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         <title>Stepheson To Transfer Due To Family Health Concerns</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Alex Stepheson, a rising junior power forward for the University of North Carolina men's basketball team, will transfer in order to be closer to his family in California due to several health concerns.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Mike Copeland, a rising senior forward on the North Carolinamen's basketball team, injured his right knee in a pickup basketball gamelast week and will need surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[University of North Carolina forward Danny Green has declaredfor the NBA Draft, but will not hire an agent. Green, a junior from NorthBabylon, N.Y., was Carolina's fourth-leading scorer at 11.5 points per gamein 2007-08.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><ahref="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/042608aaa.html"class="redlink">Green, Lawson And Ellington Declare For NBA Draft</a></li><li><ahref="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/042708aaa.html"class="redlink">Museum To Close Early On Monday</a></li></ul>Tyler Hansbrough, the 2007-08 National Player of the Year,will return to the University of North Carolina for his senior year andsophomore guards Wayne Ellington and Ty Lawson will declare for the NBADraft but not hire agents, allowing for the possibility for them to returnto school at a later date.]]></description>
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         <title>Hansbrough, Thomas And Ginyard Reap Multiple Honors At Carolina Awards Ceremony</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><ahref="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041808aaa.html"class="redlink">Banquet Caps Memorable Season</a></li><li><a href="#" onClick="javascript:window.open('http://www.fansonly.com/schools/unc/view.gal?id=27293', 'PopupViewer', 'toolbar=no,menubar=no,status=no,location=no,directories=no,titlebar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=970,height=705');;return false;" class="redlink">Photo Gallery</a><br><li><ahref="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041508aab.html"class="redlink">Tar Heels To Face Michigan State In ACC/Big Ten Challenge</a></li></ul>National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough earned MostValuable Player honors, senior point guard Quentin Thomas was named mostinspirational and most improved player and junior swingman Marcus Ginyardwas named the best defender in the annual awards ceremony hosted by theUniversity of North Carolina men's basketball team Thursday night at theSmith Center.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><ahref="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040908aaa.html"class="redlink">Award Ceremony Thursday Night</a></li><li><ahref="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041008aaa.html"class="redlink">Lucas: Williams Looks Back And Ahead</a></li></ul>Matchups for the 10th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge -- featuring top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioner's Cup on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU - are set. North Carolina, which is scheduled to face Michigan State at Ford Field in Detroit, will play away from home in the event for the second consecutive year.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<UL><li><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041208aab.html" class="redlink">Hansbrough Wins Wooden Award</a></li><li><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040908aaa.html" class="redlink">Award Ceremony To Be Held April 17</a></li></ul>On Roy Williams's office calendar, today is marked to begin a week-long trip to Europe to see his son, Scott. But that trip is now scrapped, and the Tar Heel head coach will spend next week recruiting. As Williams begins to look back on the 2008 season, he also has a very busy April ahead.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040908aaa.html" class="redlink">Awards Ceremony To Be Held Thurs. Apr. 17</a><br><li><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040608aaa.html" class="redlink">Lucas: Wish You Were Here</a><br><li><a href="#" onClick="javascript:window.open('http://www.fansonly.com/schools/unc/view.gal?id=26702', 'PopupViewer', 'toolbar=no,menubar=no,status=no,location=no,directories=no,titlebar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=970,height=705');;return false;" class="redlink">Photo Gallery</a><br><li><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/040508aaa.html" class="redlink">Box Score</a><br></ul></ul>Brandon Rush notched 25 points and seven rebounds as Kansas held off a ferocious comeback by North Carolina for an 84-66 victory in the national semifinals on Saturday night.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><a href="http://alumni.unc.edu/article.aspx?sid=5715" class="redlink" target="_blank">Team send off from hotel at 6pm!</a> </li><li><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040408aac.html" class="redlink">Lucas: UNC Final Four Notebook</a></li><li><a href="#" onClick="javascript:window.open('http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/unc/view.gal?id=26637', 'PopupViewer', 'toolbar=no,menubar=no,status=no,location=no,directories=no,titlebar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=970,height=705');;return false;" class="redlink">Photo Gallery</a></li><LI><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040308aag.html" class="redlink">Watch The Final Four At The Smith Center</a> | <a href="http://www.dps.unc.edu/NewsLinks/debspevents/UNCfinal4.pdf" class="redlink">Parking (PDF)</li><LI><a href="mailto:uncmailbag@gmail.com" class="redlink">Submit Your Mailbag Questions</a></li><li><a href="http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/unc/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040108aaf.html" class="redlink">Fans Vote for Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Tournament</a></li><li><a href="#" onClick="javascript:window.open('http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/unc/view.gal?id=26609', 'PopupViewer', 'toolbar=no,menubar=no,status=no,location=no,directories=no,titlebar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=970,height=705');;return false;" class="redlink">Hansbrough named AP and USBWA Player of the Year</a></li></ul>Finally, it's here. After a weeklong wait, the Tar Heels will take the court in San Antonio tonight for the 17th Final Four in program history. The opponent, Kansas, is a familiar one. Get all the matchups, stats and trends in the Game Guide.