University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heel Rundown: February 20
February 20, 2014 | General
Basketball
Carolina will try to break a troubling trend of slow starts that can't continue tonight...Jones Angell and Adam Lucas on the matchups they'll be watching tonight...The Tar Heel defense has been key during the seven-game win streak...Four keys to watch tonight...Dan Bonner likes Roy Williams as the ACC Coach of the Year right now...The recap from yesterday's press conference:
Bill Murray is still salty about the 2005 national championship game. Just for him, enjoy (featuring "the shut-down man" at 6:55):
Tar Heels in the NBA
Just another average day for Kendall Marshall, as he scored 20 points and had 16 assists...Another strong game for Tyler Zeller, who had 16 points and six rebounds...Same for Danny Green, who had 16 points and seven rebounds...Eight points and seven rebounds for Tyler Hansbrough...Five points and eight assists for Raymond Felton...12 points and three rebounds for Marvin Williams...Seven points and four rebounds for Harrison Barnes...There's some good UNC content in this gallery of rare Rasheed Wallace photos...Today is the NBA trade deadline. Some Tar Heels who have had their name mentioned and will be watching the clock include Felton and Barnes...
You think the NBA guys don't know it's time for UNC-Duke? Check out Hansbrough eliminating Mike Dunleavy:
Football
Marquise Williams is one of the ten quarterbacks on the rise nationally...A complete look at 2013 ACC attendance numbers...
Olympic sports
Women's tennis earned a pair of wins, and freshman Hayley Carter continues to have a strong year...Women's swimming is in second place after the first day of the ACC Championships...Women's lacrosse got an easy win.
Today's games
Women's basketball is at Virginia at 6:30 p.m. on RSN and ESPN3. Women's swimming and diving continues competition in the ACC Championships in Greensboro. And there's a men's basketball game you might have heard about against Duke at 9 p.m. on the ACC Network (affiliates) and ESPN.
Today in Tar Heel history
Feb. 20, 1999: Ademola Okulaja nailed the game-winning three-pointer with 1.4 seconds left to give Carolina a 67-66 win at Virginia. Great shot that often gets overlooked among last-second Tar Heel buzzer-beaters:
Long read
We're going back to last Wednesday's long read--the classic Ian Williams column from the Daily Tar Heel entitled, "Why I hate Duke."
