University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: November 17
November 17, 2015 | General
Football
More weekly ACC honors for Landon Turner and Ryan Switzer...The UNC offensive line is one of the final 20 candidates for a national award...Avoiding turnovers has been a Carolina key...A focus on history helped the Tar Heels prepare for the future...Defenses are still trying to solve the Tar Heel offense...Hokie players are excited about a unique uniform for Saturday...While meanwhile Frank Beamer tries to focus on the game and not the outside distractions...
Giovani Bernard rushed eight times for 36 yards and caught five passes for 43 yards...But the big story was T.J. Yates, who came on in relief to throw the go-ahead TD pass in Houston's win...
Basketball
The Tar Heels remain atop the national polls...Scroll (way) down for some thoughts from SI on Carolina's first two games...You'll want to come back to the site before lunch for an unforgettable story on Joel James...Kind words from the Fairfield head coach:
Coach Williams @UNC_Basketball is truly a class act. Coach Williams, his program & the UNC fans make college basketball better.
— Sydney Johnson (@CoachJStags) November 16, 2015
Danny Green scored 12...Tyler Zeller had nine points and five rebounds...Ty Lawson had seven points and five assists...Raymond Felton had two points and three assists...Interesting story on the relationship between Ty Lawson and John Lucas...King Rice's locker room speech after his Monmouth squad won at UCLA:
Olympic sports
Victoria McPherson is the ACC Volleyball Player of the Week...Men's soccer will start the NCAA Tournament as the No. 5 national seed...
Today's games
Women's basketball hosts Florida A&M at 6 p.m.
Long read
How about starting your Tuesday with a couple of Tar Heel marriage proposals:
Video
The fireworks weren't contained to @TarHeelFootball rout vs Duke when @Carol_DeSalva said YES! to Vinny Corwin! 😍💍🎉 https://t.co/HA4SFDPeOH
— GoHeelsTV (@GoHeelsTV) November 16, 2015
