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Welcome, Tar Heels! It's Football and Basketball time in Blue Heaven! At MrTarHeel.com we have most everything you could want...we've got desktop wallpapers for your computer, we've got audio for your ears, we've got links to shirts and gear to make you look like a Tar Heel, we've got quizzes on the North Carolina Tarheels to test your brain, we've got links to North Carolina Tar Heel resources on the web. Have at it!










I'm a Pacers fan now. Indiana drafts Psycho T .


Lawson going to the Denver Nuggets...Wayne going to the Timberwolves...and Danny drafted by the Cavaliers ( can he make the team and play with LeBron and Shaq?)













MR WILLIAMS GOES TO WASHINGTON



The Championship Tar Heels met with the President and represented the Heel nation very well... Congratulations Tar Heels!














Quite possibly the best UNC basketball video ever....enjoy.( great work by whomever the editor is )











He Got His Championship




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New Final Four Wallpaper here!






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2009 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE!

Sept 5 Citadel - home
Sept 12 UConn - away
Sept 19 ECU - home
Sept 26 Ga Tech - away
Oct 3 UVA - home
Oct 10 Ga Southern - home
Oct 22 Fla St(Thurs) - home
Oct 29 Va Tech(Thurs)- away
Nov 7 Duke - home
Nov 14 Miami - home
Nov 21 BC - away
Nov 27 NC State- away


Good schedule for the Heels next season. Heels need revenge against the Pirates on Sept 19th, the Thursday night games will be huge for the program...play well and win one or both of those televised games and the program will get a big boost. I like ending the season with NC State.





Great Ty Lawson article by Luke Winn



DETROIT -- When George Lawson and Ron Cunningham, who served for a combined 52 years on Maryland's Andrews Air Force Base, spoke on the phone this week, Cunningham said it was about "the dream coming to fruition." Both men were planning to travel to the Final Four, and were understandably feeling nostalgic. Lawson, a former Tech Sergeant, had dug up a 1995 photo of the basketball team he and Cunningham, a former Chief Master Sergeant, had joined forces to coach at the base's youth center. The team was called the Andrews Magic (inspired by the Shaq-and-Penny powerhouse in Orlando at the time), and their sons were 7 years old in the picture. In the back row, wearing No. 52, is Dante Cunningham, with his eyebrows raised and lips creased; kneeling at the center, wearing No. 11, is Ty Lawson, over-grinning to the point that his eyes are nearly shut. Every player's jersey is neatly tucked in.

The coaches' hope had been to give the kids a safe environment on the base -- rather than the less-structured hoops scenes in talent-rich Prince George's County -- in which to develop their skills, which in turn would help them get into good high schools and colleges. The result went above and beyond that: On Saturday night, at Detroit's Ford Field, Lawson, the starting point guard for North Carolina, and Cunningham, the starting power forward for Villanova, will square off in the nightcap of the Final Four, 14 years after they starred together for the Magic.

They aren't the only former Magic who've had an impact in the dance, either: Standing two spots to Cunningham's left in the photo, wearing giant wristbands and No. 40, is Cedric Jackson, the point guard who led 14th-seeded Cleveland State to the NCAA tournament's biggest upset, a rout of No. 3 Wake Forest. One spot to Cunningham's right is Justin Castleberry, who was a reserve on the Bucknell team that beat Arkansas in the first round of the 2006 NCAA tournament, and was a senior starter for the Bison this season
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photo courtesy UNC Athletics





Good Lord....the following was written by Tyler's father for Tar Heel Monthly....it may be the best thing I have ever read about Carolina and Carolina basketball.



Tyler Hansbrough

Would you call him a failure? He was a little kid and he couldn’t quite raise the ball to the basket. He put the ball way down by his hip and pushed with everything he had. But the ball just wouldn’t get over the rim. Still, he stayed there all alone, flinging the ball upward again and again. He never did make one that day but he stayed there a long, long time.

46 months ago my son left his home almost 800 miles behind to pursue his lifelong dream as a student athlete at the University of North Carolina. He was tall, then, shy boy with a fear of lying, elevators and failure. Although a good athlete, his greatest attribute could not be measured in the weight room or with a stop watch and tape measure. As a McDonalds’s All Star American, he had many opportunities to play much closer to his Midwestern, small-town, roots. He made the journey because of his faith that Roy Williams and his staff would be able to nurture that attribute.

