University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heel Rundown: April 17
April 17, 2014 | General
Basketball
The latest season in review piece is on James Michael McAdoo...The NCAA needs to change the draft rules before the NBA takes over...This complete list of NCAA tournament TV ratings shows that UNC-Iowa State was the highest rated game of this year's opening weekend...22 points and 11 rebounds for Tyler Zeller...15 points and 11 assists for Kendall Marshall, and at least one media outlet thinks the Lakers are likely to exercise their option on him for next year...19 points and five rebounds for John Henson off the bench...11 points and nine rebounds for Tyler Hansbrough...Brandan Wright had 10 points...Vince Carter added nine...Danny Green scored eight...Ed Davis had four points and four rebounds...Harrison Barnes went for a career-high 30 points and also did this:
Football
Turner Walston has a few conclusions from spring practice...Very good video on Giovani Bernard...Larry Fedora and the Tar Heel coaching staff talk about spring recruiting...
Olympic sports
Walk-off win for the Diamond Heels, as freshman Wood Myers was a key...Women's lacrosse fell in overtime against Duke...James Madison swept a doubleheader in softball...How a new pen pal project brought together student-athletes and elementary school kids...High expectations for 2015 women's basketball--Sylvia Hatchell's club is second in this very early preseason poll...A preview of UNC's chances in the ACC women's golf championships:
Today's games
The ACC championships begin for women's golf and track. Women's tennis visits Georgia Tech at 4 p.m.
Tar Heels in MLB
Adam Warren recorded a save with a scoreless, hitless inning against the Cubs...Kyle Seager had a hit against Texas...Chris Iannetta had his fourth career walk-off home run, and here's the video.
Long read
Part 1 and part 2 of this Boston Globe feature on the Richard family are terrifically good. You're going to hear more about this as the Boston Marathon approaches, but you won't read anything better.
