It’s tournament time in the city. Ring-a-ling. Hear them ring. Soon it will be the Final Four…
A trip to the Sweet Sixteen is on the line when the Pac 10 meets the Atlantic Coast Conference in Charlotte.
The Pac-10 tournament champion Washington Huskies (24-10, 11-7/3rd Pac-10) play the Atlantic Coast Conference’s regular season champion North Carolina Tar Heels (27-7, 14-2/1st ACC) this Sunday at 9:15 a.m. PT in Charlotte, N.C.’s Time Warner Cable Arena (20,200). The 23rd-ranked Huskies earned a date with the No. 7 ranked
and second-seeded Tar Heels in the East Regional round of 32 by beating Georgia 68-65 on Friday. Washington is trying to make its fourth Sweet 16 appearance under coach Lorenzo Romar and the team’s sixth overall Regional
Semifinal since 1984. UW is 8-5 under Romar — who is in his 9thyear leading the Dawgs — in the tournament, and can make back-to-back Sweet 16 appearance for just the second time in team history.
Carolina is 28-1 in NCAA Tournament games played in the state of North Carolina. That includes a 10-0 record in Charlotte, 5-0 in Greensboro, 7-1 in Raleigh and 6-0 in Winston-Salem. Carolina has won 24 consecutive NCAA
Tournament games in the state of North Carolina, last losing on March 11, 1979, to Penn in Raleigh. Six of the last seven times that UNC’s NCAA tournament road has included a stop in the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heels have advanced to at least the Final Four (2009, 2008, 2005, 1998, 1997, 1993). The exception was in 2007, when Carolina played in Winston-Salem but lost in the Elite Eight to Georgetown. Carolina’s last four national championship runs have started with first-round games in North Carolina (2009 in Greensboro, 2005 in
Charlotte, 1993 in Winston-Salem and 1982 in Charlotte).
Washington finds identity in post-season
Romar wows Carolina pre-game now can Huskies do the same
There’s little doubting this Thomas
Washington’s probable starters
No. Name ………………………………………….PPG…….RPG… APG
2 Isaiah Thomas (G, 5-9, Jr.) ………………..16.9…….. 3.6…. 6.0
11 Matthew Bryan-Amaning (F, 6-9, Sr.) ..15.3 ………8.0 ….1.6
22 Justin Holiday (F, 6-6, Sr.) ………………10.7…….. 5.3…… 2.2
31 Terrence Ross (G, 6-6, Fr.) ………………..7.7…….. 2.7 ……1.0
44 Darnell Gant (F, 6-8, Jr.) ……………………5.1…….. 3.7….. 0.6
2010-11 North Carolina Roster
No. Player Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.
1 Dexter Strickland So. G 6-3 180
2 Leslie McDonald So. G 6-4 215
3 Daniel Bolick Sr. G 5-10 175
5 Kendall Marshall Fr. G 6-3 186
13 Van Hatchell Sr. F 6-4 185
15 Stewart Cooper Jr. F 6-5 205
22 David Dupont Jr. F 6-5 195
24 Justin Watts Jr. F 6-4 210
25 Justin Knox Gr. F 6-9 240
30 Patrick Crouch Jr. G 5-11 175
31 John Henson So. F 6-10 210
32 D.J. Johnston Sr. F 6-4 195
35 Reggie Bullock Fr. G 6-7 190
40 Harrison Barnes Fr. F 6-8 210
44 Tyler Zeller Jr. F 7-0 250
TEAM STATISTICS…………….. WASH ……………….OPP
SCORING …………………………………2824……………….. 2388
Points per game ………………………..83.1…………………. 70.2
Scoring margin ……………………….+12.8 –
FIELD GOALS-ATT……………….. 1028-2188 …………..813-1951
Field goal pct …………………………. 4 7 0…………………. . 4 1 7
3 POINT FG-ATT ……………………295-802…………….. 177-546
3-point FG pct . ……………………….3 6 8………………….. . 3 2 4
3-pt FG made per game ………………8.7 ………………………5.2
FREE THROWS-ATT ……………….473-705………………. 585-864
Free throw pct . ………………………..6 7 1…………………… . 6 7 7
F-Throws made per game …………..13.9…………………….. 17.2
