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Carolina Rundown: April 2
April 2, 2018 | General
Today's essential Tar Heel news and links.
Basketball
The first very early 2018-19 basketball rankings have the Tar Heels in the top 15...Charlie Scott was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame...Some interesting New York-based perspective on Scott...Justin Jackson is surging at the end of his initial NBA season...Sam Perkins was elected to the College Basketball Hall of Fame...No mention of 1998 UNC in the greatest teams to never win a title?...Great to see Marvin Williams having this kind of impact in his hometown community...Harrison Barnes scored 30 last night for the Mavs...Reggie Bullock, who is turning into one of the stars of the 2013 draft class, has a legitimate case for the NBA's Most Improved Player award...Bullock is also having an impact off the court:
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Football
Don't forget about the celebration of Woody Durham's life this Sunday...Cool gesture by the football team...The Tar Heels added three games with Liberty...
Olympic sports
Women's lacrosse was able to hang on against Notre Dame...Softball won the series at Virginia...Caroline Alcorta had a history-making run...Men's lacrosse lost to Duke...Men's tennis thumped Virginia...The baseball team swept Wake Forest...
Cool photo of two ladies who are now forever linked in women's basketball championship history:
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Today's games
None.
Long read
Of all the people you thought Remington the UNC baseball therapy dog might make friends with, J.R. Smith was well down the list. But that's exactly what happened, and Smith credits Remington for a solid bounceback performance.
The first very early 2018-19 basketball rankings have the Tar Heels in the top 15...Charlie Scott was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame...Some interesting New York-based perspective on Scott...Justin Jackson is surging at the end of his initial NBA season...Sam Perkins was elected to the College Basketball Hall of Fame...No mention of 1998 UNC in the greatest teams to never win a title?...Great to see Marvin Williams having this kind of impact in his hometown community...Harrison Barnes scored 30 last night for the Mavs...Reggie Bullock, who is turning into one of the stars of the 2013 draft class, has a legitimate case for the NBA's Most Improved Player award...Bullock is also having an impact off the court:
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Following the death of @ReggieBullock35's transgender sister Mia Henderson, he has pledged to take a stand for Transgender awareness and acceptance. He met with representatives of @GLAAD & @AthleteAlly & hosted a Pride Night to show his support for the LGBTQ community. pic.twitter.com/cOOsFbuYtl
— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) March 31, 2018
Football
Don't forget about the celebration of Woody Durham's life this Sunday...Cool gesture by the football team...The Tar Heels added three games with Liberty...
Olympic sports
Women's lacrosse was able to hang on against Notre Dame...Softball won the series at Virginia...Caroline Alcorta had a history-making run...Men's lacrosse lost to Duke...Men's tennis thumped Virginia...The baseball team swept Wake Forest...
Cool photo of two ladies who are now forever linked in women's basketball championship history:
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This was a special night and I got to cap it off with this photo!! #BuzzerBeaterTwins #ncaawomensfinalfour pic.twitter.com/csOgXrzC0d
— Charlotte Smith (@exdunker) April 2, 2018
Today's games
None.
Long read
Of all the people you thought Remington the UNC baseball therapy dog might make friends with, J.R. Smith was well down the list. But that's exactly what happened, and Smith credits Remington for a solid bounceback performance.
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