University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heel Rundown: January 15
January 15, 2014 | General
Basketball
Interesting broadcast crew for the UNC-Virginia game on Monday: it'll be Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas and Jeff Van Gundy (it's in item 2)...More discussion of the Tar Heel postseason possibilities (it's January!)...A good look at the life and times of the Tar Heel walk-ons...A basketball notebook from Adam Lucas with updates on Kennedy Meeks and the practice plans for this week...
For Carolina's strong Atlanta fan base: Georgia Tech just put single-game tickets on sale for Carolina's visit at the end of this month...Hope you enjoyed that trip to the Carrier Dome on Saturday. There are rumblings that Syracuse has plans for a new football/basketball arena...
Tar Heels in the NBA
Raymond Felton had 13 points and three assists, but the Bobcats cooled off the Knicks...Ed Davis had six points and six rebounds as Memphis topped OKC...Tyler Zeller had eight points and four rebounds as Cleveland edged the Lakers...Kendall Marshall had 10 points and 16 assists in that same game...The Warriors have a new commercial featuring Harrison Barnes:
That commercial is set to officially debut tonight, which just happens to be Harrison Barnes Bobblehead night...The opponent for that game is Denver. Ty Lawson wants his team to come ready to play...The Texas Legends made it official: they've signed P.J. Hairston and he will play Saturday night...
Football
Going out on a limb and guessing Hakeem Nicks will not accept this offer of $88,000 to legally change his name to 888.com...Gio is on the PFWA All-Rookie team (scroll down)...Even after discounting student tickets, the Belk Bowl may not be a money-losing proposition...Get to know early enrollee Allen Artis:
Olympic sports
Lot of excitement in Durham yesterday for the Duel at the DBAP announcement. As per tradition at the ACC Tournament and College World Series, Carolina will be the visiting team...
Today's games
None.
Today in Tar Heel history
Jan. 15, 1997: Already 0-3 in the conference, Carolina stormed back from a nine-point deficit against NC State with 2:34 to play, and won 59-56 at the Smith Center. Disappointingly, we couldn't find any video of this game online, but it was an epic comeback, complete with Wolfpack turnovers, missed free throws, and great plays by Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter and Shammond Williams.
There's much more to come on the 1997 team's ACC start on this site later today.
Long read
This column by Mike DeCourcy is one of best things we've read so far in 2014. It makes so much sense that there's no chance it will ever be implemented.
