Latest news on UNC penalties

Submitted by AndrewRoman on 03/12/2012 - 17:59

The University of North Carolina’s football team has been banned from competing in the postseason in 2012, the NCAA announced on Monday. The postseason ban is the most significant of the additional penalties the NCAA announced in the wake of a multi-pronged scandal that rocked the UNC football program in 2010.

In addition to the postseason ban, the university will forfeit five football scholarships per season for the next three seasons. Former assistant coach John Blake, a central role in the scandal, has been given a “show-cause” provision for the next three years, essentially banning him from coaching in college during that time period.

The investigation began in June 2010, and the NCAA ruled 12 months later that UNC’s football program had committed nine major violations involving academic fraud, improper benefits and former assistant coach John Blake acting as an agent.

Read our staff article to get the latest news and reaction to the NCAA's penalties.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/03/12/1926741/ncaa-to-announce-findings-on-unc.html#storylink=cpy

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Video highlights from the ACC Championship game

Submitted by kkeister on 03/11/2012 - 17:16

Tournament MVP Michael Snaer scored 18 points as third-seeded Florida State beat top-seeded North Carolina 85-82 for their very first ACC championship on Sunday.

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Seminoles hold off Tar Heels 85-82 for 1st ACC championship

Submitted by Andrew_Carter on 03/11/2012 - 14:06

Updated 7:52 p.m.

ATLANTA — Years ago, when Florida State was in the midst of one of the longest NCAA tournament droughts in the nation, Seminoles coach Leonard Hamilton sold to his players a vision that became a reality on Sunday at Philips Arena.

He spoke of becoming a winning program in the ACC, and about winning championships. He spoke of moments like the ones his team experienced here on Sunday, when Florida State held off North Carolina in an 85-82 victory in the ACC tournament championship game.

The victory gave the third-seeded Seminoles (24-9) their first ACC men’s basketball championship of any kind.

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Video highlights from UNC's win over N.C. State

Submitted by kkeister on 03/10/2012 - 20:37

Kendall Marshall banked in a shot with 10.2 seconds remaining and the fourth-ranked Tar Heels came up with a pair of defensive stops to edge their state rival 69-67 in the Semifinals of the 2012 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament.

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Video: Joe Giglio recaps UNC's win over N.C. State

Submitted by kkeister on 03/10/2012 - 20:30

The North Carolina Tar Heels held off N.C. State in a 69-67 thriller to advance to the ACC Championship on Sunday. CineSport's Noah Coslov and The News & Observer's Joe Giglio recap the action.

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Video: UNC's Roy Williams, Kendall Marshall and Tyler Zeller on the win

Submitted by kkeister on 03/10/2012 - 17:55

North Carolina edged NC State 69-67 to earn a birth in the ACC Championship game. Roy Williams, Kendall Marshall and Tyler Zeller spoke about the Tar Heels' victory.

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North Carolina edged NC State 69-67 to earn a birth in the ACC Championship game. Roy Williams, Kendall Marshall and Tyler Zeller spoke about the Tar Heels' thrilling victory.
North Carolina edged NC State 69-67 to earn a birth in the ACC Championship game. Roy Williams, Kendall Marshall and Tyler Zeller spoke about the Tar Heels' thrilling victory.

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Video: Beat writers Andrew Carter and Joe Giglio discuss Saturday's UNC-NCSU semifinal

Submitted by kkeister on 03/09/2012 - 22:50

After beating Maryland & losing John Henson to injury, UNC will now face North Carolina State. CineSport's Noah Coslov discusses the matchup with UNC beat writer Andrew Carter & N.C. State beat writer Joe Giglio.

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Video recap of the ACC's early session

Submitted by kkeister on 03/09/2012 - 21:14

After an exciting start to the Quarterfinal matchups this afternoon, the ACC Digital Network's Kyle Montgomery and Drew Barry take a look at UNC's defeat of Maryland and NC State's win over Virginia.

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Tudor: Scott Wood in role of Saturday's X-factor

Submitted by caultontudor on 03/09/2012 - 20:18

If Wood is on-target, it will present the Tar Heels with a defensive problem they didn’t have to fret in the first two games.

One of the ACC’s best spot shooters, the 6-foot-6 junior wingman from Marion, Ind. has been almost alternating between hot and cold performances of late.

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Video: Tar Heels trounce the Terps

Submitted by kkeister on 03/09/2012 - 18:41

North Carolina had five players score in double figures as they defeated Maryland 85-69. CineSport's Noah Coslov, staff columnist Luke DeCock and the Baltimore Sun's Jeff Barker discuss the outcome.

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