University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: February 10
February 10, 2015 | General
Dean Smith
A very good excerpt from Will Blythe's book...This Grantland story is terrific...Joe Posnanski, who has Charlotte ties, is always worth reading...Some really good stories told here by a group of SI writers...Dean Smith and the Wonder Years...On and off court, he was ahead of his time...This audio interview with Scott Williams (the late-1980s Tar Heel center, not Roy's son) is a great window into the impact Smith had on the lives of his players...King Rice with some emotional memories...Brendan Haywood's memories...In the move toward advanced stats in basketball, don't forget that Dean Smith was there first...The North Carolina Collection tweeted several interesting links on Monday, including this one:
The @dailytarheel wrote about Dean Smith for the first time on April 16, 1958. Image via @_newspapers pic.twitter.com/sLS57u0jnb
— NC Collection, UNC (@NCCollection) February 9, 2015
Basketball
Last night's Roy Williams radio show was essentially Tar Heel group therapy, with lots of great guests and stories...People were scalping commemorative issues of the DTH yesterday...Dean Smith's principles still form the bedrock of Carolina's program...We're publishing fan memories of Dean Smith each day this week, and here are the ones from Monday, including an amazing life-changing story...
Football
One major coach thinks fans on Twitter are a big reason why recruits flip schools.
Olympic sports
Women's tennis captured the ITA National Indoors for the second time in three years...The Diamond Heels have an extensive TV schedule...There's been a time change for Friday's baseball season opener:
SCHEDULE ALERT: Friday's season opener will start at 2 p.m. due to expected freezing temps. @SHUBaseball
— Carolina Baseball (@DiamondHeels) February 9, 2015
Today's games
Men's lacrosse faces High Point at 4 p.m. on ESPN3. Women's golf continues play at the Northrop Grumman Challenge in California.
Tar Heels in the NBA
Dean Smith's NBA impact...Ty Lawson had 22 points and nine assists...Danny Green had eight points and 12 rebounds...John Henson had 10 points and six rebounds...Harrison Barnes scored nine...Raymond Felton had three points and two assists.
Long read
Even some of Stuart Scott's closest associates didn't know he was working on a book.
