Read more about the article Hiring Hubert Davis is the Carolina Way and fulfills the Smith legacy

Hiring Hubert Davis is the Carolina Way and fulfills the Smith legacy

PHOTO (UNC Athletics): Hubert Davis. By TOM SHANAHAN The North Carolina basketball head coach succession has been infrequent but consistent for 70 years. The Tar Heels have stayed in the family starting with Frank McGuire (1952-61) to promoting of top assistant Dean Smith (1961-97). Then came the elevation of Smith's top assistant, Bill Guthridge (1997-2000), to hiring former Smith player Matt Doherty (2000-03), although Dohery was as a second choice to former Smith assistant Roy Williams. Ol' Roy…

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Read more about the article UNC “outs” Roy Williams for his latest anonymous donation and Twitter world overreacts

UNC “outs” Roy Williams for his latest anonymous donation and Twitter world overreacts

Roy Williams and his wife Wanda. By TOM SHANAHAN The Twitter world can move on to another subject. Royal family speculation has longer legs than theories Williams concocted a scheme behind his latest donation to his alma mater. North Carolina coach Roy Williams didn’t donate $3 million on Monday as his retirement swan song entering the 2021 basketball post-season. Nor was it way to win favor with athletic director Bubba Cunningham to remain coaching the Tar Heels another…

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Read more about the article Strange season has North Carolina and Duke in stranger position of needing a “Cinderella story”

Strange season has North Carolina and Duke in stranger position of needing a “Cinderella story”

By TOM SHANAHAN Everyone knows this college basketball season has been unlike others with neither North Carolina nor Duke ranked. Stranger than that is to think of North Carolina and Duke as Cinderella stories in the upcoming ACC and NCAA tournaments. Teams mounting a roll with upsets are Cinderella stories. North Carolina and Duke will need to defeat higher seeds to advance deep into the ACC tournament and probably will face higher seeds in their NCAA opener. This…

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