Ty Lawson scores 31 in return from broken ribThe Nuggets’ Ty Lawson ignited the hometown crowd with a dazzling crossover that got the best of the Timberwolves’ Corey Brewer on Monday night. Lawson finished with 31 points and 11 assists in his return to the court after a fractured rib on February 8th kept him out for the rest of the month. (Dime Magazine)
UNC Alum Carl Kasell Announces RetirementCarl Kasell was the voice of NPR News for thirty years. He's in the National Radio Hall of Fame. In later life, he found fame as the voice of the popular weekend show Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! Kasell announced his retirement Tuesday. A North Carolina native who grew up in Goldsboro, Kasell helped start WUNC when he was a student alongside broadcasting legend Charles Kuralt. (WUNC.org)
Video: This Week in Carolina BasketballThe Tar Heels have won 12 straight ACC games and have secured at least a Top-4 ACC Tournament seeding with the potential for 3rd with a win against Duke.
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DA: no charges for Crowder in UNC fraud caseThe prosecutor leading an investigation into fraud in an academic department at North Carolina says a retired administrator tied to the case won't face charges. Orange County district attorney Jim Woodall said Tuesday in a release Deborah Crowder from the formerly named African and Afro-American Studies department is cooperating with investigators. (Yahoo! Sports)
Marcus Paige Tops All-ACC Academic TeamUNC's Marcus Paige, a second-team CoSIDA Academic All-American, headlines the 2014 All-ACC Academic Men's Basketball team. Paige earns the honor for the second year in a row. To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his academic career. (GoHeels.com)
Today In UNC-Duke History: March 4, 2006Carolina's win at top-ranked Duke on the last day of the 2005-06 regular season would have been a memorable victory under any circumstances. But to truly understand what elevated it to one of the very best regular season wins of the Roy Williams era--and in contention for the top spot in that category--you have to understand the atmosphere of Tobacco Road basketball in 2006. (GoHeels.com)
Eight teams you shouldn't trust...yetNorth Carolina: The Tar Heels made some great plays to finish Notre Dame in a 63-61 win on Monday and extend their winning streak to 12 games. But they entered the second half with a 14-point lead against a Fighting Irish team with a 6-12 record in ACC play. That stretch illustrated their entire season. Always up for the top dogs, always vulnerable against the rest. (ESPN.com)
Tar Heels look to regain intensityNorth Carolina has won its last three games by a total of seven points. The silver lining is it acknowledges that the Tar Heels have gotten better at winning close games, and their confidence in late-game situations can grow from it. Freshman guard Nate Britt said they don’t want to become overly dependent on trying to win late. (ESPN.com)
Tar Heels don't mind winning uglyNorth Carolina’s 63-61 win over Notre Dame is not the way head coach Roy Williams prefers his victories. The Tar Heels scored just nine points in the first 10 minutes of the second half and made just nine field goals. Fortunately for Williams, his team isn’t just about scoring. The Heels are just as likely to win a game like Monday night's by getting stops as they are by getting buckets. (ESPN.com)
Video: Tar Heel Take - Notre DameJoin Rachel Nash for Chapelboro’s very last Tar Heel Take of the season as she goes behind the scenes of UNC’s narrow win over Notre Dame to continue their twelve game winning streak. Be sure to tune into the end of the video for a surprise guest host. (Chapelboro.com)
Sophomore StarsThe 2012 recruiting class came in quietly. All four players were four-star recruits and there was little excitement beyond the over-hyped legend that J.P. Tokoto could be the best UNC dunker since Vince Carter and that Marcus Paige was a skilled and competent point guard. (Carolina Blue)
Steadying The ShipWhile losses magnify various mundane aspects of a team’s performance, victories operate in a parallel fashion, brushing certain legitimate issues into the background. After all, a win is a win, right? Not exactly. (Inside Carolina)
Tuesday Baseball ReportAfter starting the season 1-3, UNC has righted the ship a bit going 4-0 last week which included a sweep of North Florida. In the midweek game, UNC jumped all over Appalachian State scoring 10 runs in the first three innings. The Tar Heels were helped in large part by five Mountaineer walks in the first inning and four errors in the first two frames. (Tar Heel Blog)
