That is a Blue team that should get Minutes in every game. The bench isn't being used enough, these kids can play and they need the experience ,and they can fire the Team up when we start going into our usual in game funks.
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THis was a 1 point game with 9 mins remaining. However UNC's defense, highlighted by Seth Trimble, created turnovers and opened UNC's offense. Both teams scored 0.90 points per possession, but UNC ended up with 1.11 points per possession to Wake Forest's 0.98.

UNC shot a notable 62% from inside the arc, but allowed WF to shoot 49% from inside the arc. The other notable team stat is that UNC was outrebounded, as WFU had 2 more possessions that UNC.

Gonna just say wow for now!! Fear of the jinx

I have seen where Jackson is scheduled to visit Friday. I haven't seen that much about his interest in UNC except for an article that said Kentucky and UNC lead yet it mainly discussed Kentucky. Do the Heels have a chance or is he Kentucky bound?

I am here on press row and Kevin is shooting on the baseline.

Such a big game tonight for so many reasons.

Armando Bacot taught Hubert Davis a new word during a stoppage of play while a medical situation was dealt with in the stands Wednesday night.

"Motion. Like having motion. So Armando said that a couple of days ago, and he kept saying it and I was like 'I don't know what that means.' I said, ‘What does motion mean?’ He says, ‘You have everything. You've got got a nice car. You've got good friends. You've you got your life is in motion.’ And so in the huddle, I said, ‘Look, guys, let's get into motion’ and they all looked at me and just started laughing.

"I was like, 'Did I say it the right way? Did you say it the wrong way?' And we all just started laughing and I was like Armando taught me the word and they were surprised a 52-year-old knew that. And so the new word is motion. So in the second half, we were in motion. It was great.”

CHAPEL HILL – Carolina Men's Basketball, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Carolina Performing Arts have partnered to announce a new campaign: "Artists Are Athletes / Athletes Are Artists." To launch this initiative, the organizations are releasing a video featuring renowned Ailey dancer Michael Jackson Jr., and Caleb Love, the Tar Heels' versatile junior guard. The video, set to a stirring original score, uses dramatic cinematography to showcase the power and virtuosity of the two video leads.

"We launched this collaboration to demonstrate the parallels between our prestigious athletic programs and one of the most iconic dance companies in the world, coming together at our country's oldest public university," says Alison Friedman, the James and Susan Moeser Executive and Artistic Director of Carolina Performing Arts. "Greatness comes in all forms of artistic and athletic excellence. This runs through the fabric of Carolina, and we want to illustrate this union in a visual way."

The video makes use of two Carolina landmarks: the Dean E. Smith Center and Memorial Hall auditorium. These iconic venues, both located in Chapel Hill, make the ideal backdrop for the video's precision sequence of graceful spins and gravity-defying leaps.

"When I arrived on Carolina's campus, I was amazed by the passion for athletics," says Friedman, who took the helm of Carolina Performing Arts last year after two decades working in Beijing and Hong Kong, making her mark with artistic cross-cultural exchanges. "I knew we had to juxtapose the leading artists Carolina Performing Arts brings to Carolina's stages and classrooms with the athletic prowess the University is known for to help broaden the audience and appreciation of both artistic and athletic excellence."

"Basketball and dance have much in common," says Love. "Both are physically demanding requiring strength, agility and skill, and allow us to express ourselves as artists, as individuals and within teams and groups. I encourage our great fans to support Carolina Performing Arts and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as enthusiastically as you do our Tar Heel basketball team."

"It's a thrill to leap into the world of Carolina basketball through this video highlighting the skill, grace and power that athletes and dancers have in common," says Ailey dancer Michael Jackson Jr. "This exciting collaboration will move and connect fans of basketball and the arts, sparking conversations between two sets of passionate audiences. What better way to start our national tour and fulfill Alvin Ailey's belief that 'the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.'"

The video will premiere at the upcoming UNC Tar Heels Men's Basketball game vs. Notre Dame on Jan. 7, 2023, and will roll out on all partners' social media platforms the same day.

Anyone else think that the 2nd half lineup with Love, Davis, Trimble, Leaky, and Bacot was our best lineup so far this year? I think that is going/should be the answer going forward. Trimble brings a lot of energy and defense to the team that Nance doesn't do. I know we lose a lot of size but Houston also plays with 3 guards and look at them. Leaky isn't the ideal 4 man but he can be a lot quicker than other teams 4's on the offensive end if he can at least do half of what he did last night.

Of course, unless Nance is hurt for a long period of time, I don't see Hubert taking Nance out of the starting lineup. We tried Puff and McKoy in Nance's place last night at first, and nothing worked or looked better than the one with Trimble in it.

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This Tim Weaver guy is apparently notorious on the IU boards and Twitter as a lunatic but this just made me think about some of the harsh words we say to players at UNC.

Hell, I’m guilty of it. However, I’ve taken a step back this season on it and will moving forward because of things like this. Players read this and it’s simply not right. We can criticize coaching decisions and certain things a player doesn’t do well but there’s a line that’s crossed when we make it more personal. Caleb is a punching bag on this board with things said that are far worse than this lunatic’s letter and we probably should take a step back on some of the personal insults.

Just a thought on a Thursday morning.

We need Leaky to score at least 7 points a game here on out. Last game he had 0 points….this game 2 points. His defense is good but can’t be at the 3 spot and be self checked.

In Tyler we have 12 points just waiting to be utilized. Maybe it’s time to bring Leaky off the bench along with Nance.

My family and I are in the Miami area for vacation with another family. The daughter in the other family is a 10th grader and I tagged along on her campus tour of the U today.

The architecture is a little modern for me, but it’s a really nice campus and surrounding area. Everything we saw was very new looking and first class.

But….the campus and people are about as far removed from what people think of when they think of the U football program as it could possibly be. The only comparison is Georgetown basketball vs Georgetown university in the 80s.

I’’ve been to several games at Hard Rock Stadium, but never stayed down where the school is. It’s got to be at least an hour and a half away.

Bottom line- would be a great place to go to school. Much better than I would have thought. But I still don’t see it as far as bringing back the football program.

The Orange Bowk was 15 minutes from Campus. Think that made a big difference

Would this team be better if both Caleb and RJ left after this coming season? That would likely see Cadeau reclass to 23, no idea if Bacot would stray or leave but unless his draft spot really amps up (it should) he may not have a NBA choice to make. So I am asking, if our back court next season were to be Trimble, Cadeau, Wilcher, and Dunn (kind of sounds like a Law firm, LOL), 2 freshmen, a soph, and a Jr, would this be a better team? Keep in mind, that means you lose 2 guys that were 3yr starters that would have become seniors if they stay and both are extremely talented.

Think I will let some others speak to this rather than answer it myself for a while.