Tar Heels
Today's Carolina game at Texas will be an interesting one to watch as the Heels take on yet another top 10 team, this time on the road in front of a Final Four-sized crowd at Cowboy Stadium.
Texas is a semi-legit Final Four team, the semi being the coaching of Rick Barnes. Barnes is the Gerald Henderson of coaches, a light-weight who picked fights with Dean Smith when he coached at Clemson. He's an excellent recruiter, but Barnes has only taken one team to a Final Four.
But my main cause of concern is not the talent of Texas, but that this is Carolina's first game in a week following final exams. The Heels will likely be rusty after the layoff - both physical and mental - especially early in the game. Of course, that doubles my concern as in each of Carolina's losses this year the team got off to a slow start.
So watch to see how the Heels fair early. If Drew successfully navigates the first ten minutes, and get Deon and Davis lots of good touches early the Heels should be okay. The worst that could happen is we get a little impatient and start jacking up threes.
NBA Update
Last week I posted a new poll on the NBA. And the response was unanimous; 100 percent of CHB blog readers care about the NBA. The bad news - for my overall readership and the NBA - is that only 3 people voted: me, Evan and Michael Degnan. So my blog is as popular as the NBA!
That it's for now, but blogs are pending on the cosmic Christ and the meaning of Christmas, and Bud Selig's new commission on improving baseball games. But for now, Go Heels!
Texas is a semi-legit Final Four team, the semi being the coaching of Rick Barnes. Barnes is the Gerald Henderson of coaches, a light-weight who picked fights with Dean Smith when he coached at Clemson. He's an excellent recruiter, but Barnes has only taken one team to a Final Four.
But my main cause of concern is not the talent of Texas, but that this is Carolina's first game in a week following final exams. The Heels will likely be rusty after the layoff - both physical and mental - especially early in the game. Of course, that doubles my concern as in each of Carolina's losses this year the team got off to a slow start.
So watch to see how the Heels fair early. If Drew successfully navigates the first ten minutes, and get Deon and Davis lots of good touches early the Heels should be okay. The worst that could happen is we get a little impatient and start jacking up threes.
NBA Update
Last week I posted a new poll on the NBA. And the response was unanimous; 100 percent of CHB blog readers care about the NBA. The bad news - for my overall readership and the NBA - is that only 3 people voted: me, Evan and Michael Degnan. So my blog is as popular as the NBA!
That it's for now, but blogs are pending on the cosmic Christ and the meaning of Christmas, and Bud Selig's new commission on improving baseball games. But for now, Go Heels!
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