University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: December 2
December 2, 2014 | General
Basketball
Carolina fell to 12th in the AP poll...Summarizing some trends from the games in the Bahamas...James Michael McAdoo was part of a crazy alley-oop...Some great quotes about Dean Smith in this story about King Rice's Monmouth team facing Larry Brown and SMU...A behind the scenes photo gallery of the trip to the Bahamas...Lots of stats and simulations for each game in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge...Iowa's players are fond of Marcus Paige, but they've had trouble beating him...Yes, the Hawkeyes did try to recruit Paige...Check back this morning for a new Adam Lucas notebook on the Tar Heels.
Football
The yet to be determined destination for the bowl game could serve as redemption...The ACC may have more bowl eligible teams than it has slots (due to Notre Dame), which could affect Carolina...Six Tar Heels earned All-ACC honors.
Olympic sports
Volleyball remains No. 7 in this week's poll, and Chaniel Nelson is ACC Player of the Week again...Sylvia Hatchell's team, which moved up to sixth in the new AP poll, is the NCAA women's basketball team of the week:
The NCAA Women's Basketball Team of the Week is @UNCwbb: http://t.co/Mnf9MGx0ii pic.twitter.com/bkWtMhdcX4
— NCAA Women's BKB (@NCAAWomensBKB) December 1, 2014
Today's games
None.
Tar Heels in the NBA
John Henson will be out a couple more weeks... Wayne Ellington's contract guarantee increased...
Ty Lawson had 15 points and 12 assists...Danny Green had five points and four rebounds...Reggie Bullock had five points...Highlights from Lawson's game, which included his clutch late jumper:
Tar Heels in the NFL
Quinton Coples had two tackles on Monday Night Football.
Long read
According to the numbers, this may very well be the slowest college basketball season ever played.
