Lucas: The Case For...End-of-season ACC award voting concludes this weekend and will be announced next week. With that in mind, here's a look at the cases for three Tar Heels who deserve recognition. Marcus Paige for ACC Player of the Year: The Iowa native has exploded onto the national scene as a sophomore. He's a national finalist for the Cousy Award and a four-time ACC Player of the Week. (GoHeels.com)
March 5, 1977: UNC Defeats Virginia to Win ACC ChampionshipThe Tar Heels showed up with Walter Davis in uniform but the Olympian from Pineville was forced to the bench with an injury to the index finger on his shooting hand, the injury he received in the win over N.C. State. It was only Saturday morning that officials discovered the finger was broken. Davis, with the finger taped to his middle finger, made his entrance with 15:48 left and Virginia holding a 46-43 lead. (Tar Heel Online Retrospective)
Art’s Angle: Sky-High AnxietyMichael Norwood was a walk-on senior playing his last home game in 1987, and boy was there some pressure on him! Starting with scholarship regulars Curtis Hunter, Dave Popson, Kenny Smith and Joe Wolf, Norwood knew he had better make the most of his three minutes of fame. By the way, the Tar Heels were playing Duke and were going for their second unbeaten conference season in four years. (Chapelboro.com)
Precious Memories: Dementia has taken its toll on Dean SmithDean Smith doesn't watch the games anymore. The motion on the screen is too hard to follow. Now he thumbs through golf magazines and picture books. Most of the books are about North Carolina basketball. They seem to make him happy. He turns the pages past photo after photo of himself. Nobody knows if he knows who he is. (ESPN.com)
Turnaround ArtistsEarlier in the season, it was easy to question the heart and focus of a team that could blow a late home lead to Belmont, come out a step slow in the ACC opener at Wake Forest, and put up an outright stinker in the home league opener versus Miami. Now one expects to see Tar Heels diving on the floor, coming up with key rebounds, blocked shots and energy plays. (Inside Carolina)
Tar Heels seeing a lot more zone defenseBest believe after Notre Dame held Marcus Paige to a season-low seven points Monday night, North Carolina’s upcoming opponents in the ACC and NCAA tournaments will look for ways to mimic Mike Brey’s game plan. Paige has now had back-to-back games under 10 points after the Irish limited him to 2-of-8 shooting from the floor and just 1-of-5 from behind the arc. (ESPN.com)
Today In UNC-Duke History: March 5, 2011Beyond junior Tyler Zeller and seniors Justin Knox and Justin Watts, the main contributors were freshmen Kendall Marshall and Harrison Barnes and sophomores John Henson and Dexter Strickland. Following that loss in Atlanta, the Tar Heels won 14 of the next 15 games. The crowning moment was the win over Duke at the Smith Center, which sealed the ACC regular season championship. (GoHeels.com)
Q&A with UNC coach Larry FedoraNorth Carolina was an enigma in 2013, opening the season 1-5 before finishing as one of the nation’s hottest teams. The Tar Heels look to keep that momentum going as they open spring practice Wednesday. We talked with head coach Larry Fedora about what’s in store for North Carolina as the players return to the practice field for 2014. (ESPN.com)
Diamond DeShields Named ACC Rookie of the YearNorth Carolina guard Diamond DeShields was named ACC Rookie of the Year, ACC Commissioner John Swofford announced Wednesday. DeShields is the eighth Tar Heel to win the award and combines with teammate Xylina McDaniel in giving Carolina the last two award winners. DeShields set Carolina's freshman single-game and single-season scoring records during the 2013-14 season. (GoHeels.com)
UNC Football Springs ForwardThe Tar Heel football team hits the field Wednesday for spring number three under Larry Fedora. The Heels will practice 15 times this spring, culminating in the annual spring scrimmage on April 15 at 3 p.m. at Kenan Stadium. The head coach can’t wait to get started to try to continue the momentum from a team that finished 2013 by winning six of their final seven games. (GoHeels.com)
Full ACC Tournament seeding scenariosHere's the full rundown of remaining potential ACC Tournament seeding scenarios, with some teams clearly more settled than others: The Tar Heels have clinched a double-bye into the tournament quarterfinals. The Tar Heels will be the No. 2 seed with a win AND a Syracuse loss. The Tar Heels will be the No. 3 seed with a win AND a Syracuse win. The Tar Heels will be the No. 4 seed with a loss. (Syracuse.com)
In Yet Another Act, Larry Brown Writes a Winning ScriptAt 73, Brown has not slowed a bit. He lives with his son, L. J., a freshman at S.M.U., in a high rise across from the basketball complex and takes daily walks with staff members. He is so content at S.M.U. that he said he is hoping his daughter Madison, a high school junior at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, decides to head there, too. (New York Times)
Brian Holberton’s versatility could take him farVersatility seems to be the name of the game for Houston Astros minor league catcher Brian Holberton. Whether it is between his academic career and baseball, to what position Holberton takes when he hits the field, it seems the 21 year-old backstop from Cornelius, North Carolina will have a bright future wherever it may take him. (Toronto Observer)
North Carolina Tar Heels 2014 Spring Football PreviewDespite being one of the few quarterbacks in the ACC that returns with any starting experience, there is no guarantee that Marquise Williams will get the call for the season opener against Liberty. Even though Williams helped spark his team to a strong finish last fall, the junior finds himself in a battle this spring with sophomore Kanler Coker and redshirt freshman Mitch Trubisky. (Athlon Sports)
UNC Offseason Report: DefenseUNC associate head coach for defense Vic Koenning, not known as one who easily sings the praises of his charges, was upbeat about the potential for a good offseason on defense. In particular he was excited about increased depth across the board, enough bodies so that the Tar Heels should be able to practice “sub packages” during the spring. (Inside Carolina)
Spring Football Officially Hits For Carolina Amidst High HopesWith Blue Dawn behind them, the Tar Heels open up spring practice Wednesday at Navy Fields. After a solid recruiting class that seemingly shored up a few holes on the squad and with a bunch of returning athletes, especially on the offensive end, Carolina football appears to be primed for a run at an ACC Championship in 2014. (Chapelboro.com)
Shifting to left field, Dustin Ackley finding his comfort zoneA year ago, Dustin Ackley was searching. Searching for his swing, searching for his position on the team, searching for answers as to why things weren't going as easily as they always had in his baseball past. But the 26-year-old former first-round Draft pick looks like a different man in Mariners camp this spring. He looks more comfortable at the plate. (MLB.com)
ESPN Names Diamond DeShields ACC Freshman of the YearMuch was expected from UNC's Diamond DeShields...and much has been delivered by the guard who took over a leadership role despite her freshman status. With coach Sylvia Hatchell out battling leukemia, DeShields' maturity was much-needed by the young Tar Heels. So were her scoring (17.7) and rebounding (5.5) numbers. (ESPN.com)
Scott Cherry named Big South Coach of the YearScott Cherry and DeUnna Hendrix of High Point were named the men’s and women’s basketball coaches of the year in the Big South Conference, and High Point’s John Brown and Kaylah Keys were named the men’s player of the year and women’s freshman of the year, respectively, in selections by head coaches and media panels. Cherry and Hendrix led their teams to regular-season league titles. (Winston-Salem Journal)
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)
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