University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: November 9
November 9, 2015 | General
Football
Postgame notes from Saturday's 66-31 win...So how good are the Tar Heels really?...Marquise Williams is among the Kenan legends...ACC power rankings from ESPN...Breaking down the opening snap fleaflicker...The Tar Heels are up to No. 17 in the new AP poll...Here's the video the team watched before the Duke game, which it's probably fair to say worked pretty well:
Nice to have a strong group of Tar Heels in the NFL on hand:
#ProHeels selfie. 🏈 pic.twitter.com/2pIjBQ3ZN1
— UNC Tar Heels (@GoHeels) November 7, 2015
Julius Peppers had two tackles, and if you missed this story on his basketball exploits at UNC, it's worth a read...Da'Norris Searcy had three tackles...Bruce Carter had two tackles...Connor Barth made four of five field goals, including a 53-yarder.
Kind words here from a respected voice:
North Carolina's stadium -- Kenan Memorial Stadium -- might be in the prettiest setting of any stadium in college football. #DUKEvsUNC
— Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt) November 7, 2015
Highlights from Saturday's win:
Video
Good piece from SI on where the Tar Heels have been and where they could be going...
Basketball
Adam Lucas on the win over Guilford Friday night...The guards have to step up in Marcus Paige's absence...Highlights from the win:
Video
The Tar Heels are expected to have one of the top offenses in the country this year...Antawn Jamison and Jason Capel are on the list of ESPN analysts for this year (so is Mike Krzyzewski's son-in-law)...
Friday: John Henson returned with 22 points and five rebounds...Harrison Barnes had 21 points and five rebounds...Ty Lawson had 13 points and five rebounds...Tyler Zeller had seven points and two rebounds.
Saturday: Barnes had 13 points and four assists...Marvin Williams had nine points and four rebounds...Danny Green had eight points and four assists...Lawson had six points and four assists...John Henson had four points and four rebounds...Raymond Felton had five points and three assists...P.J. Hairston scored four.
Sunday: Ed Davis had four points and six rebounds.
This will be an emotional day for Wayne Ellington...Kendall Marshall is eager to return from his knee injury but there doesn't appear to be a timeline...George Karl on Ty Lawson.
Olympic sports
Field hockey took the program's 19th ACC Tournament title and will be the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament...Men's and women's swimming got a dominant win over Louisville...Women's soccer lost a heartbreaker in the ACC semis...Men's soccer was upset in PKs in the ACC quarters...Volleyball thumped Syracuse and then had a big comeback win over BC...This is a decorated group:
Great having ESPN Pres. John Skipper & six Tar Heel World Cup Champions here today! #GoHeels #GoHeelsGoAmerica pic.twitter.com/0nMzzO5iYY
— Bubba Cunningham (@BubbaUNC) November 7, 2015
Today's games
Women's basketball hosts an exhibition with Mount Olive at 6 p.m.
Long read
Lots of good tidbits in Lee Pace's recap of the win over Duke.
