2010 sucked, but Roy has never went close to 8-20

You're right, I was obviously mixing it up with Doh's second season.

Dean Smith to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom today.

POTUS "points to the passer" (in this case the "passer: is Roy Williams):

https://twitter.com/jadamlucas/statu...557248/photo/1

just woke up and saw the score. one thing is certain, UNC owns Sparty like no other.

post-game locker:

Yes we do! I love playing that team. No matter what the year or the talent of the teams we always come out on top because they always try and beat us at our own game but Izzo never learns that Roy is the master of all masters in college bball in transition offense, half court not so much, yet Izzo insists on running with us every time.

Also it's time for Roy to bench JMM and make him the 1-2 option off the bench. Brice must start.

Big reason we won last night was change in shot selection and rebound dominance. We got shots at the rim on 50.8% for our attempts and didn't take nearly as many 2 pt jumpers as usual. Although JMM was and impressively awful 14% shooting on shots at the rim. Kid just plays so out of control. He has no IQ for the game at all

Awesome pic.

Feel bad for JMM. I've never seen a player in cbb steadily play himself from a top 5 pick to out of the draft, but it could legitimately happen with him. It's so obvious he has no feel for the game when you see a kid like Kennedy Meeks come in, who's goofy and fat, and is a legit natural bball talent.

What a truly great discription of Meeks. He grabs every board in sight and I imagine he does it with a verticle worse than every opponent he faces. Kid will probably be a fun 4 year player who will always be goofy and hopefully not always so fat.

I don't feel too bad for JMM. Who's fault is it they can't shoot free throws? Who fault is it that the can't realize a good jumper from a bad one, or when to drive and attack the rim vs when to set up? Everybody else gets it, he just doesn't understand bball and will have to be a 4 year player. I feel bad for myself having to see him get major minutes over a badass on offense like Brice

I bet McAdoo knows this stuff and works on it, and just isn't getting it. That's what I feel bad for him for. He's just missing some awareness of the game that other, less athletic guys on the team have in spades. I mean, you can tell his a total gym rat, his shoulders and arms are absurd. He just has terrible instincts and will never have good ones. I feel bad he didn't go freshman year and at least bank a big signing bonus before being kicked down to the Erie Bayhawks or w/e

nice win for you guys. I wish we would have given you a better game, i think you guys outplayed us in just about every aspect.

lol

Carolina now has 13 all-time wins vs AP number-one ranked teams. Five of those have come on the road. Roy Williams is 7-0 against Michigan State and has beaten them everywhere you can, including at home, on the road, in the Final Four, in the national title game and on a boat.

TY. Idk wtf kind of weird voodoo we have over MSU, but I'll take it. You guys are still my current pick to NC this year.

DES "White Out" for UK game:

http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.d...CLID=209339595

Heels need to get after those lose balls (and close the rebounding deficiency) in the 2nd half.

great half and effort by JMM. very nice to see.

i hate that the program hasn't created more space b/t the baseline and the goal back padding. we want to run, don't we? then make sure we have space to safely come down during fast break opportunities that involve contact.

Outside of two total wtf losses, this is as good a job as I've seen out of Roy since 2006. Pretty awesome to see what FR growing pains plus an offseason of added muscle did for Brice and Paige. I thought Paige was gonna be a role player type and Brice would prob split minutes with Hicks. These two are by far and away the biggest offensive threats. Glad to see PJ sitting isn't for nothing as we swept the 3 pre January games we all cared about and Tokoto and Britt are gaining confidence and experience. Meeks still has a ways to go. He looked outmatched vs UK's frontcourt today and is kind if hit or miss game to game. This is such a likeable group of guys too. They all just play hard and have fun. Looks like a team that could go super deep in the ncaas ir get bounced super early too

very cool vid by CBS on Roy (supposedly this is only 5 minutes of a 30 min vid).

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...in-chapel-hill

pretty clearly got hacked too.

must read article re: Dean Smith

http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/stor...an-smith-story

Someone did some serious research on IC. I thought I'd share (numbers based on years since Roy joined UNC):

Roy:
2 National Championships
3 Final Fours
6 Elite Eights

Jim Calhoun
2 National Championships
3 Final Fours
4 Elite Eights

Billy Donovan
2 National Championships
2 Final Fours
5 Elite Eights

Rick Pitino:
1 National Championship
3 Final Fours
5 Elite Eights

Bill Self:
1 National Championship
2 Final Fours
5 Elite Eights

John Calipari (without vacated wins):
1 National Championship
2 Final Fours
5 Elite Eights

Coach K:
1 National Championship
2 Final Fours
3 Elite Eights

Tom Izzo:
0 National Championships
3 Final Fours
3 Elite Eights

Ben Howland:
0 National Championships
3 Final Fours
3 Elite Eights

So does McCants have his jersey officially taken down now? I sure hope so

Bump. Anybody still around?

Fricking Roy. Loses to Butler's dog **** brand of bball again. All these new guards mixed in with Britt from last year and Paige is still the only player on the team who can shoot. College bball is really talented and good this year. This team will probably be lucky to get to the elite 8.

i didn't see the game (just the highlights and box score). WTF giving up 29 offensive rebounds. and it seems like FT shooting is a weakness again. yeeesh.