ACC Baseball: One Week to Go
Carolina needs to win one more game to sew up the Coastal Division title and the top seed at the ACC Tournament. That's what you need to know heading into this huge weekend matchup with Virginia. The Tar Heels would still be ahead of the Cavaliers on conference win percentage even if Virginia is able to take two of three in Chapel Hill this weekend. (Tar Heel Monthly)
How Many Point Guards Does UNC Need?
No position has shaped Roy Williams’ decade with the Tar Heels like the point guard spot. Each of his successful seasons has come with an elite player at the position. Each of the Tar Heels’ shakier ones have coincided with instability there. Without question, with Williams’ preferred fast tempo, the play at point guard has been the leading indicator of the Tar Heels’ success and struggles. (ACC Sports Journal)
UNC will be fine without Wiggins; Florida State, not so much
The Tar Heels return an explosive scorer in P.J. Hairston and one of the best big men in the ACC in James Michael McAdoo, to go along with improving point guard Marcus Paige. They also have a pair of recruits in small forward Isaiah Hicks and big man Kennedy Meeks that have the potential to step in and contribute right away. (Wilmington Star News)
Bolt's Back
No. 2 North Carolina’s midweek game against Appalachian State on Tuesday almost seemed secondary to the return of freshman phenom Skye Bolt. The highly touted right fielder had missed his previous 17 games due to a broken right foot. Doctors cleared him to play on Monday, less than 10 days before the start of postseason play. (Inside Carolina)
Trio Combine On One-Hitter In 2-0 Win Over Appalachian State
The trio of Reilly Hovis, Chris McCue and Chris Munnelly combined on the second one-hitter of the year Tuesday night as No. 2 North Carolina downed Appalachian State, 2-0. Hovis surrendered a two-out single in the first inning before settling in and tossing five scoreless frames in his fourth start of the year. The freshman right-hander struck out three as he improved to 2-0. (GoHeels.com)
Warriors' Harrison Barnes growing up before our eyes
When Harrison Barnes is 24 or 25, still well off in the distance for a young man who turns 21 on May 30, what Warriors fans saw from him Sunday might well become the norm. Game in and game out, Barnes could evolve into a go-to scorer, a guy who routinely shoots 20 or more times a game, a player who might average 20 points and 10 rebounds. Then again, that evolution might not take that long. (San Jose Mercury News)
Harrison Barnes, Tyler Zeller Named to 2013 NBA All-Rookie Teams
The NBA announced its 2013 All-Rookie teams on Tuesday. The first team: Damian Lillard, Trail Blazers; Bradley Beal, Wizards; Anthony Davis, Hornets; Dion Waiters, Cavaliers; Harrison Barnes, Warriors; And the second team: Andre Drummond, Pistons; Jonas Valanciunas , Raptors; Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Bobcats; Kyle Singler , Pistons; Tyler Zeller, Cavaliers. (NBA.com)
Roy Williams is N.C.'s highest-paid employee
With a salary of a reported $2 million, UNC basketball coach Roy Williams is the highest-paid public employee in the state. That shouldn’t come as a surprise. In 40 states either the head football coach or head basketball coach of that state’s largest public university is the highest-paid public employee in that state. In North Carolina, Roy’s salary is nearly four times what anyone else in the UNC System is paid. (Triangle Business Journal)
After 766 tries, the Mets have a homegrown ace in Matt Harvey
Matt Harvey has won seven games in his young Mets career. This should tell you how bad New York has been at drafting and developing pitchers: Harvey already ranks 12th in wins for the Mets among the 766 pitchers they drafted in the past 30 years. Mets fans have every reason to be excited about Harvey, the cover subject this week in Sports Illustrated. (Sports Illustrated)
An Updated Basketball Top 25 for 2013-14
12. North Carolina Tar Heels: Two of last season's top three players (James Michael McAdoo and P.J. Hairston) opted to return to school while Reggie Bullock entered the NBA draft. That means the Tar Heels will have four starters (two of their leading scorers) back from the team that went 25-11 last season and lost in the NCAA round of 32, and they'll have a few key additions, as well. (ESPN.com)
Freshman Skye Bolt Cleared To Play
Coach Fox had some good news about freshman Skye Bolt during his weekly radio show Monday night. “He is cleared, and he’s ready to go,” Coach Fox said. That announcement comes just in time for the freshman phenom to get back into the swing of things before the ACC tournament begins next Wednesday. (Chapelboro.com)
ACC Baseball Roundup: Walkoff Weekend
It was Walkoff Weekend. Virginia’s come-from-behind thriller Friday was just Exhibit A. It simply got the Walkoff Train rolling. Later that evening, Georgia Tech did the same to No. 2 North Carolina, dealing the Tar Heels just their fourth ACC loss of the season. Entering the bottom of the ninth tied 4-4, shortstop Mott Hyde drilled a one-out walkoff homer off UNC starter Kent Emanuel. (ACC Sports Journal)
ACC-Big Ten Challenge Preview, Day 2
