Showing posts with label UNC Tar Heels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UNC Tar Heels. Show all posts

Monday, October 22, 2012

Embarrassing Loss for UNC! UNC at Duke 30-33! "I'm not sure Larry Fedora is a Good Football Coach"



 
He may be the biggest Question Mark
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 
"Middle Class" Matt talks about the embarrassing loss for North Carolina football! Larry Fedora may be the right man for the job, but I haven't seen any signs of it yet. 
 
UNC Tar Heels at Duke Blue Devils 30-33!10/20/12
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

UNC's Top Verbal Commit Isaiah Hicks in Action Class of 2013





Here are some videos taken at J.F. Webb High School of UNC's top verbal commit Isaiah Hicks, who is the number eight overall prospect of the class of 2013. Hicks is listed at 6'8" and 210 lbs., in reality Hicks might be 6'8" maybe 6'7", and only about 195 or 200 lbs.. Hicks is very slender, but does have a more developed lower body. Hicks' body is more of a prototypical swing forward. Hicks is listed as a power foward and may have to play PF at the college level. Still, Hicks is just a junior in high school, so he has time to develop his game and body. You can already see Hicks has some guard skills and could one day, with work develop into a nice three forward. Hicks physically reminds me a little bit of another high ranked recruit from the Tar Heels' past, Marvin Williams.



Hicks has long arms and big hands. Hicks moves efforstlessly down the court and has pretty good body control. Hicks can also shoot and handle the ball well for a player his size. Hicks has tons of potenital, but doesn't seem to be the guy who would come to UNC and dominate, imediately. Sorry, UNC fans Hicks may need sometime to develope. Another negative about Hicks, is that his high school doesn't play the top level competition all the time. In these clips below you will see Hicks(#4) is head and shoulders taller than everyone one the court. Still, Hicks has NBA level athletism and that you can't teach, the other stuff can be learned with hard work and practice.


















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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

UNC Spring Game 2012 Larry Fedora's New Spread Offense

Inside the Blue Zone, Kenan Stadium Chapel Hill, NC






A Very Different Offensive Look for UNC Fans



Saturday, April 14 the North Carolina Tar Heels kicked of their 2012 football season. New coach, Larry Fedora showed the UNC nation his spread offense, for most fans this was their first look.



In the early part of the scrimmage the new Tar Heel offense looked shaky at best. UNC players have only had a few weeks to learn Fedora's new offense, and it is very different from the NFL style scheme that Tar Heel players are use to. Still, the offense seemed to come together as the game went on. UNC's quaterback, Bryn Renner went 23-28 for 295 yards and two touchdowns for the game. Renner's numbers could really benefit from, Fedora's fast-paced, high octane system.


The running game seems to really benefit from the spread, as well. It seems that the spread creates some big holes for the UNC running backs to gash defenses. So, Gio Bernard could have a big season, running the ball and in the passing game, as a result of the new offense.



Tar Heel fans seem to be encouraged and ready to get past the distractions of the last two seasons. UNC announced there were 17,000 fans at the spring game. I estimated about 15,000 before the announcement.



Check out these videos of Larry's Fedora's new UNC offense! CLICK THE VIDEOS TO WATCH!












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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Too Much Physical Play in College Basketball Part II, Bracket Update, and 2012 Final Four NCAA Tournament Preview






"Middle Class" Matt with more thoughts on too much physical play in College Basketball, a bracket update, and 2012 Final Four Preview. FOR THE WHOLE STORY CLICK THE VIDEO!


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Too Much Physical Play in College Basketball! Kendall Marshall Injury







"Middle Class" Matt discussing the injury to UNC's Kendall Marshall and physical play the NCAA referees are allowing to go on, in College Basketball. CLICK THE VIDEO ABOVE FOR THE WHOLE STORY!





THIS WAS A NO CALL!!!



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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

NCAA Tournament Preview and Predictions March Madness Bracket Challenge






NCAA PREVIEW AND PREDICTIONS(ACC TEAMS)



Virginia Cavaliers

Round of 64

The coaching job that Tony Bennett has done at Virginia is very impressive. Bennett's team has overachieved and deserves credit for it, but Mike Scott will not be enough to help Virgina move on. Florida has too much talent and has an elite coach who is Tournament tested. Virginia goes home after just one game.



