Flames could not stop UNC Asheville The Liberty men’s basketball team saw its season come to a quick and abrupt end Friday, March 4 in the second round of the Big South Championship in Buies Creek, North Carolina. The No. 5-seeded Flames trailed from the beginning and were never able to recover in an 80-49 loss at the hands of […]
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In the month of March, apparently there is more to life than basketball — although this is news to me. For years, I have been enamored with the NCAA Tournament and March Madness, and this year is no different. I am one of those crazies who will have three different games open at the same time during the first few […]
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Lady Flames unable to come back from 14-point halftime deficit With about nine minutes to go in the second half in an already loud Carmichael Arena on the University of North Carolina (UNC) campus, the Carolina faithful began to yell their common “Tar” “Heels” chant, and the fans clad in red — more than 600 of them, according to Liberty […]
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In 49 states, college basketball is just something that comes on television. People may even go to the games and everything. But in North Carolina, college basketball is a religion. Duke and North Carolina (UNC) met for the first time in 2015 on Feb. 18, and the game did not disappoint. Well, unless you are a Tar Heels fan. The […]
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I am frustrated with UNC, and for the first time in my life, the frustration is not born out of my disdain for the basketball team. The school’s logo and the Tarheel symbol — even just the color Carolina blue — automatically elicits a vocal expression of disgust from me as a diehard Duke fan. This time, however, my annoyance […]
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Jacob Hagen had just taken the breath out of Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, returning a fumble 27 yards to give Liberty a 22-21 lead over Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) foe North Carolina (UNC).
And then it all fell apart.
Four minutes and 28 points later, the Flames found themselves down […]
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