With the month of February annually marking the unofficial grand opening of Bubbleville, it’s significant that only 25 percent of the ACC membership has genuine NCAA tournament security entering the five games on Saturday and one on Sunday.
Asked this week to recall his most memorable North Carolina vs. N.C. State game, former Tar Heel star Phil Ford said there were too many to single out just one.
By Caulton Tudor - staff columnist | E-mail
| January 20, 2013
If N.C. State’s basketball team is going to have a special February and March, the team’s freshmen will need to contribute a lot more than was the case in a 51-50 loss at Maryland last week.
News & Observer sports columnists Caulton Tudor and Luke DeCock debate some of the big issues of the bowl season, from N.C. State and Duke’s chances to the national championship and the ACC’s fortunes.
By Caulton Tudor staff columnist | E-mail
| December 21, 2012
Watching Roy Williams pace the sidelines, you can almost hear him praying for a Tyler Zeller or John Henson or Tyler Hansbrough or Sean May to appear at the scorer’s table to restore a reliable offense.
With his newly presented master’s degree in liberal studies tacked atop the business finance undergraduate degree he earned last year, Mike Glennon arrived at football practice Saturday assured of an impressive Plan B.
