University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: March 16
March 16, 2017 | General
Basketball
Roy Williams and players know they must eliminate the lapses...Don't forget this week's NCAA Tournament-preview Carolina Insider podcast with Jones and Adam...Everything you need to know about today's coverage of the NCAA Tournament....Texas Southern coach Mike Davis is familiar with Carolina, and knows it will be a tough challenge...Roy Williams hopes links to the past will predict the future...Speaking of which, Barack Obama picked the Tar Heels in his bracket...Greenville, as you probably expected, is a sellout...Nice look for the airport (the backstory is that Shea Rush makes hats, and made all of these):
Traveling in style. #GetIntoIt #marchmadness pic.twitter.com/l8oia9fu20
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) March 15, 2017
Harrison Barnes had 22 points and nine rebounds...Wayne Ellington scored 19...Ty Lawson had 11 points and six assists...Marvin Williams had four points and six rebounds...John Henson had five points and seven rebounds...Brandan Wright had four points and four rebounds...Danny Green had three points and three rebounds...Raymond Felton had two points and two rebounds...Reggie Bullock had three boards...Vince Carter had seven points, three rebounds, and can do this at 40:
Vince Carter is 40 YEARS OLD. 👀 (via @memgrizz/grizzlies.com) pic.twitter.com/lly1OHW5DH
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 16, 2017
...And can also give good advice to younger players:
"You always have to be ready. You never know when your time is called" -@mrvincecarter15 tells @mymikecheck his advice to young players pic.twitter.com/JgAUXiRpu1
— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) March 15, 2017
Fun look back at Tyler Hansbrough's game-winner against Virginia Tech, which was nine years (!) ago yesterday:
Football
Julius Peppers is excited about returning home...Connor Barth is back to the Bears...
Olympic sports
Men's tennis whipped NCSU...Leslie Cloots shot a career low...Academic honors for field hockey...
Today's games
Wrestling competes in the NCAA championships in St. Louis. Rowing faces Bucknell in Durham. Swimming and diving is at the NCAA championships in Indianapolis.
Long read
Seems like this may be a popular angle, as it's the second one recently: Marcus Paige, one year after the Villanova game.