REBOUNDS ……………………………..1327 ………………………1182
Rebounds per game …………………..39.0……………………… 34.8
Rebounding margin ………………….+4.3 –
ASSISTS ………………………………….576………………………….. 367
Assists per game ……………………..16.9 ………………………..10.8
TURNOVERS …………………………..413………………………… 508
Turnovers per game …………………12.1……………………….. 14.9
Turnover margin …………………….+2.8 –
Assist/turnover ratio ………………..1.4…………………………. 0.7
STEALS …………………………………..228……………………….. 200
Steals per game ……………………….6.7………………………….. 5.9
BLOCKS ………………………………..177……………………………. 92
Blocks per game ……………………..5.2……………………………. 2.7
ATTENDANCE ……………………154392………………………. 162536
Home games-Avg/Game ……..16-9650……………………… 11-9184
Neutral site-Avg/Game – 7-8787
Score by Periods ……………1st…………. 2nd……. OT…………….. Totals
Washington ………………….1328………. 1469…… 27……………… 2824
Opponents ……………………1093……… 1276 ……19………………. 2388
TEAM STATISTICS………………………………. NC………………. OPP
SCORING ………………………………………………..2632……………… 2323
Points per game ………………………………………77.4………………… 68.3
Scoring margin……………………………………….. +9.1 –
FIELD GOALS-ATT …………………………………955-2116………. 865-2148
Field goal pct . …………………………………………4 5 1…………….. . 4 0 3
3 POINT FG-ATT ……………………………………176-536………….. 243-749
3-point FG pct . ………………………………………..3 2 8…………….. . 3 2 4
3-pt FG made per game ……………………………..5.2…………………. 7.1
FREE THROWS-ATT …………………………………546-819………… 350-537
Free throw pct . ……………………………………..6 6 7……………….. . 6 5 2
F-Throws made per game …………………………16.1………………….. 10.3
REBOUNDS ……………………………………………1457………………….. 1227
Rebounds per game …………………………………42.9…………………. 36.1
Rebounding margin ………………………………..+6.8 –
ASSISTS ………………………………………………….527……………………. 434
Assists per game …………………………………….15.5…………………….. 12.8
TURNOVERS ………………………………………….464……………………… 483
Turnovers per game ………………………………..13.6……………………… 14.2
Turnover margin………………………………….. +0.6 –
Assist/turnover ratio ………………………………..1.1………………………… 0.9
STEALS ………………………………………………..205…………………………. 258
Steals per game ………………………………………6.0………………………….. 7.6
BLOCKS ………………………………………………….186…………………………. 99
Blocks per game ……………………………………….5.5………………………… 2.9
ATTENDANCE ……………………………………..287155………………….. 245281
Home games-Avg/Game ………………………15-19144 ………………..10-11604
Neutral site-Avg/Game – 9-14360
Score by Periods ………………..1st………… 2nd… OT……. Totals
North Carolina ………………….1282……… 1331…. 19…….. 2632
Opponents ……………………….1096………. 1213… 14……… 2323
Notes courtesy of gohuskies.com and tarheelblue.com
Has the shot clock gotten below 20 in this game??
Yeah and the Huskies are beating the Heels up and down the floor. And in Charlotte no less.
Oooh. Zeller hook was nice.
Why is N’Diaye in the game with two fouls and less than a minute remaining in the half?
Very good question. That is bad coaching. His presence has been huge for the Huskies – why does he need to be out there for the last minute of the half?? The game isn’t won in the last minute of the first half.
HENSON?!? What was he doing on the final sequence? Holy crap! He goes after the final shot like that?
WOW! No replay?
I know!! I’m getting tired of these refs just giving up at the end of the game. Technically, I believe that was goaltending on Henson (stupid!) But it wouldn’t have mattered since the shot was only a 2 pointer (per the replay). C’mon refs … Do your jobs til the final whistle!!! Just like the refs in the Pitt v Butler game.
I can’t believe that Washington didn’t get more time on the clock for the final play.
Pitt – Butler refs did their job.