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@sjdalton24
Spenser Dalton
2 years
Just had a thought: UNC Basketball had a reunion in 2018 with over 300 Lettermen in attendance from every era/coach. They unveiled the naming of Roy Williams Court at that *private* ceremony. K and Duke only mustered 90 former players for his final game. Family>Brotherhood
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2 years
I think it was Stuart Scott who said: “Just like yesterday and I’m pretty sure tomorrow, today is still a Great Day To Be A Tar Heel.” I will always believe that. Because it is a great day, indeed.
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Spenser Dalton
4 years
Overheard at UNC Basketball practice about once a week
@KevinOConnorNBA
Kevin O'Connor
4 years
"Michael Jordan is the only player that could ever turn it on and off, and he never frickin' turned it off." - Roy Williams
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5 years
“I’m doing what I love by coming in here and playing for North Carolina.” In all the difficulty this season has brought, seeing this makes you remember why we’re all here: we love North Carolina too.
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Jack Leland
5 years
Garrison Brooks had some good thoughts on what this season has taught him and how Roy Williams has been throughout it:
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6 years
Under no circumstances would Coach W ever treat another coach like this. I repeat, ever. K shook his hand like RW was a manager from a D2 school in an exhibition
@dfs1974
David S.
6 years
Coach K is a twat. #goheels
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5 years
One thing I love about Coby White is his body language. He’s either jumping up and down in major excitement or calm, cool collected. What you want in a teammate.
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7 months
This is insane to me. During my time on the team, I don’t think anyone was late for ANYTHING even once. It was general practice to show up 30-45 mins before any on-court obligation at the latest. This is really strange.
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Adam Smith
7 months
After losing to Clemson here, Armando Bacot and Harrison Ingram say in the postgame that the ominous warning signs for UNC included several players showing up late to pregame warmups today.
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7 months
I mean say what you will about playing on the CW, but that little opening sequence with the highlight reel and couple sound bites from Hubert was better than anything ACCN does by a mile.
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7 months
From Sportscenter: UNC duos with 20 Pts & 10 Reb against a ranked opponent? 1) Antawn Jamison & Vince Carter 2) Armando Bacot & Harrison Ingram Thats rare air.
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5 months
Some thoughts on this Duke Filipowski tripping incident—and a little about what differentiates Duke from UNC— and the happenings after the game 🧵1/
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3 years
My girlfriend, a Va Tech grad: “I hate Virginia more than anything and I’m so glad they won. I never cared about Duke before knowing you and this year I’ve put it together for myself how awful they are.”
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Spenser Dalton
3 years
A thought on this Duke Brotherhood stuff. Being the “Brotherhood” implies it is for Duke men’s basketball players and ONLY Duke men’s basketball players. The Carolina Family is for everyone: UNC basketball players, coaches, other student-athletes and students, alumni. Everyone.
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2 years
Stressful UNC football and basketball games on back to back nights is detrimental to my health.
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Spenser Dalton
4 years
Michael Jordan in a baseball locker room... UNC, size XL
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5 months
My heart breaks for this team and Armando especially. I’ve been in locker rooms after NCAAT losses and I guarantee all of the players are hurting worse than we are as fans. It is true pain. Congrats on the ACC regular season title and on a hard fought season. Onward and upward.
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7 months
Can’t rationalize this one in any way. I’ll offer this from Dean Smith instead: “What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.”
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Spenser Dalton
5 years
This is what Michael Jordan @Jumpman23 said to us after we lost the National Championship in 2016.
@InsideCarolina
InsideCarolina
5 years
Cam Johnson: “We’ll use this as fuel for what’s next.”
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Spenser Dalton
5 years
I love these players. I love these coaches. And I love this University with every fiber of my being. We say things like this every year, with a good or bad ending. It’s because we mean it. It will always be a Great Day to be a Tar Heel. #CarolinaFamily
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8 months
Very telling game stat: it was a one possession game with 5 mins left and Carolina held the Tigers scoreless for the rest of the game. Hell of a way to finish
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7 months
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5 months
ACC Player of the Year RJ Davis gets blatantly grabbed and goes flying and there is no call. Might have even been some jersey. Absolutely egregious officiating. UNC gotten away with a few too
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10 months
The amount of pain we have endured as unc sports fans since beating dook in the Final 4
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Spenser Dalton
5 years
THESE SHOOTING SHIRTS WITH RAMESES ARE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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5 months
I love Elliot Cadeau so much.
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Spenser Dalton
9 months
Cadeau finds guys like I’ve never seen. That floater over the top to RJ to break the press. That bullet to find Bacot streaking down the lane for the fast break dunk. Just incredible vision and skill to make the pass. He knows they’ll be open before they are actually open.