I watched him struggle through the lonely, homeless feeling that all college freshmen experience. On one of my first visits, I watched as almost 42 feet of gangly limbs, elbows and feet piled out of Marcus Ginyard’s ex- police cruiser. They looked like a gaggle of newborn colts, this young group of Carolina freshmen. SI said they would lucky to make the NIT.

Then came my first visit to the Dean Smith Center. UNC was playing the Illinois, the 2005 NCAA runner-up. There was my son wearing the legendary blue Tar Heels uniform. The English language has no words to describe how I felt.

The games and the days went by. Friends and leaders such as Wes Miller and David Noel helped the young players find their way on and off the court. In late March, I saw the second-greatest game of my life. In the insane asylum known as Cameron Indoor Stadium, this young team beat J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams on Senior Night.

All life is full of peaks and valleys. The summit of the win at Durham gave way to the canyon of a second round loss to George Mason. I watched as Tyler and his teammates dealt with that loss.

The measure of a man is not that he gets knocked down but how he gets back up. Tyler took out his torment by stealing his body. With the help of Jonas Sahratian, he pulled cars around the Smith Center parking lot. Still chasing that dream. The next year, Roy William’s team gained some respect. Tyler learned to show dignity and class by resisting the opportunity to criticize even when that opportunity left him with a broken nose. He was learning the “Carolina Way”

Fate once again presented its hills and valleys to my son and Carolina fans. The ride to the final four was stopped one game short by a painful loss to Georgetown. My son also learned a bitter lesson in perspective. The disappointing defeat paled next to the tragic loss of Jason Ray on that same, cruel New Jersey night.

The next year again held great peaks and valleys for my son and the Tar Heel family. He saw one of his good friends go down with a season-ending injury. But we made it to the Final Four. The thrill quickly died when a great Kansas team eliminated us.

Tyler was to receive many individual accolades that year. As with any team sport, a large cast of characters contributed to any one person’s success. During the middle of these honors, Tyler called me. It was a typical Tyler call, only this time there was a slight quiver in his voice. “Dad,” he began, “I try not to think of individual things when we have so much to accomplish as a team, but Dad, when I came here I never thought my jersey would be retired in the rafters of the Smith Center.” Again, words fail me as I try to describe my feelings at that moment.

As late spring approached, the same decision had to be made that had been made in the past three years. Tyler decided to stay at UNC for his senior year. The night of the NBA draft he spoke again, “Dad, when I get through, I’ll have something that the rest of them don’t. A college degree.” National player of the year with a college degree. An all too rare combination.

As I write this in late January, no one knows what where this year’s roller coaster ride will go. I do know that the boy who left Poplar Bluff, Missouri almost for years ago is a little taller and not really thin anymore. He has flown more miles than an arctic tern. He has ridden elevators to the top suites of the finest hotels in our great country. And on a magical night in late December, that formerly shy, young boy gave one of the most gracious speeches I have ever heard. That young boy from Poplar Bluff is now a man we can all be proud of. His physique, character and mind have all been chiseled into granite. H came to the University of North Carolina to chase a dream. While chasing that dream, he has come to live it every day. All of this comes from trusting one very remarkable man.

To Roy Williams, Joe Holladay and the wonderful coaching staff. To all Tyler’s teammates and friends at North Carolina. To Tar Heel fans everywhere. On behalf of myself and my family, thank you for allowing my son to be a part of the greatest basketball family on the planet: The Tar Heels Nation.

-By Gene Hansbrough, Tyler’s Father





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Enjoy Today's Tar Heel " Moment of Zen"






Here's a great article by Adam Lucas on the dook game...




Here's a new wallpaper from the Duke game... right here


Also enjoy Coach K UNHINGED wallpaper










Butch Davis and his staff sign a top 10 recruiting class as the UNC Football program takes another step towards ACC and national prominence. I think many of these players will have a chance to play in their freshman season and make a contribution to the team getting wins.










YOU DIDN'T REALLY THINK THE TAR HEELS WOULD GO UNDEFEATED THIS YEAR, DID YOU?





Enjoy a great Tyler tribute video here














Hansbrough, Heels aid ailing man on plane
article here










12-27-2008


SHOOTOUT IN CHARLOTTE. Heels come up short against West Virginia, 31-30. Very good year for the UNC CH football team....plenty of things to scratch your head about though ( why didn't they throw the ball to Nicks at the end of the game?)....overall Heel fans should be pleased with the job of the Butch Administration in their 2nd year in Chapel Hill.
























