University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: April 9
April 9, 2015 | General
Basketball
J.P. Tokoto indicated he will enter the NBA Draft...Kenny Smith helped refurbish a pair of basketball courts in Indiana...The Syracuse paper does a good job with ACC basketball coverage, and here's their postseason wrapup for Carolina.
Football
Chase Rice won the inaugural UNC football uniform bracket:
It's all on the line today. RETWEET for @ChaseRiceMusic or FAVORITE for Julius Peppers. @GoHeels pic.twitter.com/LGjdO2XRKs
— Jason Freeman (@UNCEquipment) April 6, 2015
Look for this story later today on GoHeels:
Benches 405, squats 545, power cleans 352. They call him "Bull" around @TarHeelFootball. Story Thursday @GoHeels. pic.twitter.com/OMhQHp5mKn
— Lee Pace (@LeePaceTweet) April 8, 2015
Olympic sports
Baseball shut out Liberty...Softball swept a doubleheader...Women's basketball finished No. 9 in the final coaches poll...Joey Sankey is a Senior CLASS Award finalist...It's a good idea to get lacrosse tickets for Sunday's game against Syracuse in advance...Matt Harvey is back on the mound for the Mets today.
Today's games
Men's tennis hosts Duke at 3 p.m.
Tar Heels in the NBA
Tyler Zeller was the Bill Russell of Nerf basketball...Ed Davis had 15 points and 12 rebounds...Ty Lawson had 16 points and eight assists...Tyler Hansbrough had 12 points and 12 rebounds...Vince Carter had 10 points and five rebounds...Danny Green scored 10...Brandan Wright had nine points and eight rebounds...John Henson had eight points and four rebounds...Zeller had six points and seven rebounds...Marvin Williams had eight rebounds...P.J. Hairston had five points and four rebounds...Most satisfying play of Wednesday: Tyler Hansbrough dunked on Gerald Henderson:
Long read
A feature on Greg Sankey, who might be the most powerful man in college sports.
