http://www.tarheeltickets.com Just another GreatSeats Blogs weblog Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:15:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Bud L. Ellis The news just keeps getting worse for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Already embroiled in an academic scandal that could shelve several key components of its stellar defense, UNC now knows it definitely will not have star defensive tackle Marvin Austin for Saturday’s season opener … ... http://www.tarheeltickets.com/2010/09/01/more-bad-news-for-unc-austin-suspended/ By Bud L. Ellis All the hopes, all the talk surrounding the University of North Carolina Tar Heels this offseason centered on the defense, and how that unit just might be the best in the nation. Now, with the season opener on the horizon, that defense may doom UNC’s season ... http://www.tarheeltickets.com/2010/08/31/heels-d-at-center-of-academic-investigation/ By Bud L. Ellis With the release of The Associated Press preseason rankings on Saturday, all the major polls are out as college football inches closer to kickoff. For the North Carolina Tar Heels, the AP poll is one more validating step into the belief this season could be something ... http://www.tarheeltickets.com/2010/08/24/heels-to-kick-off-season-at-no-18-in-ap-poll/ By Bud L. Ellis The preseason buzz continues to build around the University of North Carolina football team. The Tar Heels, featuring one of the strongest defenses in the nation, landed at No. 18 in the USA Today coaches’ preseason top 25 rankings. In the Sports Illustrated annual college football ... http://www.tarheeltickets.com/2010/08/16/unc-starts-season-in-top-25-rankings/ By Bud L. Ellis The University of North Carolina kicks off its 2010 football season on Sept. 4 against LSU, in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic at the Georgia Dome. Five members voting in the Atlantic Coast Conference’s preseason predicted order of finish think the Heels will end the regular season ... http://www.tarheeltickets.com/2010/08/01/heels-earn-acc-title-votes-from-handful-of-media-members/ By Bud L. Ellis The hopes for the University of North Carolina to improve on its 8-5 showing from last season rests with another strong showing from its defense. That’s the expectation put in place thanks to a unit who finished sixth in the nation in total defense a year ... http://www.tarheeltickets.com/2010/07/28/quintet-of-defensive-heels-dominate-preseason-acc-team/ North Carolina Tar Heels forward John Henson has been working hard to add muscle in the offseason.   The 6' 10" slender forward showed some glimpses of becoming one of the team's top players last season.   However, Henson struggled at times as he was easily banged around in the low post by much ... http://www.tarheeltickets.com/2010/07/17/henson-looks-to-add-muscle/ North Carolina players David and Travis Wear will transfer from the school and are expected to be released from their scholarships.   The Wear twins are from California and it is thought that the cross-country challenge of playing at UNC is one reason for the move.   The twins considered both UCLA and Arizona ... http://www.tarheeltickets.com/2010/05/08/wear-twins-to-transfer-from-unc/ The North Carolina Tar Heels fell short in the N.I.T. championship game in a loss to the Dayton Flyers.   It certainly wasn't the title the Tar Heels were after following their national championship run last year, but it's where they ended up after a rough season.   Nonetheless, the experience of playing in ... http://www.tarheeltickets.com/2010/04/03/tar-heels-fall-short-of-nit-title/ The North Carolina Tar Heels will be playing postseason basketball, but not the kind they had hoped.   The Tar Heels will become one of the only teams to ever miss the NCAA tournament just one season after winning a national championship.   Some Heels fans held out hope that their team might be ... http://www.tarheeltickets.com/2010/03/20/tar-heels-headed-for-nit/