Great Carolina Quotes"

"If you ever see us guys walking a ball down the court and playing a 2-3 zone and making twenty passes, have it checked into. My wife has had me killed, and there's an alien crawled up in my body. "
Roy Williams














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DO YOU "BLEED BLUE"? Think you know North Carolina history?

Try the UNC CULTURE QUIZ! Culture Quiz















Great Tar Heel Moments - AUDIO MASHUP

enjoy this audio mashup ....Tar Heel audio mashup






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Wow! Enjoy this video from the UNC Football video guys. video here



2008 UNC Tar Heel Football schedule here


MASCOT V MASCOT video ( UNC vs Dook ) from you tube... check it out here





















THE TORCH HAS BEEN PASSED. RAMSES LOST HIS HORN...HIS SON TAKES OVER AS UNC MASCOT.
read the story here





Check out my 2008 Duke - Carolina video jam










Check out these DOOK photoshops!




Enjoy this Duke Desperation poster!

Davis, UNC Tar Heels Spread Holiday Cheer
The Carolina football team joined with an athletic department-wide program to brighten some holidays.

I Was Born This Way

As a child, I never understood the mark on my heel. Was it a birthmark? Had I been branded like an animal? Was the Lava soap just not doing it's job? Soon I understood. I was a Tar Heel. and proud of it!

After a while I found myself skipping school to ride my bike 23 miles over to Chapel Hill to watch the UNC tarheels basketball team practice. As a natural born Tar Heel, I felt an obligation to be there when the Tar Heels celebrated basketball championships on Franklin Street and when Choo Choo Justice made history with his running accomplishments....well, actually I wasn't alive then but never mind....Go Heels!

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has won 37 team national championships in five different sports, 9th all-time, and 51 individual national championships. The UNC women's soccer team has won eighteen national championships since 1981; the men's soccer team won the championship in 2001; the women's basketball team in 1994; the UNC Tarheels basketball (men's) team in 1924, 1957, 1982, 1993, and 2005; the UNC men's lacrosse team in 1982, 1986, and 1991; the UNC women's field hockey team in 1985, 1995, 1996, and 1997; the women's team handball team won in 2004; and the men's team handball team has won the last three National Championships in 2004, 2005, and 2006. The Carolina men's crew team won the 2004 ECAC National Invitational Collegiate Regatta in the varsity eight category. The North Carolina Tarheels Men's Baseball team is also a perennial power, and in 2006 made it to the Championship round of the College World Series.

     

MrTarheel is the fan site for the UNC Tar Heels with a primary emphasis on UNC basketball and UNC football. It is our goal to provide information, resources and content to make following the North Carolina Tar Heels easier and more enjoyable. There are Tar Heel fans everywhere and a large portion of them are not alumni. They follow the Tar Heels because of the tradition of excellence they see in the programs and the University.

Tar Heel basketball fans are living in their own "blue heaven" right now with coach Roy Williams at the helm. Dean Smith was the best and Bill Guthridge was a solid replacement but Roy Williams has established himself as team builder, a championship coach and a role model. Read more about the tar heel basketball team at our unc basketball page

The 2006 football season brought disappointing results. Enter Butch Davis. The highly successful former coach at Miami and at the Cleveland Browns begins his coaching era in Chapel Hill after the 2006 finishes. With Butch Davis and Roy Williams, UNC Chapel Hill has maybe the 2 best coaches in the country in the two headline sports. Tar Heel fans look forward to future success with the football program under Coach Davis. Lookout BCS...the UNC Tar Heels will be a force to be reckoned with in the coming years!

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I love this answer from Butch Davis:

AL: What do you want the North Carolina football brand to represent under your direction?

Butch Davis: On the field, it's hopefully an aggressive, full-out football team. Looking at the whole program, I want this to be a program with great class. I want people to look at it and respect the kids. I want them to play with sportsmanship and realize that everything they do in the community is a reflection on the University and the program.




My Tar Heel football page here

UNC Chapel Hill
If you haven't had a chance to visit the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill then you have missed a real treat. As most folks who have been here will tell you, the campus really sells itself. Aspiring students only need to visit once and they are usually hooked. The campus provides a terrific setting for learning and excellence.