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Spenser Dalton
5 months
UNC is simply not working together on offense. Too much dribbling and standing. Move the ball, set a screen, make a cut, help a teammate.
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5 months
Also, Scheyer apologizing to the Crazies after losing is so strange to me. On one hand, it maybe felt like the right thing to do, but still weird. And to apologize while the Crazies on the other end are throwing drinks and screaming obscenities at UNC adds to the weirdness 7/
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Spenser Dalton
1 year
Can verify this. We walked into the practice gym and there were no rims on any of the 6 goals. 2 hours of defense, rebounding, and sprints. Miserable to say the least.
@InsideCarolina
InsideCarolina
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“Our practices would’ve been absolutely miserable … I just can’t imagine losing 5 of 7 games and not changing our intensity from the jump of the next game.” Justin Jackson weighs in on the new Up in the Rafters episode. Full show here:
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5 months
All this is just to say, UNC and Duke are different. That is what makes this rivalry great. 9/End
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Spenser Dalton
5 months
I will admit that I wish the UNC players didn’t taunt the students after the win, but the Crazies are a vile sort and there is video proof of truly obscene things being said during warmups, and no doubt throughout the game, so hard to blame our guys 8/
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Spenser Dalton
5 months
We have yet another Duke player tripping an opponent. Then he lied about it in the postgame interview. It’s hard to fathom something like this being committed by a UNC player… mainly because it doesn’t happen. 2/
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7 months
Four (4!) foul calls against Carolina in literally 32 seconds of gameplay. Absolute garbage.
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Spenser Dalton
2 years
As always, today is a #GDTBATH , but today especially. So excited for Armando and the team next year. Him coming back is not only good for UNC, but good for college basketball in general.
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5 months
At Duke, this type of behavior continues to occur, which implies: 1) this behavior is either not discouraged by Duke coaches or worse, actively encouraged/condoned 2) players continue to do it because they know they won’t be punished 4/
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@theACC @NCAA , please ABOLISH the postseason 15 players dressed out rule. You are literally taking away student athletes’ opportunities to be part of their team, experience the postseason, cut down nets in their jerseys, and wear the uniform they earned for maybe the last time.
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Spenser Dalton
2 years
Can someone explain to me @espn why Ohio St-Illinois is at 7 pm tomorrow (6:00 local time!!) and UNC-Syracuse is at 9 pm??? Those game should be switched
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Spenser Dalton
6 years
Watched the whole presser. You can tell he's excited, and obviously because he's been at UNC before, he knows what it means to be a Tar Heel. We have a special and unique culture at Carolina, one that not everyone understands, but Mack clearly does.
@InsideCarolina
InsideCarolina
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Mack Brown sold a lot of things at his introductory press conference on Tuesday, from respect to recruiting to immediate success. What he sold more than anything was hope for a #UNC program desperately lacking:
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Spenser Dalton
2 years
Hello Twitter can I please see tweets about UNC Basketball? That’s all I want to see right now but for some reason the algorithm isn’t working.
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Spenser Dalton
2 years
Ladies and gents, @caleb2love is unconscious.
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5 years
This performance from Cole Anthony is one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen from someone in a Carolina uniform
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5 months
I see we’re playing the no blood, no foul rule tonight #UNC
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5 years
Just watched the Heels beat Dook with a huge group of Tar Heels in Breckenridge, CO. Ladies and gents, this is what the Carolina Family is all about. Tar Heels everywhere #GoHeels #GDTBATH
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Spenser Dalton
6 years
Kenny Williams having the type of game we’ve all been hoping Kenny Williams would have this season. Great sequence knocking down a 3 then taking a charge.
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Spenser Dalton
5 years
GET EM COACH ROB CMON BABY
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Spenser Dalton
7 months
Thoughts on today’s win: -the boys showed some major guts -RJ is a tough little nut -Cadeau is a tough little nut -Ingram is a tough (not so) little nut -made some careless mistakes but didn’t get rattled and made winning plays -will take a road conference win any way, anywhere
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5 months
And 3) they recruit players who are prone to or have displayed this behavior and don’t address it 5/
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Spenser Dalton
1 year
@theACC @NCAA case in point. Walk-ons in the game for North Carolina in a blowout. 2 walk-ons are sitting in the stands and did not get to play tonight because of this rule. Stripped of the limited opportunity they get to play. Unfair and wrong.
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Spenser Dalton
2 years
Hard to watch this game tonight. Ugly first half and uglier second. Painful to watch every single attempt by UNC bounce off the rim. Good for VT though… hope they can show up Duke and make the NCAA tourney.
