Writing the Pine

Got to Toughen Up

I was going to write a long post about the shortcomings of the North Carolina Tar Heels this season (I’ll save that for later), but I can sum it all up in one word: hustle. In a nutshell, nobody on this team is really going after the ball. All those 50/50 balls? [...]

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UNC vs NCCU – Game Thoughts

A much better performance tonight by North Carolina albeit against a much weaker team.  It was worrisome early as the Eagles kept up right out the gates but the boys in blue ended the game on an absurd 70-22 run.  Some thoughts: UNC outrebounded FIU by 21.  They outrebounded NCCU by 26.  But it seemed like [...]

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Early Thoughts on UNC

North Carolina opened the season tonight against Isiah Thomas’s Florida International squad.  Here are my thoughts from watching the game: Way too many careless turnovers by UNC.  Dexter Strickland had five in 11 minutes of play.  The good news: Larry Drew only had two. Speaking of Larry Drew, who is worried about point guard play?  Drew showed [...]

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NBA DRAFT SPECTACULAR – Who Every Team SHOULD Take

Seth Wenig/AP The NBA Draft is this Thursday and there are numerous mock drafts out there speculating on who every team will take.  Well, I’m gonna take a little different spin on it and decide who every team should draft.  It’s basically if I was GM for every team, who I would take or what I’d [...]

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