N.C. State Wolfpack

Round of 32

The Pack may go to the Sweet 16 and they could go down to San Diego State in the first round. So, it may be wise to split the difference. State is very talented and athletic. Lorenzo Brown and C.J. Leslie are future NBA players who can create match up problems for any team. State, when focused, is dangerous, there's a lot of doubt if they can bring that focus for 40 minutes for 2 or 3 games in a row.



Duke Blue Devils

Sweet 16

Duke has been a good team all year, but "Duke is not elite." Duke relies too much on the three ball, has no one to distribute the basketball, and has an inconsistent inside attack. Still, Coach K will have his team ready and Duke has a team of McDonalds' All Americans that should be enough to win at least two NCAA tournament games. Austin Rivers needs to have a big time tournament or Duke may go home before this weekend is over!



Florida State Seminoles

Final Four

The Seminoles have been given a gift with Fab Melo not being able to play. With that loss, the Noles should be able to overwhelm the Orange or Ohio State inside. FSU is a veteran team with big physical post players and clutch guards. The Seminoles will have to watch out for an ACC Tournament hangover, but if they bring the same intensity to this tournament that they did in the ACC they should move on to the Final Four!



North Carolina Tar Heels

National Champions

The Tar Heels are a complete team with tournament experience. The Heels are big and long at every position, which creates nightmare match up problems for almost every team in the nation. Kentucky might be the rare exception to the match up problems UNC forces. Yet, Kendall Marshall, if UNC and Kentucky would square off for the national championship, would be an advantage over Marquis Teague at the same position. Kendall Marshall has become a complete point guard in the second half of this season. It could be argued that Marshall, of late, has been the best point guard in the nation. So, Marshall may give UNC an match up adavantage over every point guard they face and usually guards win NCAA Tournament Championship!



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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

2012 ACC Tournament Recap and Review "I told you so"



The 2012 ACC Basketball Tournament was a return to the glory years of the ACC! Many games were decided by a basket. The ACC Tournament used to be so much fun! I hope the 2012 ACC Tournament will be the beginning of the tournament being the most exciting in the nation again! I didn't pick Flordia State to win, but I can still say "I told you so." CLICK THE VIDEO FOR THE WHOLE STORY!



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Thursday, March 8, 2012

My Thoughts on the 2012 ACC Basketball Tournament! Preview



"Middle Class" Matt and his thoughts on a North Carolina tradition, the ACC Tournament! CLICK ON THE VIDEO BELOW FOR THE WHOLE Story!





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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Recap of the UNC vs. Duke Beat Down in Durham March 3rd!!!



In this entry I recap the UNC vs. Duke game(March 3rd), talk about UNC's chances for a national championship, and explore idea that "Duke is not Elite." CLICK THE VIDEO below to see the whole story!


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Friday, March 2, 2012

The Rivalry! UNC vs. Duke Part II The Rematch!!!


Hang On! It's Do or Die Time!!!

The last Duke vs. UNC game was a classic! The Tar Heels allowed the Devils to steal one in Chapel Hill by not taking advantage of easy opportunites during the last few minutes of the game. What also helped Duke was the referees swallowing their whistles, and this is not just UNC fan bias, Doug Gottlieb pointed out the missed calls on ESPN today! Check out my preview of the No. 6 UNC vs. No. 4 Duke rematch, should be another good one!

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Monday, February 27, 2012

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Monday, February 20, 2012

My Day in Chapel Hill Part III (videos)




Dick Baddour is the former Athletic Director of the Unversity of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Baddour retired in the wake of the UNC football scandal, that cost Butch Davis his job. If you look at the numbers Baddour did a great job. While, Baddour was the AD, UNC won 13 National Championships as a program. Baddour had some great moments as AD, like when he convinced Roy Williams to come home to UNC. Many applauded his desicion to hire Butch Davis as the football coach. Now the Davis hire doesn't seem like the right move, but at the time it brought a seriousness to UNC's football program it had not had since the Mack Brown era. Here is a video of Dick Baddour receiving an award at halftime of the Boston College game, January 7th. Roy Williams presented Baddour to the crowd and said some really nice things. It seems they had a great relationship. Click the video below and see the award presentation.










Go Heels!




Harrison Barnes, Tyler Zeller, and Kendall Marshall








The Tar Heels warming up at halftime. Check out how effortless the 7 foot Tyler Zeller moves for a big man! He is so light on his feet.






A Rare Look into UNC's huddle with Roy!






Kendall Marshall to Tyler Zeller for the assist!






