University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: January 12
January 12, 2015 | General
Basketball
Adam Lucas on the win over Louisville, Marcus Paige, the Tar Heel bench, and comebacks...Saturday's win could be a springboard...Nice tribute to Stuart Scott by Dick Vitale after the win...These were written before the weekend, but there's always good information in the SI power rankings...James Michael McAdoo talks frankly about his stint in the NBDL...It's hard not to come away liking Dick Vitale after reading this column.
The video highlights from the win:
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Which led to this celebration:
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Football
Bruce Carter had a team-high nine tackles, including one for loss...Julius Peppers had six tackles and a sack...Hakeem Nicks caught two passes for 24 yards, including a touchdown...Sylvester Williams had a tackle...Connor Barth made a pair of field goals and an extra point...Tre Boston had three tackles...The Lions expect more production out of Eric Ebron...Interesting stat on pace of play:
#UNC averaged 1 play every 19.8 seconds. In the last decade, only 2 Power 5 teams have moved faster.
— David Hale (@DavidHaleESPN) January 9, 2015
Olympic sports
Women's basketball thumped Georgia Tech...Swimming and diving picked up a pair of wins...The softball team got a visit from an Olympic gold medalist...Wrestling earned a split at the Pitt Duals...After a painful surgery, Daniel Bard is trying to make a comeback.
Today's games
Fencing is at the North American Cup in Salt Lake City.
Tar Heels in the NBA
The arrival of John Henson...Wayne Ellington is getting starter's minutes in the absence of Kobe Bryant, and the Lakers fully guaranteed his contract...The Celtics traded Brandan Wright to the Suns...The revivial of Harrison Barnes...
Friday: Ty Lawson had 22 points and eight assists...Danny Green put up 20...John Henson had 12 points...Ed Davis had 10 points and 10 rebounds...Harrison Barnes scored 11...Kendall Marshall had six points and nine assists...Vince Carter had nine points...Tyler Zeller had seven points and five rebounds...Wayne Ellington scored four...Pretty play here from Barnes on the finishing end of an alley-oop:
Saturday: P.J. Hairston scored 15...John Henson had six points and seven rebounds...Danny Green had seven points and five rebounds...Marvin Williams had six points and five rebounds, as did Tyler Zeller...Tyler Hansbrough had four points and six rebounds...Raymond Felton had three assists...Reggie Bullock had two points...Kendall Marshall had two points and an assist.
Sunday: Ellington had 10 points to go with six rebounds...Davis had three points and eight rebounds...Wright had seven points for the Suns...Vince Carter scored four...Brendan Haywood had two points and four rebounds.
Long read
With the national championship football game tonight, this is an interesting read about how Oregon became a merchandising brand unto itself (Hint: Nike).
