University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: February 12
February 12, 2016 | General
Basketball
Marcus Paige is Academic All-District...This week's SI power rankings...The new Bracketology...ESPN breaks some news: Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time...Interesting look inside the mock selection process:
Reaching end of #MockSelection day. Here are our top 12 seeds in order. Next 4: Dayton, ISU, Texas, Utah. pic.twitter.com/1PUkwFAE6g
— Reid Forgrave (@ReidForgrave) February 12, 2016
Nostalgic tweet from Derrick Phelps:
#runningthepoint #unc #nypg #heelpride pic.twitter.com/6JUGmMINNB
— DPhelps (@Dphelps05) February 11, 2016
Football
Tony Gonzalez with some strong words on Eric Ebron...Landon Turner, who is on the NFL Combine invitation list, is on this list of top 10 ACC draft prospects...Cool photo from Lee Pace:
Love this photo: the low angle, the lighting, the backdrop, the old press box. @TarHeelFootball 1965 vs. Georgia. pic.twitter.com/dAHPRhhaMM
— Lee Pace (@LeePaceTweet) February 12, 2016
Olympic sports
Women's lacrosse will play a pair this weekend...Women's hoops got a win over Virginia Tech.
Today's games
Fencing is at the Junior Olympic Championships in Cleveland. Track and field is at the Iowa State Invite. Men's tennis competes in the ITA National Team Indoors in Charlottesville. Softball opens the year with a doubleheader in Austin on the Longhorn Network at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Women's lacrosse visits High Point at 6 p.m. on the Big South Network. Gymnastics hosts NC State and William & Mary at 7 p.m.
Long read
An interesting read on the state of three-point shooting in the college game.