UNC Cheerleaders!








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Thursday, February 16, 2012

My Day in Chapel Hill Part II (videos)


Here are the videos from my day at the Dean Dome. UNC has everything you will want to see at a basketball game. Now, if the Tar Heels can just figure out away to beat Duke! All these videos are from the UNC vs. Boston College game, January 7th.

All-American Harrison Barnes and the rest of the Heels warming up before the game.

Roy Williams coming out onto the court, to the cheers of the UNC's students and faithful.

The Tar Heels in the lay-up lines before the game.

UNC's Harrison Barnes and James Michael McAdoo passing out some pounds to the the UNC staff. You can also hear sercurity giving me a hard time about being so close to the court and not being in my seat!

The Tar Heel players standing around the court for the National Anthem. Look at all the Carolina blue!!!

UNC's Long-armed John Henson winning the jump ball. Tyler Zeller missing the little jump hook.

P.J. Hairston knocking down the three-pointer from the corner! Dexter Strickland gets the easy assist.

Kendall Marshall gets one of his many assists this year. Harrison Barnes hits a three, what a pure stroke he has!

Kendall Marshall finds Tyler Zeller for the little turn around half hook in the lane. These two can make the game look very easy at times. Kendall Marshall is one of the best passers in UNC's history and the nation this year. Marshall is 2nd in nation in assists this year with almost 10 a game.

Harrison Barnes playing good defense on one end of the court and throwing down the monster slam on the other end! The crowd goes crazy!

Roy Williams fired up on the side line, he is not happy about something!

The Tar Heels running into the locker room at half-time.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

The Rivalry!!! Duke vs. North Carolina Basketball


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This is "Middle Class" Matt Nicholson coming at you from the Mecca of basketball, the Triangle area in North Carolina. Here is preview and prediction of the Duke vs. UNC rivalry game on Wednesday, February 8 (9:00 PM ET ESPN). This should be another exciting chapter in this great rivalry, between these two traditional college basketball powers. I predicted the Tar Heels to win, but it should a close game and another good one, even if ESPN isn't hyping up and selling this rivalry as much as they used to.

Monday, February 6, 2012

My Day in Chapel Hill Part I(Pictures)

GO HEELS!
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I had some footage laying around from the January 7 UNC vs. Boston College game and I figured I write an entry about it. Chapel Hill is a special place to watch a basketball game. The Smith Center may not be a the loudest venue in America, but it could be the most magical. You see all the big names of the greats hanging in rafters and on this day I saw a lot of big names on and around the court. Their is Carolina blue everywhere and the fans are such a classy, educated bunch of basketball people. UNC has been criticised in the past for being a passive, fair-weather bunch and some of that maybe warranted, but at the same time the Dean Dome is a place the whole family can enjoy the tradition and excellence of basketball on the highest level in nation.

Tar Heel Great and ESPN Analyst Brad Daugherty
UNC fans with their stomachs painted waiting for the game to start
All-American and member of 93 Championship Tar Heels Eric Montross
Former NBA player and who now works for the Tar Heel Radio Network Eric Montross with Brad Daugherty. The surprising thing was the Montross was the taller of the 7 footers.
The Tar Heel Dance team in the crowd
The beautiful girls on the dance team in the crowd. It seems like one guy is trying to say hey.
The big screen showing Kendall Marshall dancing with the other Heels in the locker room.
The Tar Heels making an entrance!
Heels running on the floor!

Boston College and UNC players before the game
The student section ready for the game to start
Carolina Chocolate Chip with Carolina sprinkles, only found in the Carolinas and taste great!
7 footer Tyler Zeller(who maybe an All-American) waiting for the game to start
Roy Williams watching his Heels
Harrison Barnes(All-American), Tyler Zeller, Kendall Marshall will be all ACC teamers this year.


13th row half court best seats in the house!

Monday, January 30, 2012

Just My Thoughts... Football, Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, etc.

"Football is the Biggest Thing Around"



It will be hard to predict this year's Super Bowl outcome, but no matter who wins, the New England Patriots vs. New York Giants is a great match up. While Tom Brady and Bill Belichick will get all the attention, the big reason the Patriots are in the Super Bowl is Vince Wilfork. Wilfork dominated the Ravens from the defefensive tackle position. At Pro level I have seen few defensive tackles take over a game like Wilfork did. I saw Ndamukong Suh dominate Texas in this fashion, but that was at the college level. Wilfork has to weigh around 400 lbs. of raw power, yet football fans who watch him are amazed at his quickness. The Giants will have to game plan for Wilfork, as much as they will have to plan for Tom Brady. Wilfork is really the only serious defensive challenge the Giants will have to overcome. Should be an interesting Super Bowl.


