Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 E-mail this page Printer-friendly page// Charlotte, NC – After their 68-43 win over the Washington State Cougars in the regional semifinals of the NCAA Tournament at Bobcats Arena, Carolina’s head basketball coach Roy Williams and players Ty Lawson and Danny Green talked with the press. COACH ROY...
From a Sports Illustrated story we pulled a few items of local interest Parting gifts for all 16 remaining tourney teams By Eric Horowitz You know those “Last Will and Testament” things they do in high school yearbooks? Before the unsweet 48 went home, they got together and bequeathed a bunch of helpful stuff to the...
The Tar Heels scored the first nine points, led 51-26 at halftime and shot 68 percent for the game. They became the first team to score 100 points in their first two NCAA games since Loyola Marymount did it against New Mexico State and Michigan in 1990. Wayne Ellington scored 20 points, Ty Lawson...
Mount St. Mary’s students torn over Good Friday By Brent Jones |Sun reporter March 21, 2008 EMMITSBURG – Her Catholic parents generally keep days like Good Friday solemn by shunning technology, and if that holds true tonight, Mount St. Mary’s University senior Maria Parker will find herself in a predicament. Should she sneak off to watch...
from the ACC & SEC Blog East Region Raleigh, NC 5:20 PM 1. North Carolina vs 9. Arkansas First Round Review Mount St Mary’s wanted to run with North Carolina and the Tar Heels licked their chops; UNC cruised to a 1st round win. Arkansas kept Indiana at arms length after about 10 minutes of back and forth....
Interesting article by John Feinstein in today’s Washington Post. Excerpts follow - Let us begin today with a very simple statement: The NCAA men’s basketball tournament does not need more teams. If anything, it needs one less team, removing the horrific play-in game that forces one team to go home without getting to go...
Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson each had 21 points Friday night to help the top-seeded Tar Heels cruise by Mount St. Mary’s 113-74 in the first round of the East Regional of the 2008 NCAA Basketball Tournament at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C. View pictures from the game here. March 21, 2008, Game 3, North...