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Tim Ross and The Merch are selling Carrboro and UNC Basketball T-Shirts on at a Shopify website called Orange County Line. Aren’t they cool? I love living in Orange County, NC.
My first suggestion for a new t-shirt is a Starting 5 shirt from the UNC WOMEN’s Team. Five names of women players. In men’s sizes too.
Thanks for the link Jackson.
University of North Carolina Men’s Basketball team has won the preseaon coaches poll for 2007-2008.
This is the sixth season in which the coaches have selected the Tar Heels No. 1 to begin the season. UNC was also No. 1 in the initial coaches’ poll in 1957-58, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1986-87 and 1987-88.
via: Tarheelblue.com
Seems it was a tight “win”. So much to live up to.
In the tightest three-way preseason race since USA TODAY took over the poll in the 1991-92 season, the Tar Heels are No. 1 with 739 points, five more than second-ranked UCLA and eight points ahead of No. 3 Memphis.
via: USA Today
The top five where:
1) UNC
2) UCLA
3) Memphis
4) Kanasas
5) Georgetown
Gota give props to UCLA. I watched them place several times last year. They were fast, huge, and talented. Should make a great match up late in the season.
On top of this Carolina won the ACC Preseason Poll too.
The University of North Carolina was the unanimous pick as the favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference championship in men’s basketball in 2007-08 and Tyler Hansbrough was voted the preseason ACC player of the year when the ACC’s media convened in Greensboro on Sunday for the annual ACC Operation Basketball.
via: tarheelblue.com
I’m crazy excited to see both the Carolina men and women play bball this year. It was wonderful to read about this. Exciting! But man the pressure is on strong now.
In anxious anticipation of college basketball season in Chapel Hill, North Carolina we put up a new net. Our communities court is pretty messed up from neglect but its wonderful to even have one. We’re shooting some hoops for fun and to get a little exercise. Maybe other people will use the net now. You should have seen the one that was up before!
UNC Men’s basketball coach Roy Williams has joined the Basketball Hall of Fame. Cool. Man I can’t wait for bball season. Men’s and Women’s!
I became a Tar Heel fan rather fast. I’ve only lived in Chapel Hill for a few years and I’m already jonesn’ for college basketball season to start. I love summer weather much more than winter. But the lack of basketball is KILLING ME.
This is not a unique gripe in North Carolina. But its rather odd for me.
One, I am NOT athletic.
Two, I am NOT very competitive by nature.
Three, I think most organized sports are violent and too commercial.
Despite all my differences with the IDEA of organized sports I am still a fan. Each year I become more interested. Each year I yearn for watching a basketball game live and on TV. In a decade or so I could be a complete bball looney! 🙂
Why is this?
So far I believe its Ruby’s fault. 🙂 By that I mean she is such a cool Tar Heel fan. She isn’t the only one either. For some reason Tar Heel fans in Chapel Hill and Carrboro also happen to be the coolest people. They have interesting lives, are very creative, love peace, love each other, etc., etc. Also working at UNC didn’t hurt my love of this great sports tradition.
So I’m seriously thinking about doing a college bball vlog. Would you watch?
Final Score
VCU 79
Duke 77
I’m a very proud VCU alumni right now. The VCU men’s basketball team did a great job. But I have to admit I didn’t like bball much in college.
Living in North Carolina will change you tho’. As will marrying a Chapel Hill native who went to UNC. Fact is there are so many cool basketball fans down here. That makes it so much easier to be a fan. To hang out with people ya love and watch amazing feats of athleticism.
My twitters about the game tonight. Newest on top.
VCU 79 Dook 77 Final BIG UPSET! I can’t believe duke lost in the first round…
VCU 38 Dook 40 halftime
VCU ties Dook!
VCU within THREE!
VCU three pointer!
19 / 4 run by Dook…
VCU just went 9 shots without scoring 😦
Watching VCU (my alma mater) play Dook
Check out this debate that Henderson should have gotten more than one game suspension….
