Month: April 2005

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, April 6th Tar Heel Exodus?: Less than 24 hours after North Carolina claimed its fourth national championship in school history, attention turned to the speculation about who will not be back in Tar Heel blue next season. Junior forward Rashad McCants could lead a potential […]

The Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, April 5th The Heels Have It: The fifth time proved to be the charm for head coach Roy Williams, who won the first title of his 17-year career last night after North Carolina knocked off Illinois 75-70 in St. Louis in the NCAA championship game. […]

Title Game Thoughts

What We’ve All Been Waiting For by Phil Kasiecki It’s finally here. For months, many have looked forward to the matchup that is upon us on Monday night: Illinois vs. North Carolina. The two teams had been battling it out at the top of the polls for most of the […]

NIT Final Recap

2005 NIT Final: An Instant Classic by Ray Floriani NEW YORK – For the record, there is listed a champion and runner-up. In one respect it doesn’t do justice. The finals of the 68th NIT saw South Carolina and St. Joe’s battle it out the full forty minutes. Players expended […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Monday, April 4th Finale: It has come down to this for the national championship: 37-1 Illinois against 32-4 North Carolina. For only the fourth time since they began seeding teams, two number one seeds meet in the championship. The Tar Heels were involved in two of […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Sunday, April 3rd It’s the Illini… Illinois rode excellent three-point shooting and a big second half from Luther Head and Roger Powell to a berth in the national championship game with a 72-57 win over Louisville. The Illini shot better than 62 percent from the field […]

Morning Dish

The Morning Dish – Friday, April 1st South Carolina Claims the NIT Title: South Carolina nipped St. Joseph’s 60-57 in the NIT’s championship game as guard Tarence Kinsey hit the game-winning three-pointer with less than two seconds remaining. Coach Dave Odom won his second NIT title in six years. He […]