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Tar Heel Rundown: March 10
March 10, 2014 | General
Thanks to Kevin Best for the sweet new Rundown graphic for this week. Lot of good memories in those photos.
Basketball
Marcus Paige's beyond the box score performance was tremendous against Duke...Highlights, such as they were, from Durham:
Dean Smith's influence on Tony Shaver, the head coach at William & Mary, which will play for the CAA title today...ACC Tournament storylines to watch...And here's the full bracket and schedule...This Roy Williams mic'ed up at practice video is a good one...It's time for All-ACC ballots. Here's one and here's another. Based on a very small sample, it's looking like J.P. Tokoto might not make the all-defensive team, which would be absurd, but remember that voting isn't exactly scientific. Of course, if you're looking to be totally mystified, here's the designated clueless person who doesn't think Marcus Paige deserves first-team All-ACC. Sometimes the bad ballots are more entertaining than the reasonable ones. Check out the reasoning for Jabari Parker, who is a terrific player but has never been confused with a defensive stopper, as a member of the all-defensive team...
Tar Heels in the NBA
More on the Carolina-Duke rivalry as it extends to NBA teammates...John Henson had a rough February and is trying to get accustomed to the center position...
Friday: Monster night for Ty Lawson, who had 30 points and 17 assists. He also did this to poor Jodie Meeks:
Kendall Marshall had eight points and 14 assists...Seven points and five rebounds for Harrison Barnes...Dallas got nine points from Vince Carter and six from Brandan Wright in a win over Portland...12 points and six rebounds for John Henson...Five points and five rebounds for Tyler Zeller...Two points and five assists for Raymond Felton in a Knicks win.
Saturday: Danny Green had 12 points and six rebounds...Same exact stats for John Henson, and he did it in 17 minutes...Felton had eight points and six assists...Marvin Williams had nine points and four rebounds.
Sunday: Kendall Marshall had 10 assists to aid a Laker upset of the Thunder...15 points and 12 assists for Lawson...10 points and 7 rebounds for Carter...Seven points and six rebounds for Barnes.
Football
Carolina's high school coaches clinic is March 20-21...SI.com's ACC pre-spring preview includes a section on the Tar Heels.
Olympic sports
Nathan Kraisser won the ACC wrestling title at 125 pounds, and Carolina finished fourth overall as a team...Pretty cool: the NCAA champion women's lacrosse team will visit the White House today...That will cap a happy weekend, as Carolina won at eighth-ranked Virginia on Saturday...Another road win over the Cavaliers came from women's tennis, which won a top-15 showdown in Charlottesville...Nice win for men's lax on Friday at Princeton...
Softball took a weekend sweep of Syracuse and is now 5-1 in the ACC...Women's golf finished seventh at the Darius Rucker Invitational...Baseball swept a doubleheader over Pitt on Saturday, giving them two out of three in the series...Track athlete Tristene Johnson is having an impact in Chapel Hill on and off the track...After beating Maryland on Friday in the quarters, Carolina fell victim to a Duke comeback in the women's basketball ACC Tournament.
Today's games
Men's golf is at the General Hackler Championship in Murrells Inlet, S.C. Men's tennis hosts Texas at noon, and diving competes in the NCAA Zone Diving Championships in Greensboro.
Today in Tar Heel history
March 10, 2012: Without John Henson, Carolina edged NC State, 69-67, in the ACC Tournament semifinals in Atlanta. Here are the game highlights, including Kendall Marshall's game-winner (which you probably remember) and a brilliant end-of-game play by Justin Watts (which you might not, but Roy Williams loved):
Long read
An interesting in-depth feature on the long-term influence of Michael Jordan, not as much through his basketball abilities, but through his shoe empire, which has had a major cultural impact.