My fav point was from Michael Smith. The fact that Henderson could have destroyed the rest of Hansbrough’s season or his career is enough to warrant more punishment by the ACC.
Roy drops the logic all the way from San Deigo. Thanks for the link dude!
UNC beats Duke, clinches top ACC seed, N&O, (Good audio of the Coaches after game.)
I saw this live on TV and I still can’t believe it happened. I’ll post more links about it in the morning…
Continued
Carolina beat Duke 86 to 72 in a game that gave UNC the ACC’s top spot. But in the last few seconds Tyler Hansbrough went up for a rebound and was hit by Duke player Gerald Henderson. The TV replays were very violent. Henderson cocked his arm back and threw it forward after the ball had left Hansbrough’s hands and it came down on his nose with a lot of force. Hansbrough was on the floor a few seconds reeling in the pain and bleeding profusely. He jumped up amazingly fast after such a blow. Dewey Burke held Hansbrough back whose face was contorted with rage. After the officials reviewed the play they gave Duke a technical foul, threw Henderson out of the game, and suspended him from playing in Duke’s next game.
Bloodied, Not Beaten, The Daily Tar Heel
The video hits YouTube:
Steve Rubel over at Micro Persuasion blog tips us to the new NBA social network site FanVoice (beta). The folks over at the ACC should hire some local talent to create a social networking site for ACC fans. Especially for college basketball and college football. I’m not a big sports fan but I would use the hell outa’ such a website to keep up with UNC basketball. It would kick ass! Especially if fans could submit pictures and videos. Ed Cone and I have mentioned the importance of fan participation. Capitalize on it ACC.
Some people the ACC should contact about this ASAP. Ruby Sinreich [social network guru], Fred Stutzman [social network scientist], and Brian Russell (me) [social web site designer]. 🙂
See also my post Creativity + Fans x Love = Money for more ideas.
Update: Ed Cone asks, “Why wait for the league? An exogenous effort might work as well or better. I’d be interested in helping to create one.” Sean Coon responds, “you already have one at flickr… pimp it.”
I read the News and Observer college basketball blog ACC Now. Todays post called The final 12.7 seconds contains a YouTube video of the end of the Duke vs Clemson game on ESPN. (see image bellow) Quite a nail bitter. Last minute bucket by Clemson player Hamilton tied the game 66 to 66. I really appreciated seeing this video online because I missed the cool live moment. (Plus I’m a Carolina fan and really only care about the Tar Heels.) 🙂
But this “convergence” moment by Main Stream Media intrigued me. Something happened here that would have corporate lawyers in a giant tizzy just a year or two ago. Maybe they’re still concerned about this, I don’t know.
What would concern lawyers about YouTube video on the N&O site?
The use of copyrighted material that this media player, as far as I know, does not own or have rights to. (if there is a notice of permission on the site I missed please let me know.)
Click on image for larger version.
Here’s what happened with this simple blog post. The News and Observer, owned by The McClatchy Company, has a video captured by YouTube user goheels88 on their for-profit website. The video is a copyrighted product of ESPN and the Atlantic Coast Conference. Not to mention the rights of Duke University and Clemson University. You have one media outlet profiting, capturing eyeballs for ad revenue, by leveraging the copyright of two to four owners.
Is posting a YouTube video like this on the N&O site legal?
I hope it is. Its very possible that YouTube, now owned by tech giant Google, has licensed video clips from ESPN that are captured by YouTube users. Or maybe lawyers believe that any content still publicly available on the YouTube site is fair game. Bloggers do it so why can’t businesses?
If all these corporate entities have reached an agreement then I applaud them. If they have just decided its stupid to sue each other when this video promotes everyones interest then I congratulate you. Any way you look at it this is a watershed moment in the commons of information.
Please do me a favor N&O, send goheels88 a case of beer for capturing that video. He’ll need it when the Tar Heels demolish Dook in a few weeks. 🙂
Brian C. Russell 