Not so much noteworthy for what is a no-brainer but for the fact it is being asked of the players at this point.
Here is what Hansbrough said today on the topic:
“We’ll see what happens; I want to take it game by game, but I think if you ask every team I’ve every played on, it would be great to go undefeated’’
I am fairly sure the undefeated talk will pick up steam should the Heels win in Winston-Salem. After that the biggest challenge left is Duke twice and a handful of other road games which really should not be an issue. For now this is still just talk.
The other major item out of the Friday press conference was a lengthy discussion of the Heels defense which was seen as much improved to start the season but took a slight slide backwards in the games following the exam break. So all of the focus has been on the defense since there is really nothing much else to complain about. Sure Wayne Ellingotn could be shooting better and the rebounding is a little off, other than that everything else seems to be working. That leaves the defense and the general consensus is the issues are related more to focus and effort than anything else. Getting BC and Tyrese Rice in town this Sunday will be a good test on both ends of the court.
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This is akin to my favorite form of sideline sports reporting:
“Joe Smoe, you’ve just broken the single game record for X! How does it feel?”
“It feels great!”
Sagarin now has Clemson number 2.
South Carolina seems to be on the rise this year with Darrin Horn and Scott Cherry moving from Western Kentucky to take over in Columbia:
http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/cherry_scott00.html
And anybody who has word on other former Tar Heels, please post. I would love to know what Jawad Williams, David Noel, Reyshawn Terry, Joe Forte and Wes Miller are all up to.
Wes Miller – Assistant coach at Elon adding another branch to the Dean Smith/Roy Williams coaching tree.
Jawad Williams – Playing for Cleveland, mostly on the bench. Did score a basket versus the Sixers on Dec. 12th
Reyshawn Terry – Playing in Italy
Davie Noel – Averaging 17.9 ppg in D-League
Joe Forte – Also playing in Italy.
I know on any given day anyone can beat anyone but should we be worrying about Pitt?? I’m watching them dismantle G-town.
Possibly because they have athletes on the interior that would be difficult for Heels to defend. Then again they also shot 30% from the floor against FSU and they are not considered a great three point shooting team. They also have some depth but the question is whether it has any quality to it like UNC’s does.
And I am not convinced Georgetown is a great team despite the win versus UConn(who always underachieves) and despite the journalistic lovefest the Big East is enjoying from the ESPN talking heads.
My biggest concern THF is “athletes on the interior”.
And Pitt looked terrible against Rutgers… I’m becoming more and more convinced that the only team that can beat UNC, is UNC themselves.
I have said it before, the only team that can beat UNC is the Tarheels.
LA LA LA LA! I CANT HEAR YOU! NO MORE UNDEFEATED TALK! THAT IS BAD HAMBURGERS! I would actually prefer it if we lost at least one game. Lets do what Tyler says and “take it game by game”.
here’s what i found on wikipedia:
ed cota – poland (atlas stal ostrów wielkopolski)
matt doherty – southern methodist univ (head coach)
rick fox – “canadian television actor” (oz, dirt, ugly betty)
jackie manual – NBA D-league (erie bayhawks)
ademola “the warrior” okulaja – germany (brose baskets)
shammond williams plays in spain (pamesa valencia)
well, that was fun.
as for pitt, they have 9 players avging more than 10 mpg.
young 6-6
blair 6-7
fields 5-10
biggs 6-8
dixon 6-3
brown 6-6
wannamaker 6-4
gibbs 6-2
mcghee 6-10
specifically blair (265 lbs) and biggs (240 lbs) have sizeable presence inside while young makes plays everywhere. and fields is a very good distributor of the rock (4.4:1 ato ratio). in terms of the 3 pt shot, the overall % for their 5 best shooters (biggs, gibbs, wannamaker, fields and young) is a respectable 42%.
we definitely have more quality depth so our best bet is to run them off the court while lawson locks down fields and our bigs hold our ground. but if we give up too many offensive rebounds to this squad, we could be in trouble.
heeledsoul, nice picture
haha. yours also.
Warning: Pitt wins because Pitt out-rebounds people.
What is our main area of concern right now? Getting out-boarded by Nevada?
Then again, Pitt doesn’t have a Babbit (or Singler) who can take Tyler out of the paint.
Pitt would beat us with a combination of good shooting (if not great)and put backs. The former seems to be inherent with UNC basketball and this year, the Notre Dame game and Wack-Mac were no exception. I’m still haunted by the ghost of Randolph Childress. The latter seems to be inherent with this season. I’m still not wquite sure why we’re not getting more offensive boards.
But yeah, Pitt could cause problems…but let’s wait and see where they are after the long Big East stretch and tournament.
For the record, Duke is still the most overrated team in the top five. They have not impressed me in a single win. I’m not counting the Purdue game in that you had an over-achieving Big Ten team (translation: cupcake) who simply laid down. Xavier were beginning a very poor stretch of basketball and had to play at Duke North (in joyzee where all of those terds who Princeton refused [and naturally went to Duke] return for the holidays).
Another year, another lovefest for Dook with the AP and ESPN. But hey, it always makes for such great drama when Dook starts to plummet around the end of February.