University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: December 16
December 16, 2014 | General
Basketball
A variety of ESPN takes on the Tar Heels...Carolina is No. 24 in the new AP poll...The Heels will see some familiar faces on the UNCG bench tonight...James Michael McAdoo is impressing the Warriors in the D League...Marcus Paige, who just joined the 1,000 point club, is shooting the ball better.
Football
The Carolina defense will have a new look in the Quick Lane Bowl...Larry Fedora is open to scrapping the 4-2-5...Marquise Williams listed among the ACC's 2015 Heisman contenders...Despite seeming very healthy, college football game attendance reached a 14-year low in 2014.
Olympic sports
It's a top-20 matchup tonight at Carmichael.
Today's games
Diving is at the Winter Diving Nationals in Columbus. Women's basketball hosts Oregon State at 6 p.m. Men's basketball visits UNC-Greensboro at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
Tar Heels in the NBA
Danny Green had 12 points...Marvin Williams had 10 points...Wayne Ellington scored seven...Five points and five boards for Tyler Zeller...Tyler Hansbrough had four points and two rebounds...Kendall Marshall had two points and an assist.
Tar Heels in the NFL
Connor Barth has tied a Denver franchise record twice in his three games with the team...Eric Ebron gets some attention for a devastating block in Sunday's win.
Long read
An interesting way to pass a few minutes this morning: the top 20 websites every year since 1996. We had forgotten some of these ever existed.
