http://ontheheels.com/blog Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:57:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Harrison Barnes, the No. 1 prospect in the ESPNU 100 for the class of 2010 has chosen North Carolina. Go Heels. http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/11/13/back-in-business-now-with-more-barnes/ The News & Observer's JP Giglio and Robbi Pickeral published an early ACC basketball preview and an editorial on the league's parity this year.  A few thoughts: - It's impressive the columns Giglio can churn out with K's balls in his mouth and Wojo's dick in his ear.  There are plenty ... http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/07/21/fail-early-acc-basketball-preview/ If you're looking for something to cure your mid-summer sports blues, head on over to ESPN.com and vote for the 2009 ESPYs.  Specifically, vote for the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball National Champion North Carolina Tar Heels for Best Team, and then rail against the ridiculous shutout the Heels received in ... http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/06/30/vote-for-the-heels/ Carolina lost to Arizona State last night in stunning fashion, 12-5. After taking a 4-0 lead to the 7th inning, Brian Moran decided it was time to hand the Sun Devils another victory and gave up a game-tying Grand Slam to the exact same batter as who hit a game-winning ... http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/06/19/staring-at-the-sun/   The familiarities in this image are chilling, but perhaps their deal with the devil is nearing it's end. UNC gets a chance at revenge against Arizona State Thursday Night for handing North Carolina its first opening-round CWS loss since 1989. The Heels, who lost 5-2 in 10 innings on Sunday should ... http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/06/17/rematch-asuunc-dont-let-the-devil-in/ Gary Parrish unveiled his Post-Deadline-To-Withdraw-From-The-NBA-Draft Top 25 (and one) and he has the Heels listed at #4.  I mean they lost four starters from a championship team, and a former POY, so obviously they're still in the Top 5. Andy Katz also dropped his rankings post-withdraw deadline and has the Heels ... http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/06/16/si-says-4-espn-says-5-well-see/ tyler hansbrough at #11 in chad ford's latest. what a gritty move - he works so hard to climb those draft boards. # http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/06/12/tweets-this-week/ My view on Tyler Hansbrough has been well stated on this site. Lately, others have been coming to grips with the fact that Psycho T is a legitimate talent with skills to go with his work ethic. In Chad Ford's latest Mock Draft, both Tar Heels he has projected in the ... http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/06/10/chad-ford-is-seeing-the-light/   Tyler Hansbrough is becoming a hot topic at the NBA draft combine. Chad Ford writes in his most recent post on ESPN.com that Hansbrough is the big winner and could see his stock jump into the lottery. Now I've been saying all along that this should be the case, that Tyler ... http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/06/05/will-psycho-t-get-the-last-laugh/ Jawad Williams was spotted alive and well on the Cleveland Cavaliers bench yesterday holding a clipboard. Why wasn't he dressed, is he injured? Coaching? Will he get a ring with LeBron? Even if he wears a suit through the playoffs, his ring would be worth as much as Danny Ferry's ... http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/05/21/jawad-williams-sighting/ Caulton Tudor of the Raleigh News & Observer has seen a lot more ACC games than I probably ever will.  He's met and shaken hands with and received tips from more college basketball insiders than I could probably name.  So it's with great humility that, regarding his column analyzing John ... http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/05/20/tudor-wall-picks-uk-over-unc/ In Chad Ford's Mock Draft 1.0, he has Tyler Hansbrough going 20th to the Utah Jazz and Ty Lawson going 22nd to the Dallas Mavericks. At this point, neither Wayne Ellington or Danny Green have broken into the first round yet, but it is still possible for Ellington to jump ... http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/05/20/tar-heel-nba-draft-positions/ As if losing out on John Wall weren't bad enough, dook fans were dealt a double dose of bad news when Gerald Henderson announced today that he's signed with an agent, officially ruling out a return to UNJD. Seems that Wayne and The Elbow are following each other once again.  Can't ... http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/05/19/dook-sucks-part-2-henderson-signs-with-agent/ The next great scandal-laced college hoops star has made his choice: John Wall will join Coach John Calipari at UK in the fall. At least he didn't choose dook. The chatter is that Roy's decision to not actively pursue Wall, despite his wide open status, was an extraordinary vote of confidence in ... http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/05/19/john-wall-i-want-to-lose-in-kentucky-for-a-year/ Amazon.com today has a couple of items of Heels merch on sale for less than $25.  Take your pick: Hooded Sweatshit- $24.34 Long Sleeve T- $13.47-19.99 Ringer T- $10.73-12.19 All of these are eligible for Free Super-Saver shipping if you spend over $25. http://ontheheels.com/blog/2009/05/15/on-the-heels-of-a-deal-51509/