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040408aac.html" class="redlink">Lucas: UNC Final Four Notebook</a></li><li><a href="#" onClick="javascript:window.open('http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/unc/view.gal?id=26637', 'PopupViewer', 'toolbar=no,menubar=no,status=no,location=no,directories=no,titlebar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=970,height=705');;return false;" class="redlink">Photo Gallery</a></li><LI><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040308aag.html" class="redlink">Watch The Final Four At The Smith Center</a> | <a href="http://www.dps.unc.edu/NewsLinks/debspevents/UNCfinal4.pdf" class="redlink">Parking (PDF)</li><LI><a href="mailto:uncmailbag@gmail.com" class="redlink">Submit Your Mailbag Questions</a></li><li><a href="http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/unc/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040108aaf.html" class="redlink">Fans Vote for Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Tournament</a></li><li><a href="#" onClick="javascript:window.open('http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/unc/view.gal?id=26609', 'PopupViewer', 'toolbar=no,menubar=no,status=no,location=no,directories=no,titlebar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=970,height=705');;return false;" class="redlink">Hansbrough named AP and USBWA Player of the Year</a></li></ul>Going into last week's regional final against Louisville, the common Carolina storyline was that they were an untested team that had breezed through the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament. But this team has seen plenty of adversity--it's just that it's happened over the past few years rather than the past few weeks.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040108aad.html" class="redlink">Week-long Schedule of Events</a></li></ul>North Carolina plays Kansas in the Final Four on Saturday, April 5, and fans are invited to watch the game at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill. Both semifinal games, including the UCLA vs. Memphis game at 6:07 pm ET, will be shown. Carolina's game vs. the Jayhawks is slated for an 8:47 pm tipoff.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040108aad.html" class="redlink">Week-long Schedule of Events</a></li><LI><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040108aad.html" class="redlink">Watch The Final Four At The Smith Center</a> | <a href="http://www.dps.unc.edu/NewsLinks/debspevents/UNCfinal4.pdf" class="redlink">Parking (PDF)</li><LI><a href="mailto:uncmailbag@gmail.com" class="redlink">Submit Your Mailbag Questions</a></li><li><a href="http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/unc/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040108aaf.html" class="redlink">Fans Vote for Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Tournament</a></li><li><a href="#" onClick="javascript:window.open('http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/unc/view.gal?id=26609', 'PopupViewer', 'toolbar=no,menubar=no,status=no,location=no,directories=no,titlebar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=970,height=705');;return false;" class="redlink">Hansbrough named AP and USBWA Player of the Year</a></li></ul>The primary storyline leading up to the 2005 Final Four was the quality of Carolina's man-to-man defense. The Tar Heels spent most of that week trying to improve it, and then won the national title largely by playing zone. This year's team has the ability to implement similar defensive wrinkles.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><a href="http://alumni.unc.edu/article.aspx?sid=5715" target="_blank" class="redlink">Team Send-Off 6:30pm Wednesday @ Smith Center & Welcome To San Antonio @ 10:00p.m.!</a><LI><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040108aad.html" class="redlink">Watch The Final Four At The Smith Center</a></li><LI><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040108aag.html" class="redlink">Hansbrough Press Conference Quotes</a></li><LI><a href="mailto:uncmailbag@gmail.com" class="redlink">Submit Your Mailbag Questions</a></li><li><a href="http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/unc/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040108aaf.html" class="redlink">Fans Vote for Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Tournament</a></li></ul>Roy Williams has spent a good portion of both of his media sessions this week answering questions about his relationship with Kansas. The big theme--how he left Lawrence for Chapel Hill--misses the point. The bigger story is how, especially over the last year, players from both Williams regimes have realized how much they have in common.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><a href="http://alumni.unc.edu/article.aspx?sid=5715" target="_blank" class="redlink">Team Send-Off 6:30pm Wednesday @ Smith Center & Welcome To San Antonio @ 10:00p.m.!</a><LI><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040108aad.html" class="redlink">Watch The Final Four At The Smith Center</a></li><LI><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040108aag.html" class="redlink">Hansbrough Press Conference Quotes</a></li><LI><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040108aaa.html" class="redlink">Tuesday Talking Points</a></li><LI><a href="mailto:uncmailbag@gmail.com" class="redlink">Submit Your Mailbag Questions</a></li><li><a href="http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/033108aad.html" class="redlink">Hansbrough Repeats Consensus All-America Honors</a></li><li><a href="http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/unc/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040108aaf.html" class="redlink">Fans Vote for Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Tournament</a></li></ul>This week, let the Mailbag be your travel agent. If you're headed to San Antonio, you'll want to read through our quick Tar Heel's guide to the Final Four. Plus, we've got some remarkable statistics on Carolina's success in the RBC Center, some figures on what happens when the men's team and women's team run into the same opponents, and much more.]]></description>
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