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Mark L. Baer-USA TODAY Sports

Raymond Felton, Ty Lawson and Kendall Marshall are three of the best point guards in college basketball over the last decade and they were all Tar Heels. North Carolina has a rich history of point guards and Marcus Paige has a chance to have his name in [...]

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Nate Britt

North Carolina has the entire week off before the Tar Heels get back to work when they face off against Kentucky Saturday. The timing for a solid six days off for coach Roy Williams‘ club could not been better following [...]

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Mike Carter-USA TODAY Sports

The unranked North Carolina Tar Heels defeated the No. 1 Michigan State Spartans 79-65 in what has been heralded by some as the biggest upset of the college basketball season so far. The UNC victory over Michigan State should be [...]

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James Michael McAdoo

North Carolina‘s loss to the University of Alabama-Birmingham on Sunday was based on one obvious strategy: if teams slow down sophomore guard Marcus Paige, the Tar Heels are lost. Paige could not get any easy looks, was forced into double- and sometimes [...]

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Kelly Lambert-USA TODAY Sports

The No. 16 ranked North Carolina Tar Heels were in high spirits after defeating the No. 3 Louisville Cardinals 93 – 84 in their biggest win of the season so far. However, that major upset is now out the window as the Tar Heels [...]

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Marcus Paige

North Carolina sophomore guard Marcus Paige is already making the case that he is a first-team All-American. Paige has pulled a 180 from last season, where he tended to be more passive on offense and too complacent to be a [...]

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North Carolina Tar Heels vs Belmont Bruins

The North Carolina Tar Heels, a team ranked 12th in the country, is really searching for answers this early into the season as they get stunned at home by the Belmont Bruins 83-80. The Tar Heels look like an overrated team as their record [...]

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James Michael McAdoo

After an exit in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, North Carolina will attempt to re-tool and please a rabid fan base that considers anything short of a National Championship to be a wasted season. With the development of [...]

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North Carolina

North Carolina is going to be starting the season in unfamiliar territory this year as they will start out the year ranked outside the top-10.  The main question to start the year all Carolina fans have is how long will [...]

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P.J. Hairston

The North Carolina Tar Heels enter the 2013-14 season with plenty of expectations, ranked No. 11 in the nation and picked to finish third in the Atlantic Coast Conference preseason poll. However, whether they live up to the hype or crash and burn this [...]

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