University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: March 23
March 23, 2015 | General
Basketball
Carolina will face top-seeded Wisconsin in the Sweet 16 on Thursday at 7:47 p.m. Eastern Time on TBS...Adam Lucas on Roy Williams' giddy reaction to the Sweet 16 (make sure to check the Long Read section for more)...National observers thought the college basketball world needs more games like UNC-Arkansas...Going small paid dividends for the Tar Heels...As did Marcus Paige's big second half...The win liberated Paige...The full list of tip times and announcers for the regional semifinals this weekend...Highlights from the win over the Hogs:
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Football
The latest football uniform bracket pairing:
4th matchup in the uniform bracket challenge. RETWEET to vote for @Ebron85 or FAVORITE to vote for @TheUnderDog_64 pic.twitter.com/eeZCttsyUQ
— Jason Freeman (@UNCEquipment) March 22, 2015
Good shot of Larry Fedora and Mack Brown at practice this weekend:
.@TarHeelFootball coach @ESPN_CoachMack (1988-97) and incumbent @CoachFedora on practice field. pic.twitter.com/wLwzMHemnh
— Lee Pace (@LeePaceTweet) March 21, 2015
Olympic sports
Women's basketball won an opening round matchup against Liberty...Big series win for the Diamond Heels at Georgia Tech...Women's tennis shut out Syracuse and then swept Wake...Redshirt freshman Ethan Ramos earned All-America honors at the NCAA Championships, as did fencer Gillian Litynski...Men's golf finished third in Georgia...Multiple Tar Heel PRs were set at the Carolina Relays...Men's lacrosse fell in a top-five showdown with Maryland...Softball lost the deciding game of the series with Louisville...
Today's games
Women's basketball continues NCAA Tournament play against Ohio State at 6:30 p.m.
Tar Heels in the NBA
A story about how Wayne Ellington has handled a difficult year...The Lakers are "absolutely" interested in re-signing Ellington...
Friday: Harrison Barnes scored 22...Ty Lawson had 10 points and 12 assists...Danny Green had 10 points and eight rebounds...John Henson got 10 rebounds and blocked seven shots...Vince Carter scored 11...Tyler Zeller had five points and nine rebounds...Marvin Williams scored nine...Tyler Hansbrough had six points and three rebounds...Raymond Felton scored two.
Saturday: Barnes scored 12...Brandan Wright had eight points and nine rebounds...Carter scored two.
Sunday: Hansbrough had 18 points and five rebounds...Green had 15 points and seven rebounds...Zeller had 10 points and four rebounds...Lawson had eight assists...Henson had four points and two rebounds.
Long read
The best thing you will see this Monday is the locker room celebration after the win over Arkansas:
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