January 20, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — A week after turning in a clunker to give away a winnable league game, N.C. State wouldn't squander a similar opportunity to build more momentum in Mark Gottfried's first season.Scott Wood scored 16 points Thursday night to help the W...
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December 9, 2011
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — North Carolina's board of trustees approved a 7-year contract for new football coach Larry Fedora today, the final step in hiring Fedora away from Southern Mississippi as the permanent replacement for Butch Davis.
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December 7, 2011
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — North Carolina has crisscrossed the country twice and played on the road against the nation's top-ranked team. The fourth-ranked Tar Heels are hoping a long stretch of home games will be a big help in fixing some of their early-se...
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Southern Mississippi coach Larry Fedora has accepted an offer to become North Carolina's next football coach, two people familiar with the situation said today.They said the framework of a deal is in place, though it isn't final yet. Both spoke to The Ass...
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December 6, 2011
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — North Carolina interim coach Everett Withers said Monday he won't let the uncertainty about his future be a distraction for the Tar Heels as they prepare for a fourth straight bowl game.
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November 30, 2011
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — North Carolina lasted about three weeks at No. 1 before taking its first loss and seeing its best player hobbled by an ankle injury. Now things really get tough for the Tar Heels.
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November 23, 2011
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — For one night, Reggie Bullock stopped thinking so much about his shot and just let the ball fly. Roy Williams and top-ranked North Carolina couldn't have been happier with the results.
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November 22, 2011
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — The week leading up to North Carolina's regular-season finale against Duke will offer the Tar Heels yet another test of maintaining their focus.
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November 21, 2011
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — North Carolina entered the season knowing its outside shooting would have to improve to help its veteran front line. The top-ranked Tar Heels haven't gotten the kind of start they wanted.
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November 17, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — N.C. State had made everything look easy in its first two games under coach Mark Gottfried. This time, his players proved they could win a tough one, too.
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November 14, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Mark Gottfried couldn't ask for much more from his N.C. State players to start his tenure.Richard Howell had a career-high 25 points to help the Wolfpack beat Morehead State 91-61 on Sunday, giving Gottfried a 2-0 start with the progr...
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November 11, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Mark Gottfried couldn't make it through his first game at N.C. State without ripping off his jacket and throwing it to the ground in disgust at an official's call — twice. Then again, Gottfried's new program has been in desperat...
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November 9, 2011
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Harrison Barnes is considered the best player on the top-ranked team in the nation. This time he's ready for all the expectations that come with those accolades.The confident North Carolina sophomore talks like a wily veteran &mda...
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November 3, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina State coach Tom O'Brien and North Carolina interim coach Everett Withers have added a little spice to Saturday's rivalry game.
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Rick Barnes hadn't even seen Kevin Durant play when Texas offered the high school sophomore a scholarship. The offer actually came from an excited assistant coach. "I got off the phone and thought: Lord have mercy, what have I done?" Russell Spr...
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October 25, 2011
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Everett Withers didn't want his players to get too excited after probably their best performance in an easy win at East Carolina earlier this month. North Carolina's interim coach is following a similar approach now that the Tar H...
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October 20, 2011
CHARLOTTE (AP) — With five starters back from a team that came within minutes of reaching the Final Four, North Carolina is starting a season of high expectations as a big favorite to win the ACC.
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October 14, 2011
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Bubba Cunningham knows what he's walking into as North Carolina's next athletic director.
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October 13, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Richard Howell remembers times last year when he had to decide whether he could get off the floor quickly enough to dunk or if he'd have to go for a layup. Now 20 pounds lighter, the N.C. State junior feels differently."This year...
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October 7, 2011
GREENSBORO (AP) — Commissioner John Swofford said Friday that the ACC has begun talks to renegotiate its television deal with ESPN after deciding to expand to 14 teams. In a phone interview with The Associated Press, Swofford talked about the l...
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October 4, 2011
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — North Carolina is finishing drives with touchdowns and frustrating opponents by forcing them to settle for field goals after pushing inside the 20-yard line. That production in the red zone is a big reason why the Tar Heels are of...
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September 20, 2011
CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina will vacate all 16 of its football victories from the 2008 and 2009 seasons and reduce scholarships as part of self-imposed penalties in response to an NCAA investigation into the athletics program.
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September 15, 2011
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — North Carolina's Everett Withers is still waiting for his Tar Heels to bring him the first takeaway of his brief head-coaching career.The Tar Heels didn't force a turnover in their first two games, a strange stat for a defense tha...
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August 23, 2011
GREENSBORO (AP) — ACC Commissioner John Swofford said Monday college athletics need a major overhaul, that tweaking the status quo isn't going to get it done.
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July 29, 2011
CHAPEL HILL — Everett Withers said he's both excited to get started as North Carolina's interim coach and sad to take over after the firing of Butch Davis.
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