The Future's So Bright, I Got To Wear Shades

If you don't know the song, check out the video at the bottom.  Nothing better than music videos from the 80's

UNC ProDay

Standing room only in the weight room for ProDay

Today is ProDay in Chapel Hill.  Our boys are doing work so they can get paid to play on Sundays!  There are at least 94 NFL personnel in attendance from all 32 teams, including 11 head coaches.

You can check out all the measurables here.

Spring Practice Updates are coming next week, but the reports have me pumped for the upcoming season!

  

Mickey Dee Domination, Again!

For the second year in a row, a Tar Heel brings home the MVP.  James McAdoo and P.J. Hairston put on a show in Chicago last night by leading the way in scoring and letting everyone know that the National Championship will run through Chapel Hill in 2012!  McAdoo earned East Team MVP honors, scoring 17 on 8-13 shooting with 4 boards and 2 steals.  I think he also had the most dunks in the game, unofficial stat.  Hairston was right behind him with 15 points connecting on 3-6 from beyond the arc.  No wait, not beyond the arc.  P.J. was 3-6 from NBA range and he shot it effortlessly.  Next year is going to be NASTY!!!

Both will be playing in the Jordan Brand Classic in Charlotte on April 16 if you want to see them live and in person before they get to the Hill.

Here are some highlights from the game:



Best part of the game was all Austin Rivers.  And NO!  I am not talking about that reverse lay up.  It is hard to say which I enjoyed more: (1) Rivers attempt at rapping or (2) cussing out Quinn Cook (future dook point guard) in the closing seconds of the game from the free throw line.  I looked for video of both on YouTube, but was unsuccessful - very disappointing.  Needless to say, Rivers is going to be a great dookie.  HA!

Back-up Point Guard for 2011-12? Check!

In a strange turn of events, we got a new commitment on the 29th, just hours after Roy Williams put that prospect in doubt during his radio show.  Roy said,

How confident am I about adding a point guard? Not very confident ... For us, we thought we'd have Larry, Dexter and Kendall and we don't really want to have four point guards on our team so we did not recruit a point guard. Larry leaving in the middle of the year as he did, and I think 89 of the Top 100 prospects signed in the fall, so those guys aren't available now. So we are still looking and you never can tell what we might have, but there's not anyone out there that is a McDonald's All-American kind of player that we're going to add. But we are still looking to add another point guard to have an insurance policy. I think we're working on it very hard and hopefully we'll find something.

Looks like we found something - Stilman White.  If you follow recruiting, this is not a complete shock.  Roy had been looking at White for a while now and recently determined that he is worth the scholly offer.


Stilman White is a 6'1" 170 lbs point guard out of Wilmington whose only other major offers where from BYU and Utah State.  Don't get me wrong, both are strong programs and I am especially found of Utah State because of this:

and this:

Now that is crowd participation!  The crazies don't have shit on the Aggies!  But, I digress.  If you haven't guessed it yet.  Stilman White is mormon and, as a mormon, he is going on mission for two years.  However, prior to going on his two year mission, he has decided to play ball in the Dean Dome for one year, go on mission for two, and return to Chapel Hill once his mission work is complete.  Talk about a stopgap!  

Despite the grumbling about whether or not White is a Carolina-caliber recruit, I see this as a positive.  He is injury insurance for next year and it is not certain that he would return to Chapel Hill upon completion of his mission work.  If he does, how is it a negative to have an older, more physically and emotionally mature player on the team?  Have you seen how successful BYU and Utah State are because they play grown men against teenagers?  White is a solid outside shooter and a good point guard.  In my humble opinion, it is nice work by the staff, but then the staff doesn't need or want my validation.  They have rings and banners for validation.  

Future So Bright Video

So money!

The 80's are best explained in the immortal words of Rick James, 

"Cocaine is a hell of a drug!"