North Carolina at Michigan State: Two blue-blood programs. Two Hall of Fame coaches. Both teams return almost all of their talent from last year. North Carolina hasn't played in East Lansing since November 29, 2000. The Tar Heels have won seven in a row against the Spartans since, including three in the NCAA Tournament. Roy Williams is 6-0 against Izzo since returning to North Carolina. (Fox Sports South)
Waived by Falcons, Casey Barth waits for another offer
Casey Barth chose a free agent offer from the Atlanta Falcons over those of two other teams last month because he felt it gave him the best chance to compete for an NFL job. It didn’t turn out that way. The former North Carolina kicker was waived last Friday after a week at the Falcons’ rookie mini-camp. “I’m not sure,” Barth said when asked what went wrong. “I thought I did pretty well.” (Wilmington Star News)
Monday Baseball Report
In some respects, water is finding its level a bit with the Tar Heel baseball season. UNC had been absurd through most of the season and even now only has six losses in 51 games. As a result of the series loss, UNC dropped from 1st to 3rd in the Baseball America Top 25 falling behind Vanderbilt and LSU. (Tar Heel Blog)
Carolina Returns To Boshamer Tuesday
No. 2 North Carolina returns home for a regular season ending five-game home stand beginning Tuesday when the Tar Heels host Appalachian State at 6 p.m. The Tar Heels will be looking to avoid their first losing streak of the year on Tuesday after dropping their first weekend series of the year. Carolina enters with a 45-6 overall mark on the year. (GoHeels.com)
Gio Bernard impressive at Bengals rookie camp
Former North Carolina running back Giovani Bernard impressed coaches at Bengals rookie camp this weekend. Head Coach Marvin Lewis is comparing him to established running backs like Ray Rice and Maurice Jones Drew, which is high praise for a player after his first weekend of work as a pro. Bernard says he's enjoying the NFL so far, and it's no surprise when he says it's a step up from the college game. (WRAL Sports Fan)
Tar Heels found Rick Fox by accident
North Carolina coach Dean Smith discovered Rick Fox at a summer camp in 1986. Fox, had just completed his junior year at Warsaw High School, was 6-7 and talented, but still raw and relatively unknown. Smith was there to watch J.R. Reid, a highly-touted recruit who was considering North Carolina and Georgetown. (Indianapolis Star)
Despite NC State's buzz last season, Duke and UNC still rule North Carolina
Once again, Duke and North Carolina will be the cornerstones of the expanding powerhouse conference. NC State's immediate future is less certain, but the Wolfpack's recruiting class is intriguing. So it's a good time to be a fan of college basketball in the Triangle. "It's really exciting," said Steve Wiseman, who covers Duke for the Durham Herald-Sun. (ESPN.com)
UNC Class Of 2013 Turns Its Tassels
35,000 people gathered in Chapel Hill Sunday in Kenan Stadium to celebrate the UNC Class of 2013. “Welcome all of you to the ranks of the alumni from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill!” Chancellor Holden Thorp proclaimed to the stadium. (Chapelboro.com)
Golden State Warriors find hero in Harrison Barnes
It was pretty clear Sunday that the Warriors needed their top draft pick to turn up the heat on offense in Game 4. Harrison Barnes did just that. The rookie pressed the attack from the outset and took a career-high 26 shots, and while making just nine of them, still scored a career-high and team-leading 26 points to go along with 10 rebounds in the Warriors' 97-87 overtime victory over San Antonio. (San Jose Mercury News)
Storify: On graduation, lots of mixed feelings
When commencement speaker and AOL co-founder Steve Case addressed the 35,000 people in attendance at Sunday’s graduation ceremony, he said he thought the Class of 2013 graduates might be feeling one thing — bittersweet. (Daily Tar Heel)
Tar Heels Fall In Extra Innings At Georgia Tech
No. 1 North Carolina (45-6, 20-5 ACC) dropped its first series of the year on Sunday as the Tar Heels suffered a 9-8 loss in 11 innings against Georgia Tech (32-20, 14-13 ACC) in Atlanta. Carolina jumped out to a 7-1 lead after five and a half innings but the Yellow Jackets would not go quietly as they pushed across a pair of runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh to climb within three at 8-5. (GoHeels.com)
Tar Heel Women's Lacrosse Blows Past Loyola, 19-9
Third-seeded North Carolina got five goals and two assists from Kara Cannizzaro and four goals and two assists from Abbey Friend, defeating 11th-ranked and unseeded Loyola, 19-9, on Sunday at Fetzer Field in the NCAA Tournament second round. With the victory, Carolina (15-3) advances to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals for the ninth consecutive season. (GoHeels.com)
Q & A with Matt Harvey
Q: What’s it like being Matt Harvey these days? A: It’s kinda cool getting recognized places. At the same time, I know with all this stuff coming in and opportunities arising, all that won’t happen if I don’t perform baseball-wise. I like to have my personal life, but for right now and for the most part, the season’s on my mind, the All-Star game’s on my mind, and winning’s on my mind. (New York Post)
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