Tar Heel Bred Tar Heel Dead

The Zoubek cream puff dream is dead

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February 25, 2013

Imagine that. Former Dook player Brian Zoubek decided to open a cream puff store in New Jersey — much to every Carolina fan’s delight — and now it’s apparently gone under after just six months.

“I learned more in the last six months than I did in the first 24 years of my life,” Zoubek said during a telephone interview. “Just one of those things, learned a lot but discovered it was not for me. It’s not like it needed to close, it could have kept going. But I had to make a decision to commitment or move on to something I might enjoy more, or get more out of.”

Zoubek’s decision was so swift that several customers who had orders were urged to reach him by email to get refunds.

He’s now decided to move into real estate — an area that hasn’t been too kind to other former Dookies. Remember Christian Laettner and Brian Davis getting sued by everyone under the sun for their blown land deals?

Here’s video of Wojo getting owned in a pick-up game

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February 25, 2013

This appears to be video from a Dook camp or maybe it’s just a pick-up game at the gym. Either way, Wojo (in black shirt and gray shorts) is playing against some regular folks, and the little guy gets manhandled a couple of times. I guess even Dook students don’t like him. Check out the :56 mark to see him get knocked down on a box out. He then slaps the opponent in retaliation. Then fast forward to 2:57 to watch him get bulldozed while trying to take a charge. Who tries to take a charge in a pick-up game? That’s our Wojo! Thanks to Ben for passing this along.
 

Things we noticed in the NC State game

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February 25, 2013
  • Whether he’s hitting shots or not, things just happen when Hairston is on the floor, be it an offensive rebound a steal or other guys just playing tougher. Maybe he didn’t care about getting inserted into the starting line-up, but it certainly seems to have ignited the team.
  • It may not be until next year, but when Paige can be counted on to hit a reasonable number of 3 pointers, Carolina is going to be really, really dangerous. He also had two ballsy drives that looked extremely difficult to complete around the rim for someone his size and weight.
  • Howell is a straight-up beast. If he had better aim, he’d have tallied like 30 points. He missed so many easy shots off offensive rebounds, it was criminal.
  • Roy’s second-half hockey full-line substitution was one of the scariest things ever. I just kept looking around in a panic, “WHO ON THE FLOOR IS GOING TO SCORE?” Luckily, it was Paige with a big 3-pointer.
  • NC State should be a better team with the talent they have. They’ve got at least two maybe three future NBA players, don’t you think?
  • Even though his minutes have shrunk of late, still loving Tokoto and his job on the boards. His athleticism allows him to pull rebounds no one else can manage. 2 rebounds in 4 minutes. Nice.
  • Is anyone else worried about McAdoo’s offensive efficiency? He takes a lot of shots to get his points, and many of them continue to look rushed or forced, leading to misses and turnovers. I know he’s not a traditional back-to-the-basket post player, but he needs to settle on what kind of a player he is and only take those shots. Establish an identity. If he decides he’s a jump shooter, fine. So be it. Then he shouldn’t be trying to drive in the lane and constantly losing the ball.
  • McAdoo’s defense has gotten really tight though. He gives great help and is probably the best on the squad at taking charges.

New episode will be up tonight

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February 25, 2013

Slight delay due to travel issues.

Someone noticed that whole Wojo thing

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February 19, 2013

The Winston-Salem Journal scratches its head over the disparity between how Dook coaches are treated by the refs compared with others in the ACC. Go read the rest. It really is amazing that nothing happened to Wojo. If that wasn’t grounds for a tech, then what is?

Last Wednesday, while watching North Carolina play at Duke on TV, I saw what I considered one of the most amazing sights of my many years covering ACC basketball. I saw an assistant coach in the face, literally, of an ACC official, letting him have it. And that assistant, Steve Wojciechowski, was really giving that official, the aforementioned Mr Kersey, a piece of his mind.

Now through the years it’s been firmly established that an assistant who shows up an official is not just a no, no. It’s a no, no, no, no, no.

Tar Heel Bred, Tar Heel Dead – Episode 74

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February 17, 2013

A Led Zeppelin reunion tour. A decent NBC show. A unicorn. Carolina making a change in the starting line-up. These are all things we never thought we’d see in our lifetime. But that last one happened, and suddenly, UNC is playing much better. We discuss. Also, we’ve got part 2 of our NBA All-Star awards for Heels in the pros. In Dook Sucks, the Blue Devils always have some lame excuse when they lose.

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Things we noticed in the UVA game

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February 16, 2013
  • Great win and probably one the Heels had to have if they want to make it to the tourney.
  • Strickland, for yet another game, has mostly resisted taking those awful jump shots he took earlier in the season. Scoring more efficiently now and off better shots. 
  • Hairston’s move into the starting line-up hasn’t been as much a promotion for him as a demotion for Hubert. Just one minute for the second straight game.
  • Not criticizing but just honestly asking once again: Has Johnson ever, ever passed it out of the post after he receives the ball?
  • It looked ugly early with yet another opponent getting wide open looks from 3. Frustrating.
  • Good things the jump shots were falling today because if there’s one thing this team doesn’t really have, it’s someone who can consistently finish around the rim. McAdoo tried it. Nope. Paige tried it. Nope. Bullock and Strickland tried it. Nope.
  • It’s probably a pretty good bet at this point that down the line, either in a big game or in the postseason, McAdoo’s foul shooting is going to bite us in the behind again, as it did in the Dook game.
  • I guess it’s safe to write off McDonald as a major factor at this point in the season.

Things we noticed in the Dook game

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February 14, 2013
  • Well, OK. Certainly not as bad as everyone expected. In fact, the first half was really good, and the team should be commended for coming out strong and focused — something they’ve rarely done this season. 
  • That said, it’s not like Carolina couldn’t have won this. The team missed lots of opportunities.
  • Is there anyone out there, including Roy, who still questions whether Hairston should start and play as many minutes as possible? He remains our toughest player and one of most aggressive and active.
  • Pretty shocking that McAdoo was tasked with guarding Plumlee and managed not to rack up too many fouls early. That would have been disastrous.
  • The shot selection was really disciplined…right up until the point in the second half when Dook took the lead. Then we were the Carolina of old. Dex took a bad jumper, Paige missed a couple long ones, Tokoto heaved up a jump shot, and that was pretty much the game.
  • Plumlee has to be one of the worst Player of the Year candidates in a long while. There’s nothing smooth about his game at all. Good luck to him in the NBA when he won’t have 40 pounds and two inches on everyone else.
  • LMac continues to struggle against decent competition. He missed some open ones that really could have helped.
  • Dex had a really nice, under control game. Looked like a senior out there and seemed to keep the team from panicking.
  • Hubert played one minute. One. What happened to his defense that we’ve been told has been so critical the rest of the season?
  • Not just saying this. I really believe: we’ll get ‘em in Chapel Hill.

Harrison Barnes pranks Steph Curry

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February 13, 2013

More Dook-Carolina game day news. So Steph Curry opens up his locker, and what does he find? A little reminder about tonight’s game from the Black Falcon.

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Someone is recreating Game of Thrones with Dook’s mascot

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February 13, 2013

Lots of drama this afternoon. Apparently someone stole Dook’s mascot and its head showed up on a pike by the library. Here’s the photographic evidence.

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