I heard a sports radio host say that "the NFL Conference Championship round is last weekend for real football fans." I totally agree with this statement. I tried to watch some of the Pro Bowl this last weekend and boy it was tough to watch. I have never watched Pro Bowl start to finish and have rarely watched any of it live. The little bit of it I watched this year reminded me of flag football and none of the players really seem to care the outcome of the game. I really don't want to list the other reasons, why this the Pro Bowl is bad. Still, I will say it always seems werid to me, that the most popular sport in America has the worst All-Star game. I do understand it is important to have an all star game to put the elite players of the league on display, no matter how hard it is to watch.


I am always amazed at the names who get left off the Pro Bowl list. Lots of old name where on the list this year and lots of great young players were left off. I do like the Pro Bowl being moved to weekend before the Super Bowl, that way a few desperate, diehard NFL fans will tune in for a football fix.


I am a huge hoops fan, but it is hard to pay close attention to basketball when football is on. Now that football season is over, I am totally focused on roundball. We still have the Super Bowl to look forward to, but the Super Bowl is more like an award show, with a little football mixed in. Still, the Super Bowl should be as good of a game as we could hope for.


Both the NBA and college basketball have been pretty uneventful this year. Right now, I am now totally focused on UNC Tar Heel basketball. The Heels seem to be getting everything together. They looked really rough in the FSU game, in which they suffered the worse loss under Roy Williams. Since then the Heels have found their way. Still, this team reminds me not of the 2005 or 2009 UNC championship teams, but of Roy's Kansas team, which had Paul Pierce, Raef LaFrentz, etc. and were knocked out of the NCAA tourament early. That Kansas team was picked by most to win it all. Still, I hope I am wrong and Roy and the boys can get a third championship in less than a decade.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

John Wall Part II and videos of others at the NC Pro Am!

UNC's John Henson with the pretty post move. Washington Wizard's point guard John Wall took a lot of shots and missed most of them. Wall hogged the ball all night. Wall never took advantage of his teammate John Henson's height advantage inside. Henson was 4 inches taller than anyone on court and a whole lot longer than the other players. Yet, this was one of the few post passes that ever went inside to Henson.

NC Central star Dominique Sutton flying right by John Wall for the layup. Sutton outplayed John Wall all game. Sutton stepped up and played big all tournament. Sutton should have a huge season this year, and help Central make their leap in Division I this year. Dominique Sutton was named co-MVP along with NBA veteran Rasheed Wallace. Considering the big names who were at the NC Pro Am, Sutton really showed he was a big time player.

Dominique Sutton's great play continues. He blocks the shot with ferocity. Sutton played the entire Pro Am with this kind of intensity and effort.

John Wall did not play well the entire game. Wall must of thought since he was a big time NBA name that Sutton and team would roll over for him. Sutton was not impressed by this former #1 NBA overall pick. P.J. Hairston snatches down the board and throws down the two-hand power jam!

John Wall tries to steal the ball and pleads his case to the refs. Wall was unfocused all game.

UNC's P.J. Hairston with the strong move to the cup. Hairston looks like he can immediately help the Tar Heels with their title run this year.

P.J. Hariston throwing the alley-opp to John Wall for the ridiculous jam!

Dominique Sutton steals the ball from John Wall and then leads the break which leads to the bucket.

John Wall with the incredible spin move in the lane. Wall can't finish, but it brings the crowd to its feet as you can see.

John Wall knocking down the the jump, as he tries to take his team on his back.

John Wall puts the 3 ball in every one's eye and let's everybody know about it!

Wall did lots of this stuff all night.

John Wall gets into a heated argument with Jerry Stackhouse in the huddle. I wonder if Jerry was telling Wall to get inside to John Henson and stop hogging the ball.

John Wall trying to lead a late game rally. It did not work out for Wall's team this night. They lost.

John Wall gets rejected and the crowd stands up in front of the camera again.

