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/Valparaiso Game Thoughts

Unfortunately this game was not on television nor was it available online so I could not watch it so I’ll limit my thoughts on this one.  After all, I am relying only on the box score. We should’ve won by more than 11. Valpo shooting 44.4% from long distance is unacceptable.  These types of opponents’ shooting performances [...]

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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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Weekend Sports Musings

  • Obama to Denmark to pitch Olympics bid President Barack Obama is headed to Denmark to go ice fishing and plead the case for Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Olympics.  “We need this Olympic bid badly,” said Obama to press reporters over the weekend.  From WTP, here’s to better luck than he has had pleading [...]

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