University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: December 15
December 15, 2014 | General
Basketball
The loss to Kentucky sets up an important week...Forgot to link this last week, but there's always a wealth of information in the SI power rankings...Some good history in this look back at the 1977 UNC-UK meeting...Highlights from James Michael McAdoo's huge 32-point night in the D League:
Football
The Quick Lane Bowl comes with a nice payout...If you missed it Saturday, the opening video for the Army-Navy game was terrific...
Olympic sports
The volleyball team defeated Oregon to advance to the regional final for the first time in school history, and then fell to Texas in a very tight battle in the round of eight...All-America honors for two men's soccer players...Some good thoughts here from winter graduates from across the athletic department...Wrestling battled back to upend No. 20 Chattanooga...Women's basketball thumped Appalachian State...Why Andrew Miller sacrificed $4 million to sign with the Yankees...
Today's games
None.
Tar Heels in the NBA
Friday: Tyler Zeller, who credits Rajon Rondo with helping him make big strides with the Celtics, had 19 points and six rebounds...Danny Green had 19 points and four rebounds...Vince Carter had eight points...Tyler Hansbrough had four points and five rebounds...Marvin Williams had five points and three rebounds...Ed Davis had six rebounds.
Saturday: 19 points and 12 assists for Ty Lawson...Harrison Barnes had 12 points and 9 rebounds...Brandan Wright had seven points and five rebounds...Kendall Marshall had five points and six assists...Vince Carter scored six...Marvin Williams scored five points.
Sunday: Barnes had four rebounds but had to leave the game early after being cut...Davis had six points and four rebounds...Hansbrough had six points and six rebounds...Green had five points and six rebounds...Lawson had six points and 10 assists.
Tar Heels in the NFL
Bruce Carter played well on Sunday Night Football, making six tackles (one for loss) and grabbing a game-sealing interception...Larry Fedora talked about Eric Ebron on his visit to Detroit for a pre-bowl press conference...Ebron caught one pass for 11 yards against the Vikings...Hakeem Nicks caught two passes for 44 yards, including a touchdown...Julius Peppers had four tackles...Giovani Bernard had 79 yards on the ground and 24 yards receiving...Quinton Coples had two tackles for loss, plus a sack.
Long read
A statistical analysis of why Michael Jordan was "way better" than Kobe Bryant, who passed Jordan on the all-time scoring list last night.
