University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heel Rundown: November 12
November 12, 2013 | General
Football
Tar Heel players have noticed some similarities between themselves and this weekend's opponent...Lee Pace tried a new format for his weekly look back at Carolina's most recent game...The Tar Heel pass defense is turning into a weapon...It's going to be interesting to see how Pittsburgh responds to this weekend's big win over Notre Dame...Pitt head coach Paul Chryst on UNC...Some ACC power rankings, in which a 45-14 win over Virginia drops you a spot...UNC vs. Rice in the Military Bowl?...Or if you were thinking that didn't sound too great, how about this one: UNC vs. Bowling Green in Shreveport...
Great news! The Nov. 23 game against Old Dominion won't start at 12:30! Only one problem: it's at noon instead.
Tar Heels in the NFL
Nice to see Quinton Coples using his free weekend from the New York Jets to come back to Kinston and be active in the community.
Basketball
A spotlight on Carolina's starting point guard, Nate Britt...The Tar Heel bench was effective against Oakland...Complaints about the decline of the college game are nothing new, and yet the game still seems to thrive...Seth Davis was impressed by Carolina's debut (scroll down)...
Tar Heels in the NBA
A great story from the ballboy's perspective of Michael Jordan's famous flu game, and how that ballboy ended up with Jordan's shoes...Danny Green did it again, as he had 18 points and seven rebounds to lead the Spurs over the 76ers...Ty Lawson had a double-double, with 17 points and 10 assists...Marvin Williams had six points in that same game as he continues to come back from his Achilles surgery...Ed Davis had five points and seven rebounds for Memphis...Two points and three rebounds for Tyler Zeller in limited action for the Cavs...
Olympic sports
Women's soccer received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will host Liberty on Saturday...Cool gesture by the men's lacrosse team, and they raised $25,000 by doing it...Volleyball, which will finish the home schedule this weekend, is up to No. 15 nationally...Women's hoops fell to No. 4 Tennessee at Carmichael, but freshman Allisha Gray was impressive...
Today's games
Men's soccer is at Clemson tonight at 7 p.m. in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals (watch online).
Today in Tar Heel history
Nov. 12, 1994: Carolina whitewashed Wake Forest, 50-0, in Winston-Salem.
Long read
A fantastic story about a UNC graduate from the 1950s who went from concentration camp survivor to fighter pilot.
