We have a few quick hitters on a streaking America East team, another whose star had his first rough night, two inconsistent Patriot League teams and a couple of teams who have lost a player for the season but for different reasons.
Tag: North Carolina
Championship-caliber D leads Tar Heels past Miami
If North Carolina can play with the same defensive energy, efficiency and effectiveness that the Tar Heels did in shutting down Miami, there’s little doubt this team will be in New Orleans in April competing for the national championship. Entering Tuesday night’s game, Miami figured to pose some problems for […]
Head-to-head comparisons: TIQ studs vs. prime time stars
If you’re looking at nothing but overall productivity on the court per 40 minutes, a few big names don’t have the same impressive stats when compared to guys who aren’t receiving as much attention but are legit stat stuffers. As mentioned in the latest TIQ stats for the ACC, Pac-12 […]
North Carolina-Kentucky lives up to the hype
Saturday wasn’t just about football conference championships. It had North Carolina and Kentucky matching up on the hardwood in a game that lived up to its billing, and a few more teams had good wins on Saturday as well.
Big Ten rises to the Challenge
The Big Ten is looking like the best conference in the land after the first night of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
UNLV drafted a blueprint for taking down the Tar Heels
It’s not an easy game plan to follow – and not every team can do it – but the Runnin’ Rebels exploited North Carolina’s few vulnerabilities.
Henson sets the tone for Tar Heels
Appropriately, North Carolina used its superior defense to get past Michigan State in the teams’ season opener on an aircraft carrier in honor of Veterans Day.
Michigan State and Big Ten look for port during storm
There’s plenty of news coming out of the Big Ten to overshadow Michigan State’s opener against North Carolina on the USS Carl Vinson. But the nod to honoring U.S. troops and veterans embodies the positivity that we love in college hoops.
And here we go…
On a day when we honor our active-duty military personnel and veterans across the country, we also celebrate the full-fledge return of college hoops, highlighted, fittingly, by a game played on an aircraft carrier.
North Carolina Tar Heels 2011-12 Preview
When the ACC’s defending champ returns 90 percent of its scoring and rebounding, it usually automatically qualifies as a sexy pick for national champ. The Tar Heels enter 2011-12 looking for their third title in seven seasons.
