North Carolina center Tyler Zeller, who averaged 24 points and 10 rebounds a game, earned acclaim as ACCPlayer of the Week, and Duke guard Austin Rivers, whose 29-point performance against the Tar Heels set a Blue Devil record, won Rookie of the Week for the fourth consecutive voting period. Zeller, a 7-foot senior center from Washington, Ind., delivered 23 points and 11 rebounds against Duke and immediately followed that performance with 25 points and nine boards in a victory over nationally...Read Full Story
BARNES and HENSON (TheACC.com) Fronted by the unanimous choice for Player of the Year and three other Wooden Award candidates, the North Carolina Heels are the media's nearly unanimous pick to win the ACC in 2011-12. On Wednesday, 57 of 59 electors went with Tar Heels, which return the vast majority of their roster from a group that went 29-8. That contingent includes swing man Harrison Barnes, whose excellence in conference play last season made talent evaluators swoon. Barnes, to the...Read Full Story
By HAROLD GUTMANN
hgutmann@heraldsun.com
CHAPEL HILL — As the clock wound down on North Carolina’s 42-10 win over James Madison on Saturday, perhaps it was natural that Bryn Renner was the first player to seek out Everett Withers and congratulate him.
The two biggest questions heading into the season were how Renner would do replacing four-year starter T.J. Yates at quarterback, and how Withers would do replacing Butch Davis as head coach.
Their responses couldn’t have been more...Read Full Story
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By HAROLD GUTMANN
Special to The Herald-Sun
CHAPEL HILL — There are two ways to view North Carolina’s decision this week to turn junior wide receiver Todd Harrelson into a cornerback.
The move signaled a lack of depth in the Tar Heels secondary, but it also highlighted the team’s strength at the wideout position.
The receiving corps includes deep threat Jheranie Boyd, possession receiver Erik Highsmith, slot receiver Sean Tapley and the biggest weapon of all, preseason all...Read Full Story
UNC interim head coach Everett Withers greets freshman linebacker Keeon Virgile (54) during the Tar Heels’ first practice of the season. ROBERT WILLETT- rwillett@newsobserver.com
CHAPEL HILL – Last year, North Carolina’s Everett Withers spent all of his time on the practice field with the defense – concentrating on the secondary, with the offense mostly an afterthought.
So Friday, during his first official workout as the Tar Heels’ interim head coach, UNC’s former defensive coordinator...Read Full Story
There was no doubt about the outcome when an elbow by Duke's Gerald Henderson bloodied the face of Carolina sophomore center Tyler Hansbrough during the final 15 seconds. Hansbrough had 26 points and 17 rebounds when the injury occurred.
Coming into the game ranked #1, Duke hosted senior night, honoring the National Player of the Year and all-time ACC leading scorer J.J. Redick and two-time National Defensive Player of the Year Shelden Williams. North Carolina, the defending national champions, had lost the whole core of the team that won it all the year before, but came into the game on a 7-game winning streak. UNC forward Tyler Hansbrough scored 27 points, fellow freshman...
Mike Scott was able to tick off a list of players that he's been extra fired up to play during his time at Virginia. He mentioned Tyler Hansbrough, Trevor Booker, Tracy Smith and J.J. Henson — players that can make a young forward's reputation if he can hold them down. ...
News and opinion about North Carolina center Tyler Hansbrough. In 2009 Hansbrough was a senior for the Tar Heels and helped bring the team to a March Madness title. Follow Hansbrough's NBA career here.
ESPN.com - RALEIGH, N.C. -- Tyler Hansbrough will probably play in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament despite breaking his nose during ... I gave some bad information because I had a bad source
Seattle Times - RALEIGH, N.C. — Tyler Hansbrough probably will play in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament despite breaking his nose during the blood-filled final seconds of North Carolina'
Charlotte.com - North Carolina center Tyler Hansbrough didn't know he would be foreshadowing Sunday's game when he talked Friday about the physical beating he has absorbed from opponents this
ESPN.com - RALEIGH, N.C. -- Tyler Hansbrough will probably play in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament despite breaking his nose during the blood-filled final seconds of No. 8 North Carolina'