...There seemed to be little doubt on the Tar Heel bench. Photos of the moment show Smith and his assistant coaches - Bill Guthridge, Roy Williams and Eddie Fogler - in the background, sitting on the bench with calm expressions. "It sure looked...

...opponents, your player's psyche, all those kind of different things." Doherty joins former North Carolina coach Bill Guthridge as the only coaches in Atlantic Coast Conference history to take their teams to the No. 1 ranking in their first...

...the man who many in Chapel Hill and within the UNC family, including Doherty, expected to succeed Dean Smith and Bill Guthridge as Lord of Blue Heaven. When Williams decided he could not abandon the utopia he'd created in Kansas, the Heels...

...were back in the game by halftime. "We really battled. I think we did wear out there," North Carolina coach Bill Guthridge said. "This team gave us a great ride to get here." The Tar Heels had a 50-46 lead with 13:31 to play. North...

...to now. So I think for a lot of these kids they really aren't freshmen and sophomores." North Carolina coach Bill Guthridge is in his second Final Four in just three seasons, but the Tar Heels (22-13) did it this time as an underdog...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- North Carolina was a defensive disaster back in December. Coach Bill Guthridge's ambitious plan to return to more ball pressure was scrapped after road losses against Indiana and Louisville. Those games...

...emerged with the game ball and hurled it into the stands. Standing nearby watching it all with a big smile was coach Bill Guthridge, who is headed to Kansas for his mother's funeral Monday. "Obviously, since we were an eighth seed, this was...

...emerged with the game ball and hurled it into the stands. Standing nearby watching it all with a big smile was coach Bill Guthridge, who is headed to Kansas for his mother's funeral Monday. "Obviously, since we were an eighth seed, this was...

...The one player I'm most concerned about is Coley ... He's all over the place," said Tar Heels coach Bill Guthridge. "Just when you think you know where he is, he's somewhere else and stealing a pass." COACHING CAREERS...

...They nearly missed the tournament by losing four of six coming into it, and some critics were calling for coach Bill Guthridge's job. "I was questioning when were we going to get it together, when are these guys going to step up," said...