The North Carolina Tar Heels began the year ranked number one before a loss to Northern Iowa almost knocked them out of the top ten. This is a prime chance for revenge. North Carolina figures to move up a few spots in Tuesday’s upcoming rankings, though, as five teams ahead of the Tar Heels lost Saturday. Paige sat out the Tar Heels’ 1st six games while recovering from an early-Nov. hand injury. They had never gone 8-0 in ACC play and had never gone unbeaten in league play since winning their last ACC title in 1980.
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“He’s our best player, (and) our best defensive player, and that’s what everybody forgets”, Williams said. Although, Maryland and North Carolina are no longer in the same conference, this matchup may be the biggest one we’ve seen in a while.
CONTAINING QUARTERBACKS: Both North Carolina State’s Jacoby Brissett and UNC’s Marquise Williams can run or throw effectively, and Brissett ran for 167 yards in last year’s dominating win. Eight of those were off the fingertips of Watson.
Gaping rushing lanes. Downfield matchups in the passing game. However, first the Tar Heels will have to get past the Wolfpack on the road this week.
He completed 19 of 30 passes for 174 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions.
The arrest came hours after UNC defeated in-state rival North Carolina State to win its 11th consecutive game.
“No one talked about it, ” he said.
Make friends: Fans of the Tar Heels can chat it up over at Tar Heel Blog, while the Wolfpack gathers over at Backing the Pack.
“They were talking some crap to us before the game, and we wanted to make a statement that we’re not the same team we were previous year”.
“I’ve been saying it all year: this team’s got a lot of grit, ” Fedora said. “We’re still looking for that game and hopefully it’s this Saturday”.
Meanwhile, UNC has been up and down in the turnovers department. The Tar Heels regrouped after that loss and won the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City with victories against Northwestern and Kansas State. “It’s my first game back, I’m probably not going to be ‘peak Marcus, ‘ but I’d like to be”.
Lee went for 24 points, a career best with Louisville, seven rebounds and three assists in the Cardinals 89-61 victory over North Florida on November 21.
Still, some of the same things Williams has talked about, repeatedly, in recent seasons have been problems again through the first six games.
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The game is scheduled to actually kick off at 8:14 p.m. ABC is sending its top team of broadcast talent in Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox and Tom Rinaldi.
