The very young UNC basketball squad lost again last night leading to their third loss in a row which is something they have never done under head coach Roy Williams since he took over in 2006. The Tar Heels were beat soundly last night at home by unranked Wake Forest and they are clearly missing sophomore forward Ed Davis and sophomore forward Tyler Zeller who are injured. Tension is in the air right now in Chapel Hill and if you don’t want to believe me then just look at the statements from ole Roy Williams on Wednesday after the game. Williams clearly frustrated after another loss decided to rip freshman Dexter Strickland for his actions earlier in the day. During practice this morning we ran a set play and I said, ‘Dexter, what are you doing?’ And he said, ‘Coach, I don’t know what to do.’ ‘Well, whose fault is that –mine or yours? This is practice No. 53, son.’ I know Williams is frustrated, but Strickland is about the only wing that can create a shot for the Heels right now. The bigger issues are the injuries to Davis and Zeller in conjunction with senior wing Marcus Ginyard playing very poorly and super frosh John Henson who looks more like something from Avatar running up and down the court these days rather than a real ball player.
North Carolina is currently 1-3 in the ACC and an unimpressive 12-7 overall. The Heels have crucial games coming up on the road at NC State, at home against UVA who leads the ACC, and then at Virginia Tech. When you consider the Heels haven’t won a true road game yet this year you understand why fans are freaking out. It’s obvious the media has been in love with UNC all year long, but they will now finally fall out of the top 25 in the next poll and with a RPI ranking of 55 before the Wake game they need to tread lightly or their bubble just might pop.
Can’t really argue with every point that has been made in this post. As a die-hard UNC fan, I have to keep reminding myself of the decade we just had (especially the last 6-7 years of it). Coach & Player of the decade — yada, yada, yada.
Ginyard & Thompson needs to step up, take the ball to the rack and stop playing paddy cake contested jumpers. John Henson — Avatar is classic! I know he’s skinny & 18 but come on dude, take a shot once in a while — we brought you in as the #4 recruit in the country, play like it! He has to be the biggest disappointment on the team.
These injuries to Zeller & Davis are most certainly magnifying our problems.
With all this said, another UNC fan made a good point at lunch recently — if UNC had made an extra jumper and beat Georgia Tech and if Wake Forest didnt reign down 7/8 3pts in 2nd half — (very fragile variables in the game of basketball) — we wouldn’t be having these “sky is falling” chats.
**But that’s why they play the games!** Guess it’s UNC’s turn to be on the short end of the stick for a change.
We are no question on the bubble w/ a very thin lining. Can this team turn it around? For sure! Are we going to turn it around? You Betcha.
After all, Roy just said last night he’s firing up “Hoosiers”, “Rocky IV” and making bologna sandwiches for the team this week — look out — when you combine Hickory with They Eye of the Tiger the sky is the limit baby!
Priceless comment dexineffex. Total clarity as a Heels fan and I respect that a lot.
What a shock – TommyD writes about how awesome Syracuse is, and JZ is swallowing the Carolina HaterAde.
Maybe this year will be like 2000 when UNC barely made the tournament but made it all the way to the Final 4 in Indy. But then again, we need to find that go-to guy like Forte was (Strickland maybe?). Wishful thinking at this point.
Any chance Harrson Barnes started his classes this semester and is somehow eligible?
No clue how what I said is drinking HaterAde JG, but thanks for the comment.
I didnt detect any Haterade — I found both posts fairly objective — they put themselves in this position and should’ve known that wearing the Baby Blue puts them in college basketball’s biggest fish bowl.
Time for “nemo” to grow up.