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CHAPEL HILL As the 2009-10 campaign began, many Tar Heel fans expected sophomore Ed Davis to play the biggest role in replacing the offensive firepower lost from last year's national championship team.

" When No. 4 North Carolina takes the Madison Square Garden floor on Thursday night, it will mark the first of five contests against ranked opponents over the next 30 days.

No one said replacing Ty Lawson as point guard at North Carolina was going to be easy, and it was anything but that for sophomore Larry Drew on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.

Home : Features : Sports : Defending National Champion Tar Heels Survive Against Buckeyes, 77-73 Defending National Champion Tar Heels Survive Against Buckeyes, 77-73 20-Nov-2009 Written by: TheCelebrityCafe.com Staff The fourth ranked North Carolina Tar Heels nearly blew a 19-point second half lead but ultimately hung on to defeat the 15th ranked ...

They lost just about everything. A four-year All-American and player of the year.

Everybody knew about Ty Lawson's speed at North Carolina. Just as impressive is how quickly the Denver Nuggets' new backup point guard is adjusting to the NBA.

Everybody knew about Ty Lawson's speed at North Carolina. Just as impressive is how quickly the Denver Nuggets' new backup point guard is adjusting to the NBA.

Four-time All-America Tyler Hansbrough is gone, as are Ty Lawson, last season's ACC Player of the Year, and Wayne Ellington, the Final Four Most Outstanding Player last spring.

Friday night. Ty Lawson is the back-up point guard for the Nuggets, after they made the wise decision to draft him late in the first round of the 2009 NBA Draft.

It's not often that North Carolina faces an opponent from nearby Durham in November, but that doesn't mean the sixth-ranked Tar Heels will be worried about the outcome of Wednesday's game in the 2K Sports Classic.

People kept asking if I was going to the FIU- North Carolina opener. They'd ask why.

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There's an urge for North Carolina men's basketball coach Roy Williams to put it on fast forward.

For years, everything Duke and North Carolina achieved - the conference championships, Final Four trips and national titles - has been connected in a back-and-forth game of one-upmanship. These days the Tar Heels have the upper hand.

Each week I'll talk about the sport I love, college basketball: &#8226 What does it say when North Carolina loses key players like Tyler Hansbrough, Wayne Ellington, Ty Lawson and Danny Green and still gets picked co-favorite in the ACC by the media.

Today, we finish our conference countdown. We've been working backward, from our No.

The start of the new NBA basketball season is here and all around the league you can feel the impact made by former Tar Heels.

Ty Lawson was drafted 18th overall in this year's draft class. He was selected after point guards such as Tyreke Evans, Stephen Curry, Jonny Flynn, Brandon Jennings, and Jrue Holiday.

High-scoring Roy Williams teams are often the best Roy Williams teams. Oct. 28, 2009 By Adam Lucas These days, offensive production can be measured in many different ways.

Friday night, Chauncey Billups and Carmelo Anthony both sat due to George Karla TMs decision, likely to get his biggest stars some rest with the regular seasona TMs start looming this Wednesday against the Jazz in Denver.