University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heel Rundown: March 5
March 5, 2014 | Men's Basketball
Basketball
Some eye-opening stats on Carolina during the 12-game winning streak...Tar Heels included on a list of teams you shouldn't trust just yet, since pretty much everyone went undefeated in February...Looking back at the 2006 win at Cameron Indoor Stadium...We'll have another story on a key UNC-Duke game that happened on this date on the site later today...Marcus Paige headlines the All-ACC Academic team...Don't miss the latest "This Week In Carolina Basketball" segment from GoHeels TV:
Tar Heels in the NBA
Ty Lawson's return to the Nuggets this week included this ankle-breaking move:
Danny Green is warming up again, as he had 24 points in a San Antonio win...Harrison Barnes had 10 points and five rebounds as Golden State edged the Pacers...Ten more assists for Kendall Marshall...Reggie Bullock hit a three-pointer for the Clippers.
Football
ESPN.com takes an offseason look at the Tar Heels...Eric Ebron is predictably quotable in this post-combine Q&A...Larry Fedora will drive the pace car at the NASCAR race in Martinsville on March 30...The full list of spring football events, including Greensboro and Charlotte practices...
Olympic sports
Abbey Friend is back healthy for women's lacrosse and having a major impact...Jamie Loeb has gotten most of the tennis attention this spring (deservedly so, as she's the reigning ACC Player of the Week), but there's another freshman playing number-one singles on the men's tennis side for the Tar Heels this year: Brayden Schnur, who has been excellent...Diamond DeShields is a first-team All-ACC pick, and Allisha Gray joined her on the All-Freshman team...The women's basketball team leaves today for Greensboro and opens play at the ACC Tournament tomorrow. Here's a preview:
Today's games
Baseball hosts Davidson at 3 p.m. on GoHeels TV.
Today in Tar Heel history
March 5, 1994: Fifth-ranked Carolina roared back from a one-point halftime deficit at the Smith Center to earn an 87-77 win over second-ranked Duke. Donald Williams scored 20 points and Rasheed Wallace, who was on his way to a career 4-0 mark against the Blue Devils, scored 14.
Long read
How about a twist on the reunited family theme that's happened at a few games recently? This time, it's a college basketball player on her senior day who is reunited with her brother, who had spent the last year in Afghanistan. Her reaction says it all:
