Meets Lane Kiffin offense and looks almost mediocre, except for a few really hard hits.

RJ Davis finally getting the spotlight as being our best Heel. Man was that offense humming under his leadership at the point. 10 assists. No turnovers. 5 steals. Holy moly!

Unc finally puts someone away handedly. Oh, and Davis has 8 games in a row with 20 plus points including 7 in a row vs top echelon programs with 23+.

All-American.

And Washington can really knock down them open 3s. He is shooting at an amazing clip from out there this season.

This month’s concept is a premier bath transformation company in the home remodeling industry.

• Simple business model
• Quick to scale
• Home-based business, no showroom or storefront needed.
• Low overhead, minimum equipment and inventory
• Turn-key marketing system
• Few employees needed
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• 1-2 day jobs = fewer crews to get to achieve revenue goals

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This month’s concept is a premier bath transformation company in the home remodeling industry.

• Simple business model
• Quick to scale
• Home-based business, no showroom or storefront needed.
• Low overhead, minimum equipment and inventory
• Turn-key marketing system
• Few employees needed
• High avg ticket = Quick to scale
• 1-2 day jobs = fewer crews to get to achieve revenue goals

What concept do you think it is?
Thanks for playing!

Former UNC Basketball player Walter Davis has been added as a nominee to the ballot for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024. Davis, who passed away on November 2nd at the age of 69, is a first-time nominee. Davis played under legendary UNC Basketball coach Dean Smith from 1973-1977 while averaging 15.7 points per game. (Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame)

Really looking forward to FB next season. NOT!

Last year, designing a defense against Carolina was easy. It was called collapsing at least 2 players on Bacot (and sometimes three!) because no other player at UNC could take advantage of it and hit the wide open three. But this year, teams can't do that. As a team, we are hitting our three's much better (now that Ryan is back in the groove). But they really have to respect Davis and how he is playing. If they double team Bacot, and he can find a wide open Davis (or Ryan, or Ingram, or even now, Washington), they lose. But strangely, Bacot's scoring numbers are down. He keeps missing the chip shots under the basket. Instead of going up for the dunk, he plays below the basket, often leading to a block. If Bacot can strengthen his game under the basket, and Davis keeps up his red hot scoring game, we become really hard to defend, and to beat.

Some have stated that these bowl games are meaningless with so many player opting out. Have to agree to a certain degree, after watching so many lopsided scores the past several days. Today is am embarrassment for Florida State in the Orange Bowl, losing 42 to 3 at halftime. What's sad is that most people do not even remember that 20 players opted out of playing in this game for Florida State, all they remember is the final score. We are so acutely aware that losing is a reflection on not only the players but the school for which they play for. JMHO !!!

CAROLINA 105, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 60
DECEMBER 29, 2023
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 20
UNC Rebound Leader: Armando Bacot 9
UNC Assist Leader: Davis 10
Team Records: UNC 9-3, CSU 4-9

• The 105 points were a season high for UNC and the most in Hubert Davis’ three seasons as head coach (previous 12 vs. College of Charleston on 11/11/2022).
• UNC scored 51 and 54 points by half. It was the first time UNC scored 50 in both halves since scoring 50 and 51 against Notre Dame on 3/10/21 in the ACC Tournament.
• The 45-point win was the largest margin of the season and the largest in Davis’ three seasons. It was UNC’s largest margin of victory since defeating Louisville, 99-54, on 2/20/2021.
• Carolina shot a season-best 56.2% from the floor (previous was 52.5% vs. Radford).
• UNC turned the ball over a season-low five times, which also matches the fewest by a Hubert Davis team (five at Duke in 2022).

• Carolina out-rebounded CSU, 46-25. The margin (21) tied UNC’s largest of the season (also 21 vs. Lehigh).
• Carolina went on a 14-0 run in the first quarter, the eighth time in 12 games this season UNC had at least a 10-0 run (Lehigh, UC Riverside, UNI, Villanova, Tennessee, Florida State, Kentucky and Charleston Southern).
• The Tar Heels led by 23 at the half (51-28), their largest halftime lead of the season (previous 22 vs. Tennessee).
• This was the second game this season six Tar Heels scored in double figures (also vs. UNI in the Bahamas).

• RJ Davis had 20 points, 10 assists, five steals and no turnovers. It was the first time in UNC history a player had at least 20 points, 10 assists, five steals and no turnovers.

• It was Davis’ fifth career double-double but his first in points and assists. His other four were points and rebounds.
• The last Tar Heel with at least 20 points and 10 assists was Kendall Marshall in 2012 at Duke (Marshall had 20 and 10). Davis is the 12th Tar Heel to have 20 points and 10 assists in a game.
• It was the second time in his career Davis had double-digit assists (12 vs. Marquette in 2022 NCAA Tournament first round). He is the first Tar Heel to have multiple games with 10 or more assists since Theo Pinson.
• Davis scored 10 points prior to the first TV break at 14:30 and finished the half with a dozen.

• Davis set a career high with five steals. He tied his previous high with four in the first half.
• It was the second straight game Davis had at least 20 points, five assists and zero turnovers. He had 23 points, five assists and no turnovers vs. Oklahoma and 20 points, 10 assists and no turnovers tonight.
• Davis became the first Tar Heel to score 20 or more in eight straight games since Tyler Hansbrough in 2008-09.
• Davis passed J.R. Reid in career scoring and Dexter Strickland in career assists. Davis has 1,563 points, 30th most by a Tar Heel (Reid had 1,552). Jeff Lebo is 29th with 1,567. Davis has 347 assists, which are the 24th most by a Tar Heel. Strickland had 342. Mike O’Koren is 23rd with 348.

• Davis had as many assists (7) in the first half as CSU had turnovers (7).
• Jalen Washington scored a career-high 17 points. It was his third time in double figures as a Tar Heel (13 last year at Virginia, 11 earlier this season vs. UC Riversde). It was also the second time this season Washington hit two three-pointers in a game (also vs. UC Riverside).
• Washington was 5 for 5 from the floor (2 for 2 3FGs) in the first half.
• Washington finished 7 for 9 from the floor. His previous high for field goals made was five at Virginia last season.
• Armando Bacot scored 12 first-half points to pass Larry Miller for seventh all-time in scoring by a Tar Heel. Bacot has 1,987. Miller had 1,982 from 1965-68.

• Harrison Ingram scored 10 points. He is the only Tar Heel to score in double figures in all 12 games.
• Ingram made three 3FGs. It was the sixth time in 12 games he made multiple threes.
• Seth Trimble tied his career high with 12 points (also vs. Arkansas in November). He was 6 for 10 from the floor (career high for both categories) and grabbed a career-high six rebounds.
•James Okonkwo scored seven points, his first points as a Tar Heel (this was his sixth game this season).

• Elliot Cadeau scored 13 points, two off his season high. It was the second game this season he scored in double figures (15 vs. UNI).
• This was the first time UNC and Charleston Southern have ever played.
• Carolina has won 17 straight non-ACC games in the Smith Center and is 228-18 all-time against non-conference foes in the Smith Center.

Next Game: Tuesday, January 2, at Pittsburgh (7 p.m., ESPN).

When a player is inside the tackle box and throws to an area where there is no reasonable receiver, it's intentional grounding, and the ball is spotted at the point of the pass; the same as if the player was sacked (with the exception of the clock).

It seems the only penalty involved is the risk of throwing the ball to a defender, but beyond that, if you have the wherewithal to get rid of it safely (a spike), two good things can happen: 1) maybe the defense gets called for a late hit and/or 2) it's ruled an incomplete pass, (so you don't lose the yardage and you stop the clock). I'm kind of surprised we don't see the intentional ground used more liberally by scrambling quarterbacks.

That said, how in the world is the QB spike to stop the clock not intentional grounding? The QB is within the tackle box, and there isn't an eligible receiver between the QB and the Center. Seems like an inconsistent application of the grounding concept.