most notable players to come from this team are NBA star Michael Jordan.
Billy Cunningham (Philadelphia 76ers), Brad Daugherty (Cleveland Cavaliers), Walter
Davis (Phoenix Suns), Bobby Jones (Philadelpha 76ers), Michael
Jordan (Chicago Bulls) and James Worthy (Los Angeles Lakers). The
fiercest rival of UNC is Duke
University, located practically around the corner from UNC. UNC
- Men's Basketball - Official site of the Tar Heels - News, roster, schedule,
updated stats, recruitment info, and lots of other info on the Tar Heels Men's
Basketball team as well as all of the other teams at UNC. SI.com
University of North Carolina Tar Heels - Sports Illustrated team page
for UNC Tar Heels men's basketball team featuring comprehensive information, the
roster, standings, stats, rankings, game-by-game, conference page and conference
scores. Yahoo!
Sports College Basketball - North Carolina Tar Heels - This site is the
place to visit to get scores, schedule rankings, standings, stats, team photos
and live broadcasts. ESPN - North Carolina Tar Heels - Easy to follow guide to the Tar Heels that will keep you
up to date with current game stats, news and insight into the season. University of North Carolina NCAA News - All Tar Heels news, all the time, with links to breaking
stories, player profiles and magazine articles around the Web, from Topix.net University of North Carolina Tar Heels - Wikipedia - A complete history of the team with notable
highlights, players and winning seasons, photos, related resources. also
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