University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: March 2
March 2, 2015 | General
Basketball
Adam Lucas on the energy plays and execution that led to Saturday's win...ESPN College Gameday will be in Chapel Hill on Saturday...Some relevant information on Carolina's ACC Tournament seeding prospects after the weekend:
With Pitt's loss to WF, Carolina can assure itself of at least fifth place in the ACC with one more win. Fourth place still in play as well.
— Jones Angell (@JonesAngell) March 2, 2015
It looks like Dick Vitale will again be absent for Saturday's Carolina-Duke rematch...Video highlights from the win over Miami:
Football
Lee Pace takes a look at how the pieces will fit together in spring practice...And Lee's report from Sunday's opening day of spring ball...Marquise Williams will miss spring practice...Video from Friday's conditioning:
Olympic sports
Big win for men's lacrosse over No. 1 Denver...And likewise for women's lacrosse over No. 6 Northwestern, before they swamped Elon on Sunday...Women's tennis topped Georgia Tech and swept Virginia Tech...Men's tennis beat Minnesota...Men's and women's track both finished in fourth at the ACC Indoor Championships...Women's hoops hit 14 three-pointers but fell by one to Duke...Rowing participated in a successful scrimmage...Gymnastics took third in Pittsburgh...Men's swimming and diving finished fourth at the ACC Championships...Baseball swept a doubleheader from Rhode Island before losing the series finale...The pairings are set for the ACC women's basketball tournament.
Today's games
Softball hosts Virginia Tech at 3:30. Baseball travels to Liberty in a newly scheduled game at 5:30.
Tar Heels in the NBA
Brendan Haywood handled the trade deadline with humor...
Friday: Wayne Ellington scored 11 straight fourth quarter points on the way to 14 for the game...Ed Davis had eight points and nine rebounds...John Henson had nine points and five rebounds...Tyler Zeller had seven points and nine rebounds...Ty Lawson had eight points and six assists...Danny Green scored eight...Harrison Barnes had six points and seven rebounds...Tyler Hansbrough had six points and five rebounds before being ejected for a scuffle with Festus Ezeli...Marvin Williams had six points and three rebounds...That Hansbrough scrap was actually fairly mild:
Saturday: Green had 12 points and eight rebounds...Brandan Wright had three points and three rebounds.
Sunday: Barnes had 17 points and eight rebounds...Zeller had 17 points and six rebounds...Wayne Ellington had 12 points and six rebounds...Davis had 10 points and six rebounds...Lawson had five points and 11 assists...Marvin Williams had seven points and three rebounds.
Long read
A very unique aerial video of a snow-covered UNC campus:
