University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: February 22
February 22, 2016 | General
Basketball
Adam Lucas on a belief-worthy effort against Miami...The win showed how good the Tar Heels could be...Maybe Carolina is back in a rhythm and could be back in control of the ACC...The Tar Heels did a much better job against Miami's ball screens...Brice Johnson gave an ESPN interview...This weekend's game at Virginia will be part of ESPN College Gameday (don't look up Carolina's recent Gameday stats)...Roy Williams didn't appreciate Doug Gottlieb's insinuations...Highlights from the win:
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Friday: Vince Carter had 15 points and four rebounds...Marvin Williams had 15 points and four rebounds...Wayne Ellington scored 11...Kendall Marshall showed his worth and had nine points and three assists...Ed Davis had two points and eight rebounds...Tyler Zeller had four points and six rebounds...Harrison Barnes had five points and three rebounds...Raymond Felton had two points and five assists...PJ Hairston scored two...Ty Lawson had four rebounds...Danny Green had two points and three rebounds.
Saturday: Barnes had 18 points and five rebounds.
Sunday: Carter had 16 points and seven rebounds...Ellington scored 13...Green had 11 points and seven rebounds...Felton had 10 points and four rebounds...Williams had nine points and 12 rebounds...Zeller had nine points and four rebounds...Hairston scored two.
Football
Georgia State announced a home and home series with the Tar Heels...Blue Dawn started this morning:
Day 1 of #BlueDawn has begun.
— Larry Fedora (@CoachFedora) February 22, 2016
It's a GREAT Day to be a TAR HEEL!!!!@TarHeelFootball pic.twitter.com/NtKYszfHrT
Impressive offseason videos from the UNC weight room:
The freak Anthony Ratliff was challenged to hit 352lbs on the hang clean. The look he gives at the end tells it all. pic.twitter.com/x9Ere91Cmo
— UNC Football S&C (@TarHeelStrength) February 19, 2016
Olympic sports
Interesting Q&A opportunity for some students with the Tar Heel Trailblazers...Women's swimming and diving took third at the ACC Championships...Men's tennis waxed Wofford...Softball won the ACC/Big Ten finale...Wrestling dropped a tough one to No. 3 Oklahoma State and beat The Citadel...Gymnastics took second in a meet at George Washington...Close loss to Florida for women's lax...Women's tennis lost at Michigan...Hofstra beat Carolina in men's lax for the first time in a decade...Women's basketball lost to NC State...
Today's games
Men's golf is at the Puerto Rico Classic.
Long read
The games between men's basketball managers are starting to get national attention.
