University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heel Rundown: February 4
February 4, 2014 | General
Basketball
This Adam Lucas notebook has some stats and Roy Williams quotes on McDonald's recent play, a look at how the schedule might break Carolina's way, and more...The best story you'll read with UNC-Maryland memories is probably this one, because it features Lefty Driesell quotes...Maryland's Seth Allen considers UNC the toughest road environment in the ACC and has some interesting comments comparing the Smith Center to Cameron Indoor Stadium...A quick start was key to the win over NC State...Finishing strong around the rim has been an area of emphasis lately...P.J. Hairston is projected as a first-round pick (to the Bulls)...
Tar Heels in the NBA
Big night for Brandan Wright, who had 14 points and seven rebounds...Vince Carter added seven points and seven rebounds...Danny Green returned to the court after a hand injury kept him out for almost a month and contributed seven points and seven rebounds...Three points and seven assists for Raymond Felton...The Nuggets are glad to have Ty Lawson back from injury. He immediately showed why, scoring 27 points and grabbing six rebounds in a win over the Clippers...Marvin Williams is trying not to gloat about Seattle's Super Bowl victory, and he celebrated with 23 points and eight rebounds against the Raptors...Good stat on Kendall Marshall's terrific January:
Kendall Marshall dished out 173 assists in January… That's the most assists by any player in a calendar month since Rondo in March of 2012.
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) February 3, 2014
Green explains why it's easy being green:
Football
A full list of the signing day events on tap at GoHeels.com and at the Kenan Football Center for tomorrow's National Signing Day.
Olympic sports
Terrific story from women's soccer alum Yael Averbuch about a souvenir from her Tar Heel days that holds special meaning...Skye Bolt is a second team preseason All-America pick from Baseball America (subscriber story)...In another subscriber story, BA picks three Tar Heels (Bolt, Trent Thornton, Korey Dunbar) among the top 50 sophomores in the country...The Tar Heel softball team is a preseason pick for fourth in the ACC...With a follow-up on yesterday's Daniel Bard story, thought this was a telling comment from Peter Gammons:
@DiamondHeels I have heard from almost every member of the Red Sox BB Ops department hoping he makes it back. Speaks volume for the Bards
— Peter Gammons (@pgammo) February 3, 2014
The women's tennis match today is a big one:
#Top10Showdown on Tuesday between No. 3 Carolina and No. 7 Texas A&M: http://t.co/Xb5MLAsbfR pic.twitter.com/ScfIuPMcT4
— UNC Women's Tennis (@UNC_wtennis) February 3, 2014
Today's games
Women's tennis hosts Texas A&M at 5 p.m., and men's basketball hosts Maryland at 8 p.m. on the ACC Network (list of affiliates).
Today in Tar Heel history
Feb. 4, 1986: Top-ranked Carolina pulled out a 78-77 win over second-ranked Georgia Tech in Atlanta, getting big plays down the stretch from Jeff Lebo, Joe Wolf and Steve Hale. Fun fact: Mark Price, who was the key to Tech's very good teams in the mid-80s, now has a daughter, Caroline, who is a women's tennis player at UNC.
Long read
A feature on the Harvard reserve who never plays but is the most invaluable player on the team.
