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Tar Heel Rundown: March 17
March 17, 2014 | General
Basketball
Watch the team's reaction to its NCAA bid and pending trip to San Antonio, including exclusive interviews with Roy Williams, Marcus Paige & James Michael McAdoo:
Here's a printable bracket...Information on how to get tickets in San Antonio...There will be a lot of Tar Heel hoops stories this week, but this is the only place you'll read this angle: what it's like to watch the NCAA Tournament selection show with the Tar Heels...
The all-time NCAA Tournament first round seed vs. seed winning percentages...ESPN ran a terrific video piece on Dean Smith during the ACC Tournament...The Storify of various Tar Heel NCAA Tournament reactions...
Looking back at the 25th anniversary of one of the best Carolina-Duke games of all time, the 1989 ACC Tournament final...Eric Montross, who has had an impact in Chapel Hill on and off the court, was honored as an ACC Legend this weekend...Marcus Paige is one of the six finalists for the Cousy Award...This is about the SEC Tournament rather than the ACC Tournament, but if you're interested in how a network produces a big basketball event, this is a good glimpse behind the scenes...Thought this was a telling tweet about how deep the Carolina basketball family runs:
Saw Tar Heel legend Joe Quigg at LGA. '57 NCAA champ. In NYC for reunion event at St Francis HS. NY Tar Heel. There are a ton of us.
— Matt Doherty (@DohertyMatt) March 16, 2014
Tar Heels in the NBA
Friday: Danny Green had 15 points...13 points and nine assists for Ty Lawson in Denver's upset of the Heat...Six points and nine assists for Kendall Marshall...Tyler Zeller had seven points and five rebounds in a win over the Warriors...Harrison Barnes had six points and five assists in that game.
Saturday: John Henson had nine points and five rebounds...Nine points and two assists for Raymond Felton...Lawson struggled from the field, but still had 11 assists and nine rebounds...
Sunday: Henson had 12 points and seven rebounds...Vince Carter's 18 points helped lead Dallas over the Thunder, and Brandan Wright had eight points and eight rebounds...Marvin Williams had eight points and Danny Green scored five as Green's Spurs beat the Jazz...Harrison Barnes had five points and five rebounds...Tyler Zeller had four points and nine rebounds, but former teammate Reggie Bullock dropped in a career-high 14 to help the Clippers over the Cavs.
Catching up with P.J. Hairston...Green needs an MRI on his wrist.
Football
When Giovani Bernard was at Carolina, you had a feeling he was the type of individual who was going to make an impression on and off the field. It's already happening, and this weekend he visited Haiti and a school named for his mother:
If you don't know the story about Gio and his mom, you should read this story, which won first place in the 2013 FWAA Writing Contest...Hakeem Nicks had an offer from the Panthers, but chose a one-year deal with the Colts, where he has been welcomed as the perfect fit...Julius Peppers signed with the Packers, and it sounds like both sides are pleased with the deal...Cam Thomas switched coasts, moving from the Chargers to the Steelers...
Olympic sports
Women's lacrosse beat Georgetown and now has the program's longest ever winning streak...Men's lax dropped an overtime heartbreaker to Duke...The indoor track season concluded at the NCAA Championships...Gymnastics took a victory in Williamsburg...The Diamond Heels took the rubber game at Maryland on Sunday to win the series...We're assuming you're wearing your green today, and here's an even more fun way to celebrate:
St Pat's @DiamondHeels sale. Half price off remaining ACC home games. Monday 12:01am, running through 11:59pm. http://t.co/S1YhPc5VES
— UNC Ticket Office (@UNCTix) March 16, 2014
Today's games
The women's basketball NCAA Tournament selection show is tonight at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
Today in Tar Heel history
This isn't just today in Tar Heel history--it's Tar Heel history, period. If you're one of those people who was excited about the planned renovation of the Rathskeller on Franklin Street, there's some bad news. This story, though, does have some great photos and looks back at the restaurant and what it meant to Chapel Hill.
Long read
Starting today, ESPN is going to try and change the way you look at sports with the debut of FiveThirtyEight.com. Here's a Q&A with the man behind the site, Nate Silver, who first made his name in politics.
