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Tar Heel Rundown: February 28
February 28, 2014 | General
Basketball
Tar Heels on the verge of making a re-entry into Luke Winn's power rankings...Carolina holds steady in the new Bracketology, still a 5 seed in Spokane...The story about the squirrel in this J.P. Tokoto interview is priceless...Ken Pomeroy's defensive stats are important in NCAA Tournament play. Carolina, for the record, currently ranks 19th in that stat...Great summary of Marcus Paige's performance in Raleigh, plus some quality locker room celebration footage:
Easy contest for a chance to win a team-signed ball from what is turning out to be a very memorable team:
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Tar Heels in the NBA
Wayne Ellington is trying to stay ready and earn a regular role in the Dallas rotation...Also on the Mavs, Vince Carter might be making a push for Sixth Man of the Year...Tyler Hansbrough had two points and four rebounds...Five assists for Raymond Felton...Ty Lawson (rib) is still out for the Nuggets.
Football
Gil Brandt, who has seen every NFL Combine, lists Eric Ebron as one of this year's Combine standouts...Wasn't sure where exactly to put this, but it's worth a listen: A mash-up of Jones Angell's calls of the Gio punt return and Marcus Paige's game-winner from Wednesday night:
The day 7 Blue Dawn video:
Olympic sports
Tough night for women's basketball at undefeated Notre Dame...The women's lacrosse team, however, whipped the Irish, getting a dozen goals from freshmen...Josh Horton, who was a key in pushing the baseball program to Omaha beginning in 2006, is back on campus as an undergraduate coach and is getting his degree. Catch up on Carolina's Olympic sports:
Today's games
Track travels to the ACC Indoor Championships in Clemson. Men's swimming and diving continues ACC Championships competition in Greensboro. Baseball has slightly juggled the weekend rotation and hosts North Florida at 3 p.m. on GoHeels TV, while women's tennis hosts Wake Forest at 3:30. Men's tennis travels to Ohio State at 6 p.m., and gymnastics concludes the home schedule against Towson at 7 p.m., also on GoHeels TV.
Today in Tar Heel history
Feb. 28, 1931: Dean Smith was born in Kansas. Eighty-three years later, he's completely changed the North Carolina basketball program, affected the lives of hundreds of people fortunate enough to play for him or come in contact with him, changed the game of college basketball and been the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Here's a look back to November at what makes Coach Smith so special.
Long read
It's good to be Michael Jordan. Here's how he made $90 million last year without playing basketball.
