University of North Carolina Athletics
Four Corners: Heading To Raleigh
February 14, 2017 | Men's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL—The Tar Heels had a weekend off with no game since last Thursday's loss to Duke. Carolina did not practice as a team on Friday and will not practice on Monday afternoon, either, hoping to rest and heal some nagging injuries. The team will prepare in earnest on Tuesday for the game at North Carolina State.
UNC will play the Wolfpack at 8 p.m. on Wednesday night, needing a win with six tough games left in the regular season. Entering this week's action, Carolina (9-3) had a half-game lead atop the ACC standings over Florida State (9-4). Virginia, Duke and Louisville were all tied for third place at 8-4.
On to this week's Four Corners.
1. NEWS & NOTES
♦ In case you missed it, the ACC announced previously that the Tar Heel home game against Virginia this Saturday will begin at 8:15 p.m. (it had been a TBA start time).
♦ ESPN will televise the Virginia game nationally, and the network's College GameDay pregame show will originate from Chapel Hill that morning and evening. Look for full details coming soon on GoHeels, and here's ESPN's tweet announcement:
Nothing could be finer. pic.twitter.com/UCBFHncpj3
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) February 12, 2017
2. LAST WEEK
♦ Carolina lost its only game last week, dropping an 86-78 decision at Duke on Thursday. Here was Adam Lucas' postgame take. Here are the highlights from GoHeels TV:
♦ The Tar Heels' loss in Durham drew 3.184 million TV viewers, making it the second-most viewed game of the 2016-17 season thus far.
3. UP NEXT
♦ The Tar Heels will play N.C. State in Raleigh on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. on the ACC Network. Here are all the details on how & where to watch on TV, online, etc.:
Where to Watch
Watch Live Online
Watch on ACC Network Extra (subject to blackout)
♦ After the game in Raleigh, Carolina will host back-to-back home games against ranked foes in Virginia (Saturday night at 8:15 p.m.) and Louisville (Wednesday Feb. 22).
4. DON'T MISS IT
♦ After the water shortage crisis in Chapel Hill two weekends ago, UNC students donated excess bottled water to those in need.
♦ Sporting News explained why Carolina vs. Duke basketball is the best rivalry in all of sports.
♦ Perhaps underappreciated in all the attention given to the Carolina-Duke game last week was the strong performance of freshman guard Seventh Woods in Durham.
♦ Raymond Felton is battling through nagging injuries for the Clippers.
♦ Former Tar Heel guard Kendall Marshall dished out 19 assists in an NBA D-League game last week. Watch:
