University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heel Rundown: February 7
February 7, 2014 | General
Basketball
Defense and Brice Johnson have played a key role during the winning streak...Extended highlights from the NC State game plus much more in This Week in Carolina Basketball:
Check back just before 10 for a new column with four keys to Carolina's winning streak, including a crucial stat to watch for James Michael McAdoo (no, not free throw percentage)...Roy Williams' regular weekly press conference is this afternoon at 2 p.m., with full coverage on GoHeels...Luke Winn's always-readable power rankings...Here's a list of ACC Network affiliates for the Notre Dame game on Saturday...Watch the game here via WatchESPN...Stathead alert! Here's Ken Pomeroy on what makes defenses "slow." It's an interesting read given all the tempo discussions in the ACC this year.
Tar Heels in the NBA
Good Q&A with Harrison Barnes that has some off-court insight into his personality...Big news day for Barnes, as he'll be in the dunk contest on All-Star Weekend. He earned the spot with plays like this from last week:
But Clemson's Milton Jennings knows that Barnes has always had good dunking ability:
Barnes then went out and had 11 points and six rebounds in a Golden State win last night...Danny Green was back close to home last night, playing against the Nets...He had 17 points and eight rebounds in his return home.
Football
A recap of the ACC's signing day haul, with praise for Elijah Hood...The latest Tar Heel Trailblazer is Ricky Lanier, who has a story well worth reading.
Olympic sports
The Carolina baseball TV schedule for this year...Women's basketball lost a close one at Georgia Tech, and now Duke looms on Monday...A full update on Tar Heel Olympic sports:
Today's games
Softball is in Lafayette, Louisiana for games against Northern Iowa (10 a.m.) and Texas (12:30 p.m.). Wrestling travels to Virginia at 7 p.m. Track is at the Armory Collegiate Invitational in New York City, while gymnastics is in Chicago for a meet that includes UIC and Boise State. Women's tennis begins play in the ITA National Team Indoors, which they won last year.
Today in Tar Heel history
Feb. 7, 1991: In a strange scheduling quirk created by the first Gulf War, Carolina played NC State for the second straight day, earning a split with a 92-70 win at the Smith Center. The original UNC-State game in Chapel Hill had been scheduled for Jan. 16, but 40 minutes before tipoff, when it became obvious the start was going to coincide with a nationally televised address from President Bush, the chancellors of both schools agreed to postpone it. Some fans were already in the building and players had already gone through early warm-ups.
The only rescheduling possibility was to play on back-to-back nights. After Les Robinson's State team earned a 97-91 win in Raleigh, Carolina rebounded with a resounding win in the rematch.
Long read
You don't really know everything about Carolina's National Signing Day until you read Lee Pace's essential recap.
