Articles by Powell Latimer

UNC earns throwback win

With throwback uniforms and a throwback arena, North Carolina wrapped itself in its own 100-year legacy for Tuesday night’s NIT opener against William & Mary.

And on Tuesday, it was enough for a throwback 80-72 win.

North Carolina earns postseason NIT bid

Despite its troubles, North Carolina still got a postseason bid.

The Tar Heels, mired in a 16-16 season and a tenth-place finish in the ACC, were nonetheless too attractive a candidate for the National Invitational Tournament to pass up. UNC earned a No. 4 seed.

The Tar Heels host No. 5 seed William & Mary on Tuesday.

Around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, when the National Invitational Tournament gave North Carolina a No. 4 seed and a home opener, there were two buzz words in the Tar Heel locker room: relief and surprise.

DURHAM — Duke's Saturday-night thrashing of North Carolina was a tale of two seniors.

On one hand, there was Duke's Brian Zoubek. The 7-footer from Haddonfield, N.J., hauled in 13 rebounds as Duke clobbered the Tar Heels on his Senior Night.

UNC trails Duke at halftime, 53-26

Durham — North Carolina trails Duke by 27 points after 20 minutes of play at Cameron Indoor Stadium, 53-26.

Kyle Singler leads the Blue Devils with 19 points. Nolan Smith has 16, and John Scheyer has 11 points and seven assists.

UNC, Duke face off once again Saturday night

This Saturday night, it’s chapter two in the 2010 edition of the North Carolina-Duke rivalry.

The Tar Heels are on their first win streak of 2010, with wins against Wake Forest and Miami. The Blue Devils have a No. 4 national ranking and at least a share of the regular-season conference title locked up despite a stinging loss at Maryland on Wednesday night.

NIT in sight as Tar Heels roll Deacons

WINSTON-SALEM — With about four minutes to play in North Carolina’s game at Wake Forest, Will Graves looked up at a scoreboard and saw the improbable — a double-digit lead for UNC.

“At first I thought, ‘Thank you,’” Graves said. “Then I was like, ‘Now it’s time to buckle down.’”

Those sentiments haven’t been spoken in some time for this UNC team (15-14, 4-10 ACC), which snapped a three-game losing skid with a 77-68 win at Wake Forest on Saturday.

UNC can’t single out FSU’s Singleton

On Florida State’s opening possession Wednesday night, Chris Singleton spotted up from beyond the arc, pulled up and fired.

Swish.

On the next possession, Singleton did the same. Six quick points for the sophomore forward put him on track to lead FSU past North Carolina — and neither Singleton nor his teammates looked back.

Men's basketball fights for .500 season

North Carolina coach Roy Williams will have to cross yet another name off his active roster when his Tar Heels take on Florida State tonight.

David Wear’s hip injury sidelines the freshman indefinitely and leaves the Tar Heels — already decimated by injuries this season — with only three healthy post players.

Tar Heels return to 2010 form, fall to GT

ATLANTA — They couldn’t stop their opponents, couldn’t score, could barely hold onto the ball. They struggled with routine passes, made one good play and two bad ones.

Just another Tuesday for the Tar Heels.

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