Monday, September 5, 2011

SO STRANGE, SO SAD

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WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN?
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I was talking to a NC State fan recently and he was telling me that State would not even miss Russell Wilson this season. I told him "you are crazy." Wilson looked awesome in his Wisconsin debut and Mike Glennon looked very fair. Glennon is NC State's 6-6 240 lbs. QB and has all the skills to be really good one day. I love a prototypical pocket passer like Glennon, but what I told that State fan next is very interesting in retrospect. I said," Glennon may be good, but he is not going to be better than Bryn Renner(UNC QB)."
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Well, Renner looked awesome Saturday. I thought Renner would be good this year, because he almost put UNC Senior T.J. Yates on the bench last year. Why is this so impressive? One reason is that Renner was just a freshman then and another reason is T.J. Yates is playing well in the NFL this year. Well, Renner was not only good on Saturday, he was unbelievable. Renner had arguably the most impressive QB performance of the weekend. Now no one is comparing Renner to Andrew Luck yet. UNC was beating up on James Madison to be fair, but James Madison did beat Virginia Tech last year. Renner's statistics in his first start were incredible. Renner was 22-23(96%), 277 passing yards, 2 TDs in the air and another on the ground. UNC looked really good in all facets of the game. Quinton Coples looked unstoppable on defense. Coples looked like the National Defensive Player of Year candidate that he is.
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North Carolina would have won 10 games last year minimum(if it wasn't for the suspensions), and "what could have been," still stings Tarheels' fans today. Then to add injury to insult, right when the sun seems to be peaking through the clouds and turning the sky Carolina blue, UNC chancellor fires Butch Davis a week before the season starts. The sad thing is that UNC could have been really good this year, and maybe they still will be, but Butch had the Tarheels ready to break through and contend for an ACC Championship every year. UNC has the best college basketball program in the nation and UNC fans were ready to have a football program to match. So was the University who just added seats to the stadium, including brand new luxury boxes.
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Here is the weird thing, sources close to Davis say, "he never saw it coming." So, with all the rumors swirling, it would make sense that there was bad blood on both sides(Davis' side and the University's). Yet, with all the verbal jabbing that has gone on between both parties, Butch Davis was at the game Saturday. A source who I spoke to personally, sat in the the one of new luxury boxes right near the box Davis was in. The source even rode in the elevators with Davis on Saturday. With everything that has happened, why and how was Davis at the stadium, and so publicly visible. All the events that have transpired with Davis and the UNC football program have have been strange, to say the least, but to UNC football fans, the whole situation is so sad!

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

John Wall at the NC Pro Am!!!

Long armed John Henson at the NC Pro Am, but Henson was not the biggest star named "John" at the Pro Am! All videos and pictures were taken live at the Pro Am by this blog's staff and are exclusive to Don't Buy The Hype. You will not see this footage anywhere else.

John Wall(red shorts) came back to his hometown to play at the Pro Am. Wall's team was stacked. He played with former UNC star Jerry Stackhouse and current UNC players P.J. Hairston and John Henson.
John Wall wearing number six.

John Wall knocking down the free throw.

John Wall with his hands on his hips, frustrated by his play. Wall was visibly upset since his team lost that night to an undermanned team.

This is not a great picture of Wall, but this is him leaving. You can see by the expression on his face that he is pouting about the loss.

John Henson watching Tar Heel teammate hit the free throw.


John Henson and his UNC teammate P.J. Hairston warming up at the Pro Am.

John Henson showing off the outside game.

Dunking during warm-ups.

John Henson making it look easy. You can see John Wall in the red shorts. John Wall is a local product from the the Triangle area, who came back to play in the NC Pro Am.

Washington Wizard's star John Wall with the monstrous over the head jam!

UNC's P.J. Hairston dunking in warm ups.

Marquette's Darius Odom-Johnson, dunking. Old man Jerry Stackhouse knocking down the jumper. High flying dunks are no longer a part of Stackhouse's game. John Wall, trying the acrobatic dunk.

John Henson dunking.

Jerry Stackhouse, John Henson, P.J. Hairston and John Wall are all on the same Pro Am team. Yet, the star of night was NC Central's Dominique Sutton(who was the best player on his team and the court this night). Sutton was not intimidated by Wall. Early in the game Sutton got into a jawing match with Wall. Sutton a few weeks earlier got into it with Duke's Austin Rivers and dominated Rivers and his team the entire night. Wall is a legit NBA starter and maybe a star, but Sutton seemed to throw Wall off his game and Sutton led his undermanned team to victory!

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For more highlights and details of this game at the Pro Am check out John Wall at the NC Pro Am Part II coming soon...