University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: March 18
March 18, 2016 | General
Basketball
Adam Lucas on a tense beginning...Photos from the win...Isaiah Hicks had an eventful night...The Tar Heels got more aggressive in the second half...The FGCU perspective...Brice Johnson's blocks were key...Survive and advance:
Survive and Advance.#HeelsLockIn #MarchMadness https://t.co/A9y4QNxDFT
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) March 18, 2016
Highlights from the win:
Video
Marvin Williams had 12 points and five rebounds...Danny Green had seven points and five rebounds and has now done something no Spur has done:
Tonight @DGreen_14 became the 1st player in franchise history to record both 700 3-pointers and 300 blocks pic.twitter.com/e7i2gRFIrQ
— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) March 18, 2016
Ed Davis had five points and nine rebounds...Kendall Marshall had three points and four steals...John Henson had three points and four blocks, but the weirdest part of his night was when Matt Barnes tried to chase him through the arena...Tyler Hansbrough scored two.
Football
Carolina ranked No. 2 in best football/basketball combos...
Olympic sports
A couple of relays have the Tar Heels in the top 20 at the NCAA women's swimming championships...Joey Ward is into the NCAA wrestling quarterfinals...
Today's games
Men's golf is in Georgia for the Schenkel Invitational. Track hosts the Dennis Craddock Carolina Relays. The NCAA swimming championships continue in Atlanta. Men's tennis hosts Louisville at 3 p.m. Baseball visits Duke at 6 p.m. on ESPN3.
Long read
A first-person piece from Harrison Barnes on the end of the 2012 Carolina season, which somehow doesn't mention Kendall Marshall didn't play in the Kansas game.
