Tar Heel Bred Tar Heel Dead

George Lynch sighting!

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February 22, 2012

Seems the former Heel is working as the strength and conditioning coach at UC Irvine.

“I started to do camps with my high school coach, and then I continued to do summer camps, in every city I was playing in,’’ Lynch said. “… I love being with kids that really have a passion to play the game. So I try to contribute what made the game successful for me; I try to give back. And hopefully, one of these young college players will pick that up and put it in their game.”

Read more here.

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February 22, 2012

Things we noticed in the State game

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February 22, 2012
  • Gugs and Corchiani probably wished they’d been kicked out of this one too.
  • That was an incredible performance by Butter. If he can do even half of that going forward, this is going to be a tough team to stop.
  • Barnes does so many things well, but his most valuable contribution may be as The Run Stopper. Whenever State started to get some momentum or hit a few shots in a row, Barnes would coldly come down the other end and hit a shot. It just completely deflated the Pack.
  • How nice was it to see Carolina start a game strong for once? It’s so rare to see them not playing catch up in the first half.
  • Was Roy wearing his giant championship ring a way of sending a message to the opponent or just a fashion choice?
  • Hairston, we love you, but you are killing us of late. He made two terrible plays in a row — a turnover then a bad 3 — that led directly to easy State baskets.
  • On the other hand, he did hit his first 3 since…let’s see….er, we’ve lost track.
  • If we have to nitpick, we’d point out that the smaller Wolfpack mauled the Heels on the offensive glass 18-11.
  • The announcer actually used the word “swagger” unironically. That did not sound right.

Brandan Wright no longer the forgotten man

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February 20, 2012

Looks like Danny Green isn’t the only former Heel having a breakout year in the NBA. Brandan Wright is actually beginning to assert himself. The forward, who most Carolina fans probably thought should have stayed in school another year or two, didn’t do much in he league when he first arrived. He was hampered by injuries and stuck in a bad situation at Golden State. Things got so bad for him, he was even later cut by the Nets.

Now he’s landed at Dallas, and although he’s backing up Dirk Nowitzki and doesn’t leave the bench all that much, he’s having a nice year and is beginning to perform up to the expectations many had for him coming out of college.

After he played for an underachieving team for most of his career, the chance to play for the defending champions is quite a change for Wright.

“From top to bottom, it’s a different organization,” Wright said Saturday. “I’m used to playing on a lot younger team. Being a veteran team that has won a championship, there is a calmness, but at the same time, everything is done to reach that next goal, and that goal is to repeat as champions.”

Here’s hoping we read a similar article about Ed Davis soon.

Tar Heel Bred, Tar Heel Dead – Episode 50

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February 19, 2012

This week, we ask you – is there anything more certain than Clemson laying an egg in Chapel Hill? We take a closer look at some scores over the years. Harrison Barnes is coming on as of late but has PJ lost his coveted status as Reed’s “boy”? And could Duke really suck so bad that a man still can’t wear Blue Devil gear, even though his own daughter goes to school there?

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Leslie McDonald’s ACL looks fine to us

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February 18, 2012

Here’s some video of McDonald doing his thing before the Clemson game. He tweeted that he might have pissed off the ref, but oh, well.

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February 18, 2012

Things we noticed in the Clemson game

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February 18, 2012
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  • Barnes looks much better. He said yesterday that his ankle was about 90%, and it didn’t seem to bother him much in this game. Good thing.
  • Zeller must have spent half of his minutes on the floor. Was he getting manhandled, or just clumsy?
  • It was nice, for once, to have an opponent not enjoy a ridiculously hot shooting night. Clemson plain bricked some wide-open looks.
  • Was Clemson’s Baciu an extra in the first Hostel movie?
  • Watts continues to impress. When’s the last time he made a bad play?
  • Desmond Hubert is the new Watts.
  • On the other end, P.J. Hairston still can’t buy one. He really needs to see something go in the bucket.
  • A defensive stand in which Henson blocked one shot then forced a jump ball seemed to draw the biggest cheer of the night. Gotta like that.

Today’s poll

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February 16, 2012

Things we noticed in the Miami game

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February 16, 2012
  • Anyone else feel a groundswell movement of “Give Justin Watts more playing time!” coming on? He plays so hard and smart and made a couple key plays, including grabbing a loose ball and tipping in a miss.
  • You know it’s a Carolina game when even the opponent’s center is draining 3′s.
  • Zeller gets called for the most phantom fouls on the team. Not sure when “just standing there” became a foul.
  • The announcers need to stop leaning on that line about how Reggie Johnson “creates space.” Yes, he’s a big, doughy guy. He creates space by simply existing. You know who else creates space? Oprah.
  • We gotta start hitting our open 3′s. Opponents are now basically backing way off Marshall and daring him to shoot.
  • Hairston didn’t shoot well, but he did a nice job on the boards — especially for someone with a bum foot. He grabbed 2 offensive rebounds in just 8 minutes.
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