UNC Basketball: PK80 Recap w/ Blake!

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UNC Hoops Talk Podcast #129

A lot of games since the last podcast, some good ones before ending on a really bad one!
I welcome in Blake (@Blakekcmo) from Keeping it Heel back to the podcast to recap all our games including the PK80 tournament before we turn out sights to the next week's games.
The Tar Heels have Michigan (ACC/B1G Challenge), Davidson, and Tulane coming up in the next week. They will need to bounce back quickly!

Until Next time, thanks for listening and Go Heels!

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Final Four Preview & Wrapping up UNC!

UNC Hoops Talk Podcast #59

The time has come again. The time no Tar Heel fan wants unless we are still playing. Time to put a wrap on another season. The Final Four teams are set...and we are back in Chapel Hill already :(

I talk about the Wisconsin game and what happened? Put a quick wrap on the season (more final wrap-up coming next month). 

I also briefly talk about the Elite 8 games and preview the Final Four teams for this upcoming weekend.

Wisconsin Postgame Coverage: http://goo.gl/oGCrkf

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The Streak Lives On- UNC/Clemson

Article by Lance Dunlap
@LanceLovesHeels

Rarely in college basketball do we see any team dominate another team for an extended number of years. Most college basketball programs have close to a .500 record against most other programs. However, there are a few programs that have separated themselves over the years as consistently great. These programs are known as the blue bloods of college basketball and are (moving East to West) Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas, and UCLA. Some may argue Indiana and/or UConn belong in this group, but most believe these are the clear top five college basketball programs of all-time. With that said, the current streak UNC has against Clemson in Chapel Hill is like nothing the other blue bloods have accomplished or anything else in the history of college basketball. After the Tar Heels’ Monday night (surprise) blowout victory over the Tigers, UNC improved its all-time record vs Clemson in Chapel Hill to 57-0, an NCAA record. That’s right; the Clemson University men’s basketball program has NEVER won a game in Chapel Hill.

            Dating back to the first time North Carolina hosted Clemson in 1926 (88 years ago), Clemson has yet to come out of Chapel Hill with a win. Just let that sink in. That dates back to when North Carolina played in the Tin Can, to Woolen Gym, to Carmichael, and finishing (at the moment) in the Smith Center. When most Tar Heel fans think of dominance, they think of Tyler Hansbrough going 4-0 vs Duke in Cameron (or Hansbrough) Indoor Stadium and/or Roy Williams’ undefeated streak at home against NC State since returning to UNC in the 2003-04 season (Roy has only lost twice in Raleigh to NC State in that same span). However, both of these streaks are just drops in the bucket compared to the authority with which the Tar Heels have handled Clemson in Chapel Hill over the last century. Oddly enough, Clemson was almost able to end the streak (most Clemson fans call it “the curse”) against one of the best teams UNC has ever fielded. In the spring of 2008, Clemson took #3 ranked UNC into double overtime in Chapel Hill before Carolina was able to pull out a victory. That North Carolina team finished the season 36-3 (most wins ever by a UNC team) and returned most of its players to march on to the 2009 NCAA Championship.

Many people thought this week’s game in Chapel Hill might bring an end to the streak as the Tar Heels had been struggling this month, starting ACC play 1-4, and Clemson had started conference play so well, beating Duke just two weeks earlier. However, about halfway thru the first half, the Tar Heels’ defense gained intensity and held the Tigers to just one field goal for a little over 18 game minutes, spanning from first half into the second half. During this time, Carolina found its groove with 8 different Tar Heels scoring in the first half and then extending the UNC lead to as much as 31 points in the second half before cruising to an 80-61 victory. For a fan base that hasn’t had much to cheer about thus far into the 2014 calendar year, this victory revived hope that Carolina can return to its early season form and compete in this new, deeper ACC. The coming weeks will show if this intensity and focused can be sustained by Carolina or if this young team needs more development and time to mature. 

Clemson Postgame Interviews, Highlights, and Box Score

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Where Does the UNC Roller Coaster End?

As with many other Carolina fans, Roy Williams has to be scratching his head pretty hard trying to figure out what he’s got in this year’s squad of Tar Heels. In Williams’ 10 years at UNC, he’s yet to have a preconference campaign with the marquee wins this 2013-14 team has accomplished. A win over #3 Louisville in the championship game of the Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament in Connecticut, a 14-point shocker of a triumph over the #1 ranked Spartans of Michigan State in East Lansing, and a crucial victory in a battle of arguably the two most successful basketball programs of all time against #11 Kentucky in Chapel Hill. All three of these teams beaten by the Heels were in Sports Illustrated’s preseason Final Four prediction (Duke was the fourth). On the other side of the coin, Roy Williams is debatably yet to coach a UNC team with as poor of preconference losses as this year’s team has on its resume.

A week before UNC’s first big win of the 2013-14 season over Louisville, Carolina lost in the Dean Dome to a Belmont team that played UNC close for most of the game then caught fire late from the deep to get the come from behind 3-point win. Then, a week after beating the Louisville Cards, the Heels were humbled in a 4-point loss by a physical UAB team that outrebounded UNC by a 52-37 margin. While both Belmont and UAB have been enjoying strong seasons thus far (Belmont’s record is currently 12-6 and UAB is 11-4), they aren’t teams that UNC has traditionally struggled to defeat. Free throw shooting was one of the clear signs of weakness in these Heels’ losses, but they weren’t the only issues. Carolina also went on to drop a close game against Texas (likely NCAA Tournament team) in Chapel Hill four days after defeating the Kentucky Wildcats on that same floor. Three days after losing to Texas, UNC received a scare from a spirited Davidson team that took Carolina into OT in the Smith Center before the Tar Heels prevailed.

