University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: February 21
February 21, 2017 | General
Basketball
The latest Four Corners update...The Tar Heels are No. 8 in both polls this week...SI's bracket projection...The Louisville perspective, especially as it relates to NCAA seeding...Rick Pitino is trying to improve his team's defense in advance of Wednesday's game...Good insight from anonymous coaches scouting the ACC, including Carolina...Justin Jackson is starting to get some national attention...By one metric, Harrison Barnes has been one of the most efficient players in the NBA...Why you have to be cautious with national speculation that might not be as informed as they might want to appear: there is at least one name here that is downright laughable...
Football
Carolina and Appalachian State signed for a football series...The day five Blue Dawn video:
Olympic sports
The new baseball polls are out...There's a huge women's lacrosse game this weekend...
Today's games
Men's golf is in Puerto Rico, while women's golf is in Florida. Women's tennis hosts Elon at 2 p.m. and App State at 6 p.m.
Long read
Today's Carolina Insider podcast recaps the big win over Virginia and looks ahead to the showdown with Louisville.
