Weekend Watch: May 17-19
Baseball dropped the first game of a series with Virginia on Thursday. They'll need to win one of two to capture the Coastal Division crown and the #1 seed for next week's ACC Tournament. The Tar Heels and Cavaliers play at 7 Friday and 2 Saturday. Sunday at 1, it's Carolina men's lacrosse against Denver in Indianapolis on ESPNU. The winner advances to the Final Four. (Tar Heel Monthly)
Reggie Bullock unfazed by Roy Williams
North Carolina coach Roy Williams expressed misgivings about Reggie Bullock’s decision to turn pro in the 2013 NBA draft. Bullock doesn’t resent Williams’ position on this. But he disagrees. “That’s Coach’s opinion. He’s been like a father to me. But if I feel I’m ready for that move, then it’s my decision at the end of the day,” Bullock said during a break at NBA’s pre-draft combine Thursday. (Charlotte Observer)
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Up in the Zone
Kent Emanuel entered his final start of the regular season looking for a career-best 10th win on Thursday, yet exited following the fifth inning after allowing six runs on 10 hits in No. 2 North Carolina’s 10-4 loss to No. 7 Virginia. UNC (46-7, 20-6 ACC) hoped to clinch its second-straight ACC Coastal Division title with a win over Virginia (44-8, 21-7 ACC). (Inside Carolina)
Cavs put Tar Heels title hopes on hold
With Kent Emanuel on the mound and 3,095 fans in the stands at Boshamer Stadium, North Carolina was primed to celebrate its first ACC regular-season title in 23 years. Instead, the second-ranked Tar Heels allowed a season-high 10 runs and 17 hits to No. 7 Virginia on Thursday and lost 10-4 for its most lopsided defeat of the year. (Durham Herald-Sun)
Tar Heels face adversity late in season
Back when North Carolina was putting together double-digit win streaks with ease, coach Mike Fox warned of difficult times ahead. He spoke of the adversity his team was sure to endure, eventually, and he hoped his players would handle it well. Fox didn’t go so far Thursday night to say that this – his team’s 10-4 loss against Virginia – is the kind of adversity he was talking about. (Charlotte Observer)
Cavaliers dominate series opener
Kent Emanuel didn't have his ace stuff Thursday night against the Virginia Cavaliers. Emanuel gave up six runs over five innings while allowing 10 hits. His best inning was the second, where he gave up no runs and looked like he had new life after surrendering a 2-0 lead. It looked like UNC's bats gave their star pitcher new life, but Emanuel never found his groove from the third inning on. (Tar Heel Illustrated)
No. 2 UNC Baseball Drops Opener To No. 7 Virginia
No. 2 North Carolina surrendered a season-high 10 runs Thursday night as No. 7 Virginia claimed the first game of a three-game set, 10-4, at Boshamer Stadium. The loss for Kent Emanuel (9-3) marked the first time in his career that he suffered losses in back-to-back starts. Freshman Landon Lassiter paced the Tar Heels at the plate as he went 4-for-5 with four singles and a run scored. (GoHeels.com)
Dick Vitale's Preseason Top 40 for 2013-14
A number of players have declared for the NBA draft. That group certainly influenced my look at the early top 40 teams for next season. 10. North Carolina - Analysis: The return of P.J. Hairston and James Michael McAdoo helps, plus bigger things are expected from Marcus Paige. They would have been in the top five if Reggie Bullock returned. (ESPN.com)
UNC Looks to Clinch #1 Seed in ACC This Weekend
North Carolina will look to close out the ACC regular season schedule on a high note this weekend starting tonight with the first of three versus top ten ranked Virginia. The Cavaliers are just a single game behind UNC in the Coastal Division, however UNC would only need one win to clinch both the Coastal Division and the #1 seed in next week's ACC Tournament. (Tar Heel Blog)
UNC To Host Nebraska In Big Ten/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge
The ACC and Big Ten announced on Thursday the matchups for the 2013 Big Ten/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge, and North Carolina will host Nebraska at Carmichael Arena on Dec. 5. This year's challenge will mark the seventh year of the event that has been extended to 2016. Carolina is 4-2 in the current incarnation of the event. (GoHeels.com)
Kendall Marshall Ribbed by Flight Attendant for Carrying Basketball Onto Airplane
Kendall Marshall, who recently finished off his rookie season with the Phoenix Suns, often carries a basketball around with him even when he is not headed to practice or a game. When he brought a ball with him onto an airplane, a flight attendant either tried to mock him or did not realize how glib they sounded by telling Marshall that their 4-year-old nephew does the same thing. (NESN)
Tar Heels fight for baseball conference title against Virginia
After their first series loss of the season last weekend, the now No. 4 North Carolina baseball team will face No. 7 Virginia Thursday — and attempt to win the Coastal Division of the ACC in the process. Going into the series, the Tar Heels are 20-5 in conference play and sit in first place, while the Cavaliers are 20-7 and sit in second. (Daily Tar Heel)