After the Davidson game, UNC went on to finish out preconference play with comfortable wins over Northern Kentucky and UNCW. As ACC play began, many people speculated on which Carolina team would show up for conference action. Today, the Tar Heels sit at 0-3 in conference play (alone in last for the ACC), their worst start since 1997. Although their most recent loss was to #2 Syracuse (undefeated) in the Carrier Dome, the Heels also loss to Wake Forest in Winston and most disturbingly, to a 9-6 Miami team in Chapel Hill. Clearly, it’s been more of the team that lost Belmont & UAB putting on the Carolina Blue these past few games.

Carolina fans are left hoping the Heels can rekindle their early season magic to make a run in ACC play. On the bright side, the 1997 team did come back from their 0-3 start to finish 11-5 in the ACC and even the 2009 Carolina squad began ACC conference play 0-2 before going on to win the ACC regular season and the NCAA Championship. If this group of players can beat Michigan State on MSU’s home court, they can beat anyone in the ACC. The Heels need to regain the confidence and mentality they had for their big match ups in the early season. If they do, they can recover from this shaky start to ACC play just like their Tar Heel brethren before them. Luckily, UNC gets Boston College (5-12 and 1-3 in the ACC) next on Saturday in Chapel Hill. To start riding this roller coaster of a season back up, UNC has to come out energized and show they can beat a team they are more talented than at home. Then they can begin to build this season into something that makes their early season successes meaningful in the eyes of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee.

Article by Lance Dunlap

@LanceLovesHeels

Roy, Britt, and Paige Postgame Interviews and Game Highlights

Here are postgame interviews from Roy, Paige and Britt, along with the highlight video of UNC hoops victory over #1 Michigan St.

Now if we can find this consistency and play with this effort every game we will be just fine. Podcast coming on recap of UAB and Michigan St. games later today. 

Up next is UNCG before a full week off for Kentucky.

Enjoy!

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ACC/B1G Challenge Preview and Predictions

Here is a preview of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge along with my prediction of what will happen and who will win.

If you disagree please let me know your thoughts and your winners. If you agree please like and share.

Enjoy!




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College Basketball Google Plus Community Hangout

It is the third week of the College Basketball Google Plus Community Hangout. This week +Josh Schott joins +Jesse Wojdylo, +John Martin and myself +Dan DeWitt and we hit on the obvious, The Champions Classic.  We recap all the happenings of #1 Kentucky vs. #2 Michigan State and #4 Duke vs. #5 Kansas.

However, we don't stop there. We also discuss the top freshmen involved in these game, Julius Randle of Kentucky, Andrew Wiggins of Kansas, and Jabari Parker of dook.

We finish off with a few other sports talk.  You don't want to miss it, keep up, catch up, or let us know how you disagree with us.

Feel free to find us and connect with any or all of us in the College Basketball Community on Google+.

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College Basketball Roundtable Hangout

On the 2nd College Basketball Roundtable Hangout we are going to be discussing college athletes and twitter. How has twitter affected and changed the atmosphere of college athletics? How have college athletes used twitter to their benefit and detriment?

To join +Jesse Wojdylo, +John Martin, and myself, we have brought in the one and only +Tyler Thompson from KSR (Kentucky Sports Radio). Tyler works for KSR obviously covering UK football and basketball and as part of that she does a tweet beat. She follows tweets by and related to college athletes and does a fantastic job pulling out the ridiculous ones.

We will also be discussing the upcoming games at the Champions Classic on next Tuesday night.  We would love to have you join us with the live Google Hangout. If you cannot, you can always RSVP yes or no in order to catch it later on YouTube.  I will also be tweeting out the live youtube url if that works better for you live or to watch at a later time.

We think you will enjoy it and we hope you share it and come back again each week.

College Basketball Roundtable Hangout

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College Basketball Preview Hangout

In the first ever College Basketball Community Hangout we mostly discuss conference realignment. What does it mean for midmajors, how will style of plays change or be affected, and who actually is in the AAC and Big East?

Join +John Martin, +Jesse Wojdylo, and myself in the preparations for college basketball and hear our conference champion picks along with our Final Four picks.

Hope you enjoy and come back each week!



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Season Preview- October Podcast

In this episode of the UNC Hoops Talk Podcast we talk about:
-Late Night with Roy on Oct. 25th
-In-depth look at schedule and predictions
-Update on PJ situation
-New Rules and how they affect us (& dook)
-Look ahead at 2014 Battle 4 Atlantic field including UNC

Hope you enjoy, spread the word and come back for more!

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Top 3 UNC moments!

What are your top 3 UNC basketball moments?

Rank them and explain if necessary (ex. because it was in person) in the comments!

Mine are:

3. Ed Cota throughing lobs to Vince Carter and Antwan Jamison over the top of zones!
      - these are some of my first memories of UNC as a kid and what really got me passionate about UNC

2. Doherty yelling with Collins and bench clearing that followed.
     - just because I hate dook and love to see anyone yell or fight with them

1. I could put Hansbourgh's entire career, but to narrow it down I say Final Four weekend and the '09 championship dismantling of MSU because I was personally there and it is something I will NEVER forget!

Obviously there are so many more than this, so that's where you come in! Let me know what your Top 3 is!

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