For those outside the North Carolina basketball program, last year's overtime loss to Georgetown in the East Region final may seem as ancient history.

Almost every pundit maintains this is the toughest region in the Dance, but Tar Heel fans needn't be too upset: most of the strength of the East lies in the bottom half of the bracket, which can only produce one opponent for UNC (in the Elite Eight).

Virginia Tech's omission from the NCAA tournament field left ACC coaches bitterly disappointed this week.

There are all sorts of calamities that could befall North Carolina in the next three weeks and prevent the Tar Heels from winning the NCAA Tournament.

The Mount finally got The Win. Mount St. Mary's, a Maryland school known for getting drubbed in its previous two appearances in the NCAA tournament, got this one started with a nice-looking win Tuesday night in the opening game.

Ty Lawson still feels nervous about aggravating the left ankle he sprained in February and his tentativeness was obvious in the first two games of the ACC tournament in which he totaled 13 points, four assists and six turnovers.

A car accident in 1965 was one of the factors that kept North Carolina point guard Greg Campbell from ever playing in an NCAA Tournament.

Raymond Styons officiated nearly 50 Division I college basketball games this season. He sported stripes and blew his whistle from Columbia, Mo., to Coral Gables, Fla., and across the Carolinas.

North Carolina was in a jam Sunday in the ACC Tournament championship game, and once again asked its most versatile player for help.

Another early football commitment from one of the state's top high-school juniors has come North Carolina's way.