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Spenser Dalton
5 months
At UNC—speaking from personal experience—dirty plays or erratic behavior were not allowed, and we knew as players that it would not be condoned. If anything ever happened that bordered on it, a whistle was blown and it was addressed. And a conversation was had after practice. 6/
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1 year
Fair enough take from my girlfriend, a VA Tech grad: “why the heck are they showing Scheyer’s parents so much?Who cares? Why not show all the players who have worked their asses off for this? ESPN didn’t make it at all about the players”
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Spenser Dalton
2 years
@clubtrillion @tatefrazier : “I just want to be clear... This isn’t a joke anymore. This has to be stopped. We can not allow Duke to win a national championship.”
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Spenser Dalton
9 months
Yes Coach!!
@JoshGrahamShow
Josh Graham
9 months
“Coach Smith, Coach Guthride, Coach Doherty and Coach Williams wore a coat and tie. That’s Carolina basketball.” Here’s Hubert Davis on why he’s chosen to bring the blazer back on the UNC sideline.
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6 years
Congrats to my guys @UNC_Basketball !! Despite this Zion business that will undoubtedly dominate every postgame storyline, the Heels handled the dookies from start to finish. Don’t let anything take away from this win
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5 months
That, to me, implies a few things about the way things are done at UNC that differ from Duke. 3/
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Spenser Dalton
6 years
On tomorrow's date in 1982, my mom was featured in USA Today hanging off a telephone pole celebrating the win on Franklin Street
@espn
ESPN
6 years
On this date in 1982, a freshman named Michael Jordan hit the game-winning jumper to clinch the NCAA title for UNC.
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Spenser Dalton
6 months
Bacot can’t throw the ball to himself. He must work to get in good post position and guards need to make fundamentally sound entry passes. Hubert talked about energy, effort, enthusiasm. It was there at the start of the game and then evaporated.
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5 years
Me: *on my couch pointing to the passer after made shots* My roommate: “what are you doing” Me: “you wouldn’t understand”
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Spenser Dalton
6 years
Forget winning a championship or making an All-Star game or winning a scoring title... I think the toughest job in the NBA is Justin Jackson having to play on the same team as Marvin Bagley and Harry Giles
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Spenser Dalton
7 months
Grown man win from the Heels tonight and a true bout of heavyweights. Almost actual punches thrown. Wildly physical. Everyone contributed to the win. Ingram etches his name into the rivalry. Kept the foot on the throat all night. Always a #GDTBATH #goheels
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Spenser Dalton
6 months
@RossMartinNC @_andrewcarter Yes, making fun of walk-ons for not playing. Gosh that one really hurts!
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Spenser Dalton
5 years
Regardless of what the score says the last 6 minutes of that half were very bad. Turnovers, fouls, air balls, bad defense. When offense is patient or running they get good shots! No need to force it.
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Spenser Dalton
6 months
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Spenser Dalton
1 year
Student athletes, and walk-ons especially, work their tails off to have the chance to represent their universities. Being told you can’t dress out for a postseason game because of some senseless rule is a slap in the face. There is ABSOLUTELY no justification for this rule.
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Spenser Dalton
6 years
I also hope I die after beating she shit out of Duke.
@JulieFoudy
Julie Foudy
6 years
Anson Dorrance just signed a new 5 yr deal to continue to coach UNC. When I asked him how much longer he has in him, his classic reply: "I'd like to die on the job & I hope I die on the field after beating the shit out of Duke." 😂 He asked to keep shit in there. How I love him.
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8 months
A tremendous loss for the Carolina Family and I’m saddened by this news. Eric was such a welcoming person and always a pleasure to interact with. He made you feel special.
@UNC_Basketball
Carolina Basketball
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With heavy hearts we bring you this update from the family of Eric Montross. Rest in peace Big E. 🔗:
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8 months
So Ingram called for a foul when the Kentucky guy falls on top of him? Yes makes perfect sense
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Spenser Dalton
6 years
Play right there by Seventh perfectly encapsulates the whole game. Get a turnover, fumble the ball, not score. Looking around like “what the heck just happened”
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9 months
3 guys fouled out for UNC and none for Nova. What? Like what? Like actually what?
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Spenser Dalton
7 years
If you tweet or send me an email about the coaching ability of Roy Williams in response to this loss, (not so) kindly delete it, put away your keyboard, and know that your opinions are invalid.
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Spenser Dalton
5 years
College basketball has hit an inflection point with one and dones. Top players leave every year. Ones with talent don’t stay and learn the program well enough to mentor younger players. Teams are not good. Programs are inconsistent. Quality of the college game is going down.
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5 months
Sheesh, poor start. Pitt fouling the crap out of us and hitting shots. Plenty of game left but going to be a battle all night. They hate us
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5 years
AND THE HEELS WILL BE IN KC. I LIVE IN KC. I AM EXCITED. OH HOW SWEET (16) IT IS!
