UNC-Nevada: So Much for Conventional Wisdom

Analyst Written on January 02, 2009

No. 1 NORTH CAROLINA 84, Nevada (Wolfpack, 11,962 students, Reno, NV) 61

You’d think that if you held Ty Lawson to two points, and Tyler Hansbrough to six points, and one of the highest scoring teams in the nation to 34 points with just two minutes remaining in the first half, you might have the No.1 Tar Heels right where you want them.

You would, if where you want them is up by nine and about to go on a 7-2 run in the final two minutes to lead by 14 at the half. As we like to say here at T.A.H.: Game over.

Hansbrough scored a very quiet 22 points and had just three rebounds. Lawson added 11 and Wayne Ellington 15.

Freshman Ed Davis continues to excel off the bench with eight points and eight rebounds in just 18 minutes.

UNC’s defense held the Wolpack to just under 35 percent shooting for the game.

N.C. STATE 88, Towson (Tigers, 15,374 students, Towson, MD) 68

BOSTON COLLEGE 89, Sacred Heart (Pioneers, 4,226 students, Fairfield, CN) 76

MIAMI 94, North Florida (Ospreys, 13,934 students, Jacksonville, FL) 41

No. 5 DUKE 92, Loyola MD (Greyhounds, 3,501 students, Baltimore, MD) 51

(AP Photo/Kevin Clifford)

0 Comments

There are no comments yet. Get the conversation started by leaving the first comment

Loading more comments...

posted just now

Loading...
Nobody has liked this comment yet

Cancel

This comment and all replies have been deleted This comment has been deleted Undo delete

<form action="/accounts/create_from_facebook_comment" class="new_facebook_user" id="new_facebook_user" method="post">	<input id="facebook_user_facebook_id" name="facebook_user[facebook_id]" type="hidden" />
	<input id="facebook_user_proxied_email" name="facebook_user[proxied_email]" type="hidden" />
	<input id="facebook_user_profile_pic" name="facebook_user[profile_pic]" type="hidden" />
	<input id="facebook_user_profile_url" name="facebook_user[profile_url]" type="hidden" />
	<ul>
		<div id="facebook_questions">
			<li class="fb-question" id="facebook_full_name_container">
				<p class="question">
					<label for="facebook_user_use_full_name">Use your full name <strong class="full_name"></strong> on Bleacher Report?</label>
					<br />
				</p>
				<p class="options">
					<input name="facebook_user[use_full_name]" type="hidden" value="0" /><input checked="checked" id="facebook_user_use_full_name" name="facebook_user[use_full_name]" type="checkbox" value="1" />
					<label for="facebook_user_use_full_name">Yes</label>
				</p>
				<div class="input full-name-edit" style="display:none">
					<p>Edit your name for Bleacher Report:</p>
					<div class="fb-first-name">
						<label for="facebook_user_first_name">First Name <em>(required)</em></label>
						<input class="signup_text_input" id="facebook_user_first_name" name="facebook_user[first_name]" size="30" type="text" />
						
					</div>
	
					<div class="fb-last-name">
						<label for="facebook_user_last_name">Last Name <em>(required)</em></label>
						<input class="signup_text_input" id="facebook_user_last_name" name="facebook_user[last_name]" size="30" type="text" />
						
					</div>
				</div>
			</li>
			<li class="fb-question">
				<p class="question">
					<img src="/images/default-user-icon-medium.png" class="profile_pic" />
					<label for="facebook_user_use_profile_pic">Do you want to use your Facebook profile picture on Bleacher Report?</label>
				</p>
				<p class="options">
					<input name="facebook_user[use_profile_pic]" type="hidden" value="0" /><input checked="checked" id="facebook_user_use_profile_pic" name="facebook_user[use_profile_pic]" type="checkbox" value="1" />
					<label for="facebook_user_use_profile_pic">Yes</label>
					
				</p>
			</li>
			<li>
				<a id="facebook_connect_submit"><img src="/images/shared/submit.png" /></a>
			</li>
		</div>
	</ul>
</form>