University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: February 27
February 27, 2015 | General
Basketball
The latest Bracketology puts the Tar Heels as a 5 seed in Jacksonville...This week's SI power rankings...Marcus Paige earned Academic All-America recognition again...Fun throwback shot from Marcus Ginyard:
Football
Construction at Kenan Stadium will keep the Tar Heels on the move this spring.
Olympic sports
Xenia Rahn set a new ACC Championships record in the pentathlon...Buzzer-beating win for women's basketball on senior night...Men's lacrosse benefits from two of the most prolific scorers in program history...Andrew Miller might close for the Yankees...Matt Harvey has looked strong in Mets camp...Weather once again forces the Diamond Heels to move a home series, this time to Francis Marion...Three Tar Heels are on the 2015 Tewaaraton list...Four Tar Heels are on the same list on the women's side.
Today's games
Men's swimming and diving continues competition at the ACC Championships in Atlanta. Track and field visits the ACC Indoor Championships in Blacksburg. Women's tennis hosts Georgia Tech at 3 p.m. Baseball hosts Rhode Island at 3 p.m. Men's lacrosse hosts Denver at 4 p.m. on ESPNU.
Tar Heels in the NBA
This seems like a great idea: George Karl would like to reunite with Ty Lawson in Sacramento...Harrison Barnes had 11 points and seven rebounds...Brandan Wright had four points and two rebounds.
Long read
Daniel Bard had an interesting way (European travel, bicycle across Iowa) of refreshing before restarting his comeback with the Cubs.
