It’s His Turn by James Burns When you think of the mystique Duke basketball emanates, you think of a perennial Top-5 program, championship-caliber seasons and Christian Laettner’s turn-around jumper against Kentucky. Images of Bobby Hurley dribbling the ball up court or Grant Hill on the receiving end of an alley-oop […]
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All Dressed Up
All Dressed Up in Baby Blue and No Place to Go by Brian Strong Put yourself in the unused patent leather shoes and spiffy tuxedo of Jason Capel. When this young man stepped off the court at the Charlotte Coliseum recently, wearing the untucked mesh No. 25 for the last […]
ACC Tournament Preview
ACC Tournament Preview Happy Tournament! (Soon to replace Happy Birthday and New Year as the most popular Happy phrase) Conference tournament time is here, and the ACC will stage its 49th annual bash starting Thursday in Charlotte, N.C. Without further ado, here are Hoopville’s predictions as to who will win […]
ACC Notebook
ACC in Action With Selection Sunday just three weeks away, it is quite evident that the Atlantic Coast Conference will send five teams to the 2002 NCAA Tournament. Here is a breakdown of the five teams that, unless something extraordinary happens, will be among the field of 65 in March. […]
ACC Notebook
ACC Notebook State Looks Great With two senior guards leading the Pack, North Carolina State is on its way to its first NCAA Tournament since 1991. “Anthony Grundy and Archie Miller are certainly not only providing us with outstanding play, but more importantly just great leadership,” NC State coach Herb […]
Unnecessary Greatness
Unnecessary Greatness by David Mosse It’s been roughly one month since the apocalypse. An event so unthinkable it had fans in Durham rushing to nearby churches in search of an explanation from a higher power – the Duke Blue Devils lost a basketball game. On January 6th, in Tallahassee, despite […]
Carolina Blues
Carolina Blues by Bill Thayer I couldn’t force myself to watch the Florida State/North Carolina game last night. I tried, I really, REALLY tried to sit and watch as the Seminoles and Tar Heels battled for the right not to play in the Les Robinson Invitational (aka the 8/9 game […]
Part 1
The Junior Tar Heels – Part 1 by Dan Hauptman The baby blue uniforms have “North Carolina” written in white on the players’ chests, but this is not the legendary team that has won four championships and advanced to 15 Final Fours. The backs of the hand-me-down uniforms don’t even […]
Part 2
The Junior Tar Heels – Part 2 by Dan Hauptman Back to Part 1 While almost all JV players consider wearing North Carolina uniforms in the Dean Dome as a top incentive, some student-athletes play for other reasons. “I am playing to stay in shape, keep out of trouble, and […]
ACC Notebook
Atlantic Coast Notebook Seminole Shocker WOW! That is the only word that comes to mind when describing the shockwaves that were sent across America last Sunday night when hoops fans witnessed the No. 1 team in the nation, undefeated Duke, lose on national television at Florida State. When Duke forward […]
