The Duke Blue Devils made an excellent case for a themselves to lock up a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament by soundly beating No. 7 North Carolina 75-58 to win the ACC Tournament. UNC had been on a roll as of late, winning their last three and moving up the polls along the way. [...]
Posted by Hrothgar Santana on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 2:37 pm
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Clemson took it to overtime against the rolling North Carolina Tarheels, but in the end, they were only delaying the inevitable. Freshman Harrison Barnes broke the ACC Tournament record for scoring in a single game, going 12-17 with 10-11 free throws, for 42 points. He looked every bit a future NBA star. According to SB [...]
Posted by Hrothgar Santana on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 3:03 pm
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Tyler Zeller (13 pts, 5 rebounds) again came up big with a last second shot to seal the win. But it wasn’t all Zeller as the Tarheels spread the ball around. Harrison Barnes had 18 and John Henson scored 10, while Leslie McDonald came off the bench for 11.
UNC went on a 27-6 run to [...]
Sorry Duke fans, but this one belongs to the Tarheels.
The battle for the ACC Championship took place tonight in Chapel Hill, NC as the UNC Tarheels hosted the Duke Blue Devils in what promised to be another great matchup between two perennial NCAA powers.
From the beginning, UNC took control of the game, and Duke was [...]
Posted by Hrothgar Santana on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 9:21 pm
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