Stilman White gives Tar Heels what they need
Because of a season-ending injury to versatile junior Dexter Strickland, Stilman White has suddenly been thrust into a much more prominent role than even he expected. In his first game as the primary backup to starting point guard Kendall Marshall, the Hoggard High graduate handled his new responsibilities to perfection in the Tar Heels 74-55 rout of rival N.C. State.
(Wilmington Star News)
David Glenn Chats With Jawad Williams and Julius Hodge, Jan. 26
David Glenn recently caught up with former UNC basketball player Jawad Williams and former N.C. State player Julius Hodge. Among the topics they discussed: Twitter smack talk between the two; the point guard comparison between Kendall Marshall and Lorenzo Brown; Jawad’s prediction of a 20-point UNC victory; how Hodge dislikes Duke more than UNC;
(ACC Sports Journal)
Moran Named Perfect Game Preseason All-America
Sophomore third baseman Colin Moran was named to the Perfect Game Preseason All-America Second Team on Friday. The Rye, N.Y., native is coming off a stellar freshman campaign that saw him earn Perfect Game Freshman Hitter of the Year honors and a trip to the College World Series.
(Tar Heel Blue)
The Cruel Kings of Carolina Strike Again
So, a quick recap: Carolina has now beat NC State 17 of 18 times in the most important sport in the state. At the same time, Tar Heel fans turn their noses up at Raleigh and pretend it doesn't even matter. Are you starting to see why "Not our ri-val!" is such a heartbreaking chant? The past few seasons have not been kind to NC State.
(Grantland.com)
Tyler Zeller on a rebounding roll
Tyler Zeller has now pulled down 116 rebounds in his past 10 games, recording double-digit boards in nine of them. In UNC’s first 10 games, he’d managed 10 or more rebounds only twice. And entering this season, he had posted 10 or more rebounds only seven times. His mid-season surge on the boards is a key reason why the Tar Heels entered the week leading the nation in rebounding margin.
(ESPN.com)
State-Carolina fallout
Okay, so Thursday night’s NC State-North Carolina game wasn’t exactly Duke-Kentucky 1992 or even State-Carolina 1989. The Tar Heels showed why not to poke a sleeping bear, and the Pack played like a team that, as Mark Gottfried so often says, has “a long way to go.”
(WRAL Sports Fan)
Audio: Hakeem Nicks Interview
Charlotte resident and Giants star WR Hakeem Nicks joined the guys to discuss the Super Bowl, his rise to stardom, and whether or not he will salsa in the end zone against the Patriots.
(WFNZ)
ACC Weekend Preview, Jan. 27
Georgia Tech at North Carolina: Thinking too much about the looming rematch with FSU is the only way the score could be close. The Tar Heels have much more talent, size, athleticism and chemistry. They can play poorly and still win by double digits. Prediction - North Carolina 89, Georgia Tech 58 – Expect this matchup to get ugly quickly.
(ACC Sports Journal)
Lennie Rosenbluth & Pete Brennan: Last Loss In 1956 Motivated Us
The beginning of our run for the NCAA Championship in 1957 began when we lost to Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament semifinals the year before in Raleigh. We were embarrassed by the loss and the four returning starters vowed to do much better the next season, even though we had tied for first place with N.C. State in the league standings.
(Chapelboro.com)
Pack wilt under Heels domination
The Wolfpack entered Chapel Hill with a certain level of optimism and the expectation of competing. Roy Williams made sure the Tar Heels snuffed all of that out. The thoroughness of the win was a sobering reminder that North Carolina can be a Final Four caliber team when the focus, energy and defense all come together.
(WRAL Sports Fan)
Scott Wood to reporter: "Has your wife ever cheated on you?"
Scott Wood has never married, but he thinks he understands one of marriage’s most tormented feelings. After NC State’s loss to North Carolina, a reporter (not it) asked Wood an innocent question of how frustrating it is to have never beaten the Tar Heels.
(WRAL Sports Fan)
Birth of ACC hoops, Part I
The man most responsible for the league’s early success was Everett Case, coach at N.C. State. He had been highly successful in Indiana high school basketball, far and away the nation’s best, and he brought some top players with him to Raleigh. Frank McGuire soon followed on the scene at UNC. He was a legendary high school coach as well who made his mark in New York City. Later, he became coach at St. John’s University, also in the “Big Apple.”
(Morganton News Herald)
Video: UNC-NC State highlights
Highlights of Carolina's 74-55 win over NC State on Thursday night in the Smith Center.
