University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: January 8
January 8, 2016 | General
Basketball
Brice Johnson pops up on ESPN's Wooden Award Watch...Syracuse is expecting over 25,000 for Saturday's game and is preparing fans for some possible delays...Jim Boeheim met with his team after midnight on Wednesday--it's going to be an emotional one for the Orange on Saturday...The Cuse may also be getting a player back in the rotation...Good stat from Jay Bilas:
North Carolina's Brice Johnson: 16.8 PPG, 10.6 RPG, 64.5% FG. Last player to reach those marks for a season? Oklahoma's Blake Griffin.
— Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) January 7, 2016
Tyler Zeller had seven rebounds...Kendall Marshall had two assists.
Football
It's early enrollee season for area teams, including the Tar Heels...The film room was one of the best parts of last year's ESPN Megacast of the national title game. It will be even more fun this year, because Larry Fedora is on the panel:
The Film Room coaches for ESPN2's Bama-Clemson Megacast coverage: Jim McElwain Larry Fedora Willie Taggart Pat Narduzzi Will Muschamp
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) January 8, 2016
Olympic sports
The formidable 2016 softball schedule is out...Six Tar Heel alums are training with the USWNT...Nice win for women's hoops over Syracuse.
Today's games
Fencing is at the St. Louis North American Cup.
Long read
The SI power rankings have, among other things, a very interesting shot chart on Brice Johnson.