UVa, UNC meet in highly anticipated ACC baseball series
The Cavaliers and Tar Heels took different paths to get here. UVa was ranked in the top 25 in just one of the preseason polls and didn’t crack the top 10 until late March. UNC was the preseason No. 1 and held that position until dropping two of three at Georgia Tech last weekend. By the numbers, the comparisons are near-equal. (Charlottesville Daily Progress)
Tar Heels turn tassels, leave UNC behind
Steve Case, co-founder of America Online and this year’s commencement speaker, urged the graduating class to keep learning during his address. “Be curious,” he said. “Be open. Be flexible. Let your life unfold as a series of chapters. Don’t be so fixated on a specific ending that you neglect to open the door when opportunity knocks.” (Daily Tar Heel)
Graduation marks end of three unconventional journeys
Among the 6,027 graduating Sunday was 87-year-old Helen Joan Hunter, a grandmother of six who returned to UNC to get the degree that she couldn’t finish in 1947. “She’s a great story teller, and all growing up, this was a reoccurring story that she would tell us,” said Ryan Helton, Hunter’s grandson. (Daily Tar Heel)
No. 7 Cavs Baseball Battles No. 2 UNC in Regular-Season Finale
The No. 7 Virginia baseball team completes regular-season play Thursday through Saturday with a three-game conference series at No. 2 North Carolina. The series at Boshamer Stadium begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, to be followed by 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday contests. (VirginiaSports.com)
Adam Warren finding a niche in Yankees' bullpen
Coming into this season, Adam Warren was at a weird place in his career. He repeated the Triple-A level in 2012 and pitched marginally better than he had in 2011, but not well enough to really force his way into the team’s plans. His disastrous one-start big league stint last summer didn’t help matters either. Warren was stuck in spare arm purgatory, a nice pitcher to have in the organization but hardly a cornerstone. (River Ave. Blues)
Fedora knew ring backlash would come
No, North Carolina coach Larry Fedora was not wearing his Coastal Division championship ring during the ACC spring meetings. Yes, he did expect the backlash that followed after it was revealed his players got those rings despite being ineligible for the postseason. "I knew there would be but that’s not why it was done," Fedora said. (ESPN.com)
Virginia-UNC Baseball Division Title Scenario
Virginia heads to North Carolina Thursday for game one of a three game series. The ACC Coastal title is up for grabs. UVa will have to sweep to win the division and the subsequent number one overall seed in the ACC Tournament to be played next week in Durham, NC. Any loss at UNC and UVa will likely be the 3 seed in the Tournament. (WSET)
UNC Lacrosse Set To Meet Denver For Final 4 Berth
Two of the highest-scoring teams in NCAA Division I will meet in the quarterfinals of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship Sunday as the fifth-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels will play the fourth-seeded Denver Pioneers at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. Game time is 12 Noon Sunday. The game will be nationally televised on ESPNU. (GoHeels.com)
Carolina Baseball Closes Out ACC Regular Season
No. 2 North Carolina closes out the ACC regular season slate this weekend with a top 10 showdown as No. 7 Virginia comes to town.The Tar Heels will be in search of a second-straight ACC Coastal title and can lock up the top seed in the ACC Tournament with a win. A win would give the Tar Heels their first ACC regular season title since 1990 and UNC would be the No. 1 overall seed in the ACC Tournament for the first time since 1990 as well. (GoHeels.com)
Mets’ Matt Harvey Makes Cover Of Sports Illustrated
Harvey is really, really good. We’re talking cover-of-Sports-Illustrated good. The Mets phenom is featured on the front of this week’s SI magazine, flanked by the headline “The Dark Knight of Gotham.” Harvey has dominated in 2013, flirting with both a no-hitter on April 13 and a perfect game four starts later. (CBS New York)
Madison Square Garden Could Host ACC Basketball Tournament
The ACC is "thoroughly investigating" playing its men's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. One source was adamant that the ACC tournament eventually would be held in the World's Most Famous Arena, which would take it out of traditional ACC country for the first time. "We'll be playing there," a source said. "It's just a matter of getting all the legal ramifications worked out." (ESPN.com)
Harrison Barnes huge for Warriors yet again
Warriors forward Harrison Barnes was named to the NBA All-Rookie first team on Tuesday. Then in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals, he went on to look like an All-NBA selection. Barnes led the Warriors with 25 points on 10-of-18 shooting to go with seven rebounds in a 109-91 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. He had his 3-pointer and his midrange shot going, and his post game looked unstoppable at times. (Contra Costa Times)
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