University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: October 29
October 29, 2015 | General
Football
Tonight, the ACC will be treated to an unexpected showdown involving the Tar Heels...A Q&A with Shakeel Rashad...Watch out for Pitt in the fourth quarter...Interesting look at what Pat Narduzzi has done in his first year at Pitt...The Tar Heels will need to contain Tyler Boyd...Check back later this morning for a feature you won't want to miss on Landon Turner...
Basketball
Q&As with Kennedy Meeks and Justin Jackson...Carolina is the preseason ACC favorite...The Tar Heels will have at least one new starter this year...Roy Williams from ACC media day:
An inside look at ACC media day...Late Night from a different angle:
Wayne Ellington has been through a lot over the past year and started for the Nets last night...Tyler Zeller had six points and a rebound...The Hornets started two Tar Heels (Marvin Williams had 10 points and 10 rebounds, while P.J. Hairston had three points and two assists) and brought Tyler Hansbrough off the bench...Ty Lawson had 12 points and six assists in his first game for Houston...John Henson scored four points...Danny Green had four points and eight rebounds...Raymond Felton started for Dallas, and had a team-high 18 points and six assists in a win...Ed Davis had 12 points and 11 rebounds in his first game for Portland.
Olympic sports
This should be fun: the Diamond Heels will face South Carolina in Charlotte on April 12...Andrew Miller won the AL Reliever of the Year award...
Today's games
Field hockey hosts Liberty at 4 p.m. Football visits Pitt at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
Long read
Carolina is no stranger to going to Pitt for big games. Here's video from a top-5 clash in 1982, featuring a young Panthers quarterback named Dan Marino, and here's the game story from the New York Times:
