University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heel Rundown: February 26
February 26, 2014 | General
Basketball
Some quotes from Roy Williams on how he decided to use the 1-3-1 against Duke, plus his take on the incoming Tar Heel hoops recruits...Carolina's offensive numbers are pretty incredible over the last three games. Adam Lucas with a look at some reasons why...Breaking down Marcus Paige's stellar second-half performances by the numbers...As the State game looms, two Tar Heel starters are hobbling...Really like the format of this photo essay on the UNC-Duke game...
It's that time of year when fans are starting to get serious about NCAA Tournament projections. This site is a great resource, and is devoid of personal bias, on which teams might make it and where they might be seeded...The NCAA Tournament broadcast teams have been released. Always feel like Ian Eagle gets overlooked here. He's consistently very good...Roy Williams met the media yesterday:
Tar Heels in the NBA
Tyler Hansbrough had five points and seven rebounds, while Tyler Zeller had eight points and six rebounds in the same game...Kendall Marshall had four assists for the Lakers...
Football
Hakeem Nicks is getting his representation in line as he hits the free agency market...The new Bengals offensive coordinator is promising lots of work for Giovani Bernard...The video from day 6 of Blue Dawn:
Olympic sports
The baseball team got an easy 12-1 midweek win over App St...Several different pitchers were able to get work...Women's tennis is ranked 11th, and the men are up to 12th...
Today's games
Men's swimming and diving is at the ACC championships in Greensboro, while men's basketball travels to NC State at 8 p.m. on the ACC Network (affiliates).
Today in Tar Heel history
Happy 26th birthday to the best hitter I have ever seen at Carolina, "The Duuuuuuuust," Dustin Ackley. His 28 career hits are a College World Series record.
Long read
Not surprisingly, North Carolina isn't exactly a hotbed for producing Winter Olympic athletes. But Kevin Best, better known around Chapel Hill as the athletic communications contact for football, played an integral role in Sochi. Here's his take on his experience after returning to the United States earlier this week.