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Spenser Dalton
5 years
Perhaps underrated point from this game: somewhere around the U8 media timeout, Coby White took over guarding Tyus Battle and held him to only a few more points. Played great defense for remainder of game to help get stops
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Spenser Dalton
10 months
Very high on Cormac Ryan. High motor, great shooter and defender. Creates mismatches and always brings the energy.
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Spenser Dalton
9 months
@UNC_Humor Maybe hot take but I am for field/court rushing in almost all scenarios that it happens. Very much for it tonight.
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Spenser Dalton
9 months
This really feels like March (late March). Big time stage, great crowd, two great teams. Tons of fire and emotion and very high level play.
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Spenser Dalton
6 years
Thank you to @JoelBerryII and @tpinsonn for your incomparable contributions to Carolina Basketball, for helping make my short time on the team the most fun I've ever had playing the game, and for being a joy to watch over the past 4 years. You will be missed.
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5 years
I really think Coby will be one of those guys who was great in college and will be even better now. There’s more space in the NBA bc of 3 pt line and size of the paint. He utilizes space so well, and that opens up his playmaking and scoring ability
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Coby White's game is so smooth. (via @NBCSBulls )
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Spenser Dalton
2 years
Loved being in Charlotte for the game with a big UNC crowd. The Heels are building momentum, building toughness, and playing together. Rebounding and pushing pace/fast break really coming around. Such a fun win last night. LOVE Hubert’s fire on the sideline!!
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Spenser Dalton
5 years
Well now I hate that no credit whatsoever will go to our team for winning the first two games. One play erases two games of top notch basketball.
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9 months
Text received from one of my UNC roommates: “Now this actually looks like Carolina basketball.”
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8 years
Just like yesterday and I'm pretty sure tomorrow, today is still a Great Day to be a Tar Heel
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5 years
I NEED THESE INJURIES TO STOP HAPPENING
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7 months
@UNC_Humor Absolutely unreal. He literally out his hands in his pockets and stopped playing and they STILL called the foul
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5 years
That was a DISGUSTINGLY BAD foul call. Not his call, not a foul
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10 months
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. College basketball coaches should go back to coat and tie—jacket minimum. Coach Davis looked great earlier this week in a sportcoat. Watching Duke v Zona—Lloyd & Scheyer look like they’re on a recruiting trip and playing golf after.
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Spenser Dalton
5 months
Might have to get off this app until after next Monday and remind myself that since I don’t live in Raleigh anymore and am not in college, the Tobacco Road schools’ dynamic and debates about the rivalries exist almost entirely within my feed.
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6 months
Well, this is pretty deflating. Cuse shoots 62% from the field and 47% from 3. Heels defense just wasn’t any better than in the last 4 games except for Duke. 3 crucial turnovers (2 off the reviewed calls) were all killers. Just not good enough defensively to win.
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Spenser Dalton
9 months
I can tolerate nearly any display of emotion, but jawing at an opponent’s bench should be an automatic technical. Automatic technical every single time. Spencer done it multiple times. i.e. they T’d up LeBron and ejected Udoka a few nights ago and didn’t even raise their voices
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5 months
@RL_Bynum UNC doesn’t employ/utilize graduate assistants. Never thought much about the reason why, but I know the scouting burden on our assistants is big. Hearing things like this makes you wonder if UNC isn’t taking full advantage of possibilities. But we also value consistent personnel.
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7 months
Actually, one time comes to mind. A teammate was late for a summer morning lift. They made him push a weighted sled nonstop all morning. Being late for stuff just didn’t happen. I’m not entirely sure what Roy would have devised for punishment if someone was late for pregame.
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2 years
@UNC_Humor Would it be going too far to say that UNC does not need State for athletic legitimacy and for the fan base to have things to feel good about? State does seem to need us for those same things
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5 months
@chuckman1108 Agree completely. My point is that these things occur significantly more frequently at Duke than at UNC (and not just in head to head matchups), and have for decades across numerous Duke players. It is therefore a trend that can be attributed, at least in part, to their culture.
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7 months
Gotta be at least 4 or 5 WIDE open, totally unguarded 3s that Carolina has missed
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Spenser Dalton
7 years
This Luke Maye walk-on story is just old. He was heavily recruited by many other schools, but wanted to come to Carolina when no scholarship was available. Did what he had to do.
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Spenser Dalton
5 months
We’re all just getting trolled at this point
@CBKReport
College Basketball Report
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Ranking the Sweet 16 Coaches🕺
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2 years
@BOSUNC07 The bad losses hurt, but loved how they finished the season. Finishing strong to lock in a NCAAT bid can’t be overlooked. Super optimistic and excited for the future with Coach Davis at the helm.
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9 months
Whew. What an incredible response. Love the fight. Just a gutsy win. I really like our guys this year and Hubert has made some great changes to style of play this year.
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