University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: February 8
February 8, 2016 | General
Basketball
The Tar Heel defense couldn't get key stops late at Notre Dame...Informative story on how officials are picked for the NCAA Tournament...Friday's SI power rankings have the Tar Heels at No. 3...Adam Lucas on the one-year anniversary of Dean Smith's death...ACC coaches reflect on Coach Smith's legacy...Supposedly, the offensive rebound is an endangered species...Highlights from South Bend:
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Friday: Marvin Williams put up 27...Tyler Zeller had 16 points and four rebounds...Wayne Ellington had ten points and three assists...Vince Carter, who is hoping to get 20 years in the NBA, scored nine...Danny Green, who has a unique toughness, had eight points and four rebounds...Raymond Felton had six points and four assists.
Saturday: Harrison Barnes scored 19...Raymond Felton had 16 points and seven rebounds...Marvin Williams had 13 points and 10 rebounds...Wayne Ellington scored 11...Danny Green had 11 points and five boards...Ed Davis had three points and nine rebounds...Kendall Marshall had four points and three assists.
Sunday: Zeller had 17 points and seven rebounds and is working his way back into the rotation.
Funny tweet/Vine from Harrison Barnes:
Story of my life. https://t.co/lWZGms6y3L
— Harrison Barnes (@hbarnes) February 6, 2016
Football
Huge national honor for signee Chazz Surratt...Like seeing this: an early 2016 forecast favoring the Tar Heels...Especially paired with this, as the Tar Heels own signing day...Sylvester Williams, whose story went international, is a Super Bowl champion...Good feature on Austin Proehl's football family:
Olympic sports
Men's lacrosse won the season opener handily, as did women's lax...Wrestling got a big win over Virginia...Nice win over No. 5 Oklahoma for men's tennis...Women's tennis beat Georgia and is in today's National ITA Indoor title match...Women's hoops defeated Boston College.
Today's games
Women's golf is at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in California.
Long read
This list of the ten most influential people in sports has some interesting ideas.
