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North Carolina Tar Heels

Coverage of Gonzaga’s National Championship opponent, the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

‘Blue-blood level’: How Gonzaga forced its way near the top of college basketball’s hierarchy

If the team from Gonzaga thumps Kentucky by 35 points one week, and then looks to stretch its all-time advantage over UCLA to 8-3 the next week, it’s fair to question the contemporary relevance of the term “Blue Bloods” in regard to men’s college basketball. And if you beat the basketball aristocracy more often than not over a span of 25 years, shouldn’t you also be a part of such conversation?
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Commentary: Bill Belichick’s book is frank, a little dark and deeply serious

This will sound funny under the circumstances, but Bill Belichick can’t stand “cute.” An advance copy of his forthcoming book exudes his distrust of all things fay or feigned, from the obsequious assistant to the dimpled reporter who doesn’t “talk straight” in asking questions to the player who shows “fake hustle.” If there’s a theme to Belichick’s musings on his eight-ring, 50-year football career, it’s his insistence that the people who win big act with a deadly sincerity, so you better find a true motive when you take the field, any field.
Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

A look back: Mark Few, Roy Williams tell their sides of their ‘One Night in Tunica’ story

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published in The Spokesman-Review on Monday, April 3, 2017, prior to the National Championship game between Gonzaga and North Carolina, won by Roy Williams' Tar Heels 71-65. Williams announced his retirement on Thursday, just two days before GU coach Mark Few's Zags take on UCLA in Saturday's Final Four matchup. The friendship between Williams and Few reaches back years. 
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