Thad Williamson--Sportswriting Archive

Archive of Selected Writings on North Carolina Basketball and Other Sports-Related Topics

Writings on Carolina Basketball

2005

Reaction to Departures of Felton, May, McCants, M. Williams

NCAA Tournament: Illinois

NCAA Tournament: Michigan State

NCAA Tournament: Wisconsin

NCAA Tournament: Villanova

Post-ACC Tournament

Perfect Senior Day (Duke)

Maryland (College Park)

Connecticut (Hartford)

2004

Remembering Burgess McSwain

On Larry Brown and the NBA Champion Detroit Pistons

End of Season Reflections, 2003-04

So Similar, Yet So Different: Comparing Carolina and Kentucky Basketball

Institution of Higher Learning: Profile of Academic Adviser Burgess McSwain

2003

More Than a Game: The History and Significance of Carolina Basketball (Lecture Given at UNC, October 2003)

Steve Sullivan and John Bunting

The Case Against ACC Expansion

Necessary Change: Final Overview of the Doherty-Williams Coaching Transition

On the Hiring of Roy Williams

The Matt Doherty Era--What Went Wrong?

End of Season Comments, 2002-03

The Week That Was and The Decision Ahead

2002

Former Players and the Carolina Way

Preseason Comments, 2002-2003

Larry Brown Enters the Basketball Hall of Fame

On the Transfer of Adam Boone and Player Unhappiness

Playing Women's Basketball at Harvard: Interview with the Crimson Co-Captains

End of Season Comments, 2001-02

2001

Off-Season Comments in Response to Personnel Losses, May 2001: Anticipating a Difficult Season, Resisting the Blame Game

A Special Tar Heel Fan (Steve Sullivan)

2000

Reaction to the Firing of Bob Knight

Paying Tribute: On The Departures of Phil Ford, Dave Hanners, and Pat Sullivan

New Coach: Matt Doherty

On the Retirement of Bill Guthridge

In Appreciation of Ed Cota: 1999-2000 End of Season Column

Addressing the Critics, Part One (On Carolina's Qualification for the 2000 Final Four)

Addressing the Critics, Part Two

Interview With John Wooden

Reaction Columns to the 2000 NCAA Tournament Run:

Tulsa

Tennessee

Stanford

Missouri

Announcement of NCAA Bracket

Reaction to Loss to Wake Forest, 2000 ACC Tournament

On Carolina's Win Over N.C. State, February 2000

On Carolina's Overtime Loss to Duke, February 2000

1997

On the Hiring of Bill Guthridge

The Dean's Lists: 36 Ways to Remember the 36 Year Smith Era

Carolina's Defense Against the Three: No Easy Answers (Feb. 1997)

1986

School-by-School Overview of the 1985-86 Season