Enjoy this photo jam ...."Carolina on my Mind"


Mr TarHeel believes everyone should become a UNC Tar Heel fan. If you are not, he recommends you watch lots of North Carolina basketball this season, attend a UNC football game, buy some UNC clothing and wear it often, and come back to MrTarHeel often. North Carolina basketball and football exude all that is right with sports. It is well worth your time to follow them !


I'm a Tar Heel born
I'm a Tar Heel bred
And when I die
I'm a Tar Heel dead.
So it's Rah, Rah, Car'lina-lina
Rah, Rah, Car'lina-lina
Rah, Rah, Car'lina-lina
Rah! Rah! Rah!


Enjoy the UNC Tar Heel Fight Songs
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Good article from Caulton Tudor(News & Observer)

Wearing subdued neckties and three-piece suits with flare-bottom slacks, then-seniors Randy Wiel, Dudley Bradley and Ged Doughton graced the cover of the 1978-79 North Carolina basketball media guide.

Inside, on page 26, there's a small photograph of a 28-year-old coaching staff rookie. The Carolina sports publicity department, to its credit, was able to put together four paragraphs of information on Roy Williams.

That biographical sketch was half the size of the adjacent photo. It's mentioned that Williams, a 1972 UNC grad, had been a member of the 1968-69 freshman team, had coached at Owen High near Asheville for five seasons and that he and wife Wanda were parents of a son, Scott.

A few years later, in the 1981-82 media guide, Williams had worked his way up to six paragraphs and a bigger, more flattering mug shot. With the arrival of daughter Kimberly, the family had grown, too. There also was a quote from the boss.

"Roy is a highly organized person who has all the characteristics of a great coach," Dean Smith said.

Who knew, huh?

Maybe Smith did. Where personnel were concerned, Smith's record was every bit as impressive as his courtside winning percentage.

But six years later, when Smith convinced Kansas, his alma mater, to hire Williams, with no collegiate head coaching experience beyond the junior varsity team, lots of folks thought the Jayhawks were taking a big risk.

I certainly did.

Williams, then 38, was taking over a national championship team that was about to go on probation for violations committed by another former Carolina aide, Larry Brown. Williams was confronting a challenge with enough pressure to eat veteran coaches alive.

And he was no veteran.

He was the No. 3 man on a Carolina staff that was up to five. Most Carolina fans knew Williams only as the lost-looking guy who got to sit next to Bill Guthridge and was a good partner to draw in a captain's choice golf tournament.

Smith never wavered. He applauded Kansas' decision, predicted big things for the coach and said he'd like to some day see Williams at a Final Four.

It took Williams only three years to arrange that. On March 30, 1991, Full Article at N & O










HOW HIGH CAN BUTCH DAVIS TAKE UNC FOOTBALL?

If you believe in the Sleeping Giant theory about UNC Football then you have to be thrilled with what is going on in Chapel Hill. In almost every profession there are those individuals who just seem to know how to excel. Butch Davis is one of those individuals when it comes to football and he and his staff will take a good group of football players and make them exceptional.

I do believe in the Sleeping Giant theory....Carolina has had good talent in past years. One of the real nuances about being a successful coach is developing players into superstars. Mack Brown did it Chapel Hill. Butch Davis will do the same. Carolina now has a coaching staff that "gets it". They know what to do and they will work together to make UNC a national power in football.

Remember the days when a tar heel football ticket was hard to get? Those days will be here again soon. Make your plans to come to Chapel Hill and witness the rise of North Carolina Football!





WHAT A RUN FOR THE UNC TAR HEELS Baseball team!

2 years in a row going to the College World Series....terrific!

Congrats to Coach Fox and the Tar Heels !!


Too bad we can't hear Jones Angell on the TV broadcast...check out this audio call of Chad Flacks homerun the other night !..Flack Home Run Call




ROY TALKS MILKSHAKES AT THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES!











What's the difference between Treasury bonds and Clemson fans?
Treasury bonds eventually mature.


What's the difference between a Duke fan and a carp?
One is a bottom-feeding, scum sucker, and the other is a fish.


How do you keep a Clemson girl from biting her nails?
Make her wear shoes.


Where does Ramses get his hair cut?
At the baa-baa shop.









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Who loves Carolina Basketball?

   Dogs do!



kids do!


 Doesn't everyone?