University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: February 23
February 23, 2015 | General
Basketball
A recap of Sunday's celebration of Dean Smith:
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A unique take on Sunday's events from the Fayetteville paper...Adam Lucas with some insight on Saturday's Four Corners tribute and a look behind the scenes at this weekend...Good piece on Dean Smith from the Atlanta paper...Smith as a basketball mind in tune with the social fabric...Good insight from some opposing coaches on Smith...A wonderful night listening to Smith tell stories...Highlights from the win over Georgia Tech, including plenty of high-flying JP Tokoto:
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Football
John Elway believes Sylvester Williams is just scratching the surface...A look at the offseason progress at Kenan:
Getting it ready. @GoHeels @TarHeelFootball pic.twitter.com/Id4HAcXmGd
— Larry Fedora (@CoachFedora) February 21, 2015
Olympic sports
Gymnastics took a win at NC State...Men's tennis lost a tough one at No. 10 Texas...Wrestling lost to No. 9 Virginia Tech...Tar Heel senior Gillian Litynski earned an ACC title...No. 1 Maryland edged women's lax...UCLA took two of three from the Diamond Heels...Wrestling split a pair of duals...Women's basketball edged Miami...Women's tennis went on the road and defeated Michigan...
Today's games
Men's golf is at the Puerto Rico Classic.
Tar Heels in the NBA
Golden State's new offense has been a huge plus for Harrison Barnes...Kenny Smith and J.R. Reid in Chapel Hill this weekend:
My dude, @TheJetOnTNT pic.twitter.com/e42ChVxqxr
— JR Reid (@JRReid7) February 23, 2015
Nice welcome for George Karl in his first game as Kings head coach:
Friday: Tyler Zeller had 22 points, six assists and four rebounds...Ed Davis had 16 points and 14 rebounds...Harrison Barnes had 16 points and five rebounds...John Henson had 14 points and four rebounds...Wayne Ellington had eight...Brandan Wright had four points and six rebounds...Danny Green had four points and four rebounds...Tyler Hansbrough had three points and three rebounds...Brendan Haywood scored two.
Saturday: Marvin Williams had eight points and seven rebounds...Wright had seven points and three rebounds...
Sunday: Barnes had six points and six rebounds...Henson had eight rebounds.
Long read
Nice story in the New York Times by Oliver Sacks after being diagnosed with advanced cancer (it's more uplifting than it sounds).
