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University of North Carolina Tar Heel Basketball

“Tar Heel Tip-Off” and “Basketball: Multiple Offenses and Defenses”

All four annual editions of “Tar Heel Tip-Off” (2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011) should arrive any day now providing the snow doesn’t prevent the UPS and USPS drivers from making the trek up my drive.  I’m looking forward to diving right in as soon as the packages are plunked down on my front porch.

Little did I know that I’ve been reading and admiring the work of the THTO author, Adrian Atkinson, for many years now — except that I knew him by another name and as a very intelligent Inside Carolina message board poster.  (Yes, such a creature does exist!)

Also included in one of my orders is Dean Smith’s “Basketball: Multiple Offenses and Defenses” — one of best X’s and O’s basketball books out there and written by one of the most brilliant basketball minds of my lifetime. It should be a real treat!

Basketball: Multiple Offenses and Defenses

Tar Heel Tip-Off 2007-2008 -- It should be a real treat!

Have any of you read any issue of “Tar Heel Tip-Off” or “Basketball: Multiple Offenses and Defenses”?  If so, feel free to share your thoughts.

A look at UNC’s first possession against UVA (via The Mikan Drill)

Good breakdown!

A look at UNC's first possession against UVA There was a nice mixture of good defensive rotation on UNC's initial pick and roll by UVA yet solid offensive execution by UNC on the second option. This is a good example of a team not panicking after their first option fails and continuing with their game plan and executing the second option. Good rotation on pick and roll The play opens with a pick and roll between Larry Drew and John Henson. The play looks to be designed for Henson to roll to … Read More

via The Mikan Drill

Top 100 UNC Dunks

uncmann | June 29, 2009 |
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2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Game

YouTube Game Highlights (9:51)

ChainGangSoulja266 | June 23, 2009 |
“The 2009 National Championship game between UNC and MSU. GO HEELS. NOTE: I don’t own any video. A CGS266 production”

2005 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Game

YouTube Game Highlights (2:18)

http://vault.ncaa.com/ “The North Carolina Tar Heels are the 2005 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Champions. Sean May had 26 points and the Tar Heels didn’t allow a basket over the final, excruciating two-and-a-half minutes as they defeated Illinois, 75-70, on April 4. The win gave head coach Roy Williams, a 17-year coaching veteran, his first national championship.”

1993 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Game

YouTube Game Highlights (2:03)

http://vault.ncaa.com/ “Michigan’s Fab Five earned another shot at the National Title in 1993. In one of the most bizzarre endings in tournament history, Michigan’s Chris Webber called a timeout with 20 seconds remaining with the intention of setting up a potential game-winner against North Carolina. It backfired, however, when he learned that his team had zero timeouts remaining. Tournament MVP Donald Williams sank free throws to seal the win.”