Larry Fedora to Drive Pace Car for STP 500 at MartinsvilleUNC football coach Larry Fedora became a NASCAR fan watching the sport on television. He fell head-over-heels in love with it during a trip to Martinsville Speedway last spring. “Last year at Martinsville was my first short-track race and it was phenomenal,” said Fedora. Fedora will be in the middle of all the Martinsville action as the honorary pace car driver for the STP 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race on March 30. (Martinsville Speedway)
Q&A with former UNC tight end Eric EbronEric Ebron: As a kid, what you expect out of the NFL is not exactly what you’re getting into. It’s been nothing but a grind just like as if you were still in college. It’s been a journey. It’s been a process — a long process. You have training for combine, then after the combine, you have training for pro day, then you have to train for the NFL season. There’s different things that you have to accomplish. (Daily Tar Heel)
Offseason spotlight: North CarolinaThe quarterback competition is open in Chapel Hill, N.C., but there could be some young faces on the offensive line this fall with even more to prove than quarterback Marquise Williams. For North Carolina, all eyes should be on the offensive line this spring, which could have a true freshman in the starting lineup for the season opener against Liberty. (ESPN.com)
Luck with Tar Heels, not the Fighting IrishNorth Carolina clung to a slim one-point lead with seven seconds left when sophomore guard Marcus Paige uncharacteristically missed a free-throw attempt. Sophomore Brice Johnson just barely got a finger on the rebound, and tipped the ball out to Paige, who made one more free throw before clinching a senior night 63-61 win against Notre Dame with a game-ending block. (Daily Tar Heel)
Tar Heel seniors play final game at homeAt 7 p.m. Monday night, Leslie McDonald danced one last time. It’s something he hasn’t been able to do lately. After all, it’s difficult to keep his pregame “Jump Around” dancing routine while squatted around the center circle waiting for the opening tip. But for one more time, McDonald let the rhythm course through him for a few seconds before getting down to business. (Daily Tar Heel)
Are Tar Heels in danger of taking their success for granted?Monday’s 63-61 Senior Night win against Notre Dame was North Carolina’s 12th straight, its longest winning streak in five years. Based solely on that information, it could be assumed that the Tar Heels are rolling into the postseason playing their best basketball of the long season. And in most aspects, they are. But there have also been a few red flags raised along the way. (Wilmington Star News)
UNC-Notre Dame NotesUNC has won 12 straight regular-season ACC games for the first time since going 14-0 in 1986-87. The 12-game streak is UNC's longest heading into a game against Duke since 2000-01 when the Tar Heels won 14 in a row, won at Duke and three more games after that to post an 18-game streak. (GoHeels.com)
Locking Down a 12th-Straight VictoryMarcus Paige made his second-half presence felt at the buzzer, blocking Eric Atkins’ driving attempt to secure a 63-61 victory for No. 14 North Carolina despite coughing up a 14-point halftime lead and matching a season-low with 22 points in a half. The Tar Heels' 22 points after the break marked their fewest points scored in a half in a win since scoring 20 in the second half against Maryland, (Inside Carolina)
Lucas: Basketball InstinctsAccording to the scouting report, Marcus Paige was wrong. He knew immediately he was breaking assistant coach C.B. McGrath's Notre Dame scouting report when he committed to challenging Eric Atkins at the rim with seconds to play and a two-point lead rather than staying with his (potentially game-winning) man near the three-point line. But he also knew something else. (GoHeels.com)
Video: UNC Basketball Senior Day Intros & SpeechesSeniors James Manor, Wade Moody, Denzel Robinson, and Leslie McDonald spoke to the Dean Smith Center crowd and were honored before and after the final home game of the 2013-2014 season.
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Reggie Bullock, Jerry Stackhouse share kinship with KinstonJerry Stackhouse, like Reggie Bullock, grew up in Kinston, North Carolina. He endured the gangs, drugs and violence that have at times overwhelmed the community there. But he’s also seen what happens when it supports someone trying to make it out. So, when I asked Stackhouse if he had a minute to spend talking about the 22-year-old Bullock, he gleaned a familiar smile. (NBA.com)
Thought of the week: Roy Williams' best job?Roy Williams has done the best work of his North Carolina coaching tenure. Other seasons have been noteworthy, starting with the 2005 and 2009 national championship teams. Even though Carolina was built to win in both seasons, it’s not easy to deliver especially when you’re supposed to win. (Shoutout to John Calipari and the 40-0 Wildcats.) (ESPN.com)
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