(Tar Heel Blue)
Three Points: UNC 74, N.C. State 55
There's no shame in losing to the best team in the country on their home floor but there is in the way N.C. State lost to UNC on Thursday. The Wolfpack (15-6, 4-2 ACC) kept making the same mistakes — at least while the game was still close in the first half — over and over and over. And they were the same mistakes from last year's losses to the same UNC team.
(Raleigh News & Observer)
UNC 74, N.C. State 55: What we learned
Three North Carolina-related things to consider on the morning after the Tar Heels’ 74-55 victory over N.C. State on Thursday night: The gap between UNC and State isn’t as wide as it was during the Les Robinson years, or when Javi Gonzalez struggled to bring the ball up the court against Ty Lawson just a few years ago. But it’s still wide and doesn’t appear to be shrinking any time soon.
(Raleigh News & Observer)
Thad: Tar Heels 2.0
Game one A.D. (After Dex) produced what turned out to a perfect alignment of circumstances: A week to news of Dexter Strickland’s season-ending injury, an enthusiastic home crowd, and a rejuvenated rival who promised to bring its best effort as well as its improved basketball to Chapel Hill on Thursday night.
(Inside Carolina)
The Morning After: Bullock, White cheered in new roles
It’s hard to judge who got the bigger roar during eighth-ranked North Carolina’s 19-point win over NC State on Thursday night: sophomore Reggie Bullock after he was introduced as a starter for the first time in his career or freshman Stilman White after he checked into the game as the new backup point guard.
(ESPN.com)
UNC Baseball Named ACC Favorite
North Carolina has been selected as the 2012 ACC preseason favorite in a vote of the league's 12 head coaches the conference office announced Friday. The Tar Heels have been named the preseason favorite four times in the last six years. The Tar Heels were named by seven coaches as this year's ACC team to beat, while Georgia Tech received four first place votes and Florida State one.
(Tar Heel Blue)
Coples, Brown lead next group of Tar Heels going pro
The pipeline from Chapel Hill to the NFL is alive and well, and evident at this year's Senior Bowl in the form of four Tar Heels looking to continue a new tradition. Quinton Coples and Zach Brown are joined in Mobile by college teammates WR Dwight Jones and DT Tydreke Powell. Under Butch Davis, the players got coaching from someone who had plenty of NFL experience, and it showed.
(Pro Football Weekly)
Tar Heels No. 4 In USA Today Preseason Baseball Poll
North Carolina picked up another top 10 preseason ranking on Thursday as the Tar Heels were tabbed No. 4 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll. Carolina earned 644 points in the poll, two behind No. 3 Stanford who the Tar Heels dispatched in the Super Regional a year ago. Florida earned all 17 first place votes to claim the top spot, while South Carolina was picked No. 2 overall.
(Tar Heel Blue)
Tar Heels get defensive in rivalry win
With questions about North Carolina’s fortitude still clinging after a 33-point loss at Florida State earlier this month, and new concerns emerging after losing its starting shooting guard/backup point guard to a torn ACL last week, No. 8 UNC showed it should be just fine -- thank you very much -- by blowing out NC State 74-55 on Thursday night.
(ESPN.com)
Tar Heels Rout Pack
Tyler Zeller scored 21 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds as No. 7 North Carolina continued its dominance over N.C. State with a 74-55 victory on Thursday night. UNC has won 11 straight and 17 of 18 in the series. Harrison Barnes scored 15 points on 7-of-13 shooting and Reggie Bullock added 11 points, five rebounds and three assists in his first career start.
(Inside Carolina)
Lucas: Energy Surge
New Wolfpack head coach Mark Gottfried burned his first timeout just 4:50 into the game on his way to calling four timeouts in the first 28:39. The Pack tried different players. It tried stopping the game. Nothing worked. By the time Gottfried signaled for his fourth timeout, the Tar Heels were holding a 29-point lead.
(Tar Heel Blue)
Wolfpack step into UNC trap, chew off leg and limp home
UNC embarrassed itself at Florida State a couple weeks ago, and the Wolfpack arrived in Chapel Hill the proud possessors of a 4-1 ACC record. Enthusiasm understandably has risen since Mark Gottfried arrived in Raleigh — and the ‘Pack will welcome a tremendous recruiting class into the program next year — but none of that could stave off a 74-55 beating versus the Heels.
(Indy Week)
Tar Heels wax Pack
N.C. State was perfect from 85 feet, but struggled to score from any closer against a determined North Carolina defense on Thursday night. Despite playing its first game without top perimeter defender Dexter Strickland, No. 7 UNC held the Wolfpack to season lows in points and shooting percentage in a 74-55 win at the Smith Center.
(Durham Herald-Sun)
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