Cota provides steady hand for Tar Heels If teams are thinking of rattling North Carolina freshman Ed Cota in the NCAA tournament they better come up with another strategy.

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Top seed North Carolina has extra incentive in East Talk to people in college basketball and they'll tell you this may have been the best coaching job in Dean Smith's distinguished career at North Carolina.

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Watkins engineers UNC--Charlotte's quick turnaround CHARLOTTE (Mar 11, 1997 - 14:25 EST) -- Twenty years ago, he was the point guard on North Carolina Charlotte's improbable Final Four team. This year, Melvin Watkins is the 49ers' new coach, and he's looking to create some more surprises.