Morning Heel: UNC Tar Heels Daily News Links
By Matt Hamm
Welcome to the Morning Heel, a feature we’re bringing back to Keeping It Heel. Along with The Hub we want to bring you not only our original content but a collection of all the best UNC news from around the web.
ACC Kickoff: 5 topics of discussion that will definitely come up over the next two days
ACC Kickoff — the preseason media event for us ACC football beat hacks — kicks off (Editor’s Note: See what I did there?) Sunday with commissioner John Swofford’s state of the ACC address and a whole bunch of players sitting for a whole bunch of interviews Greensboro News & Record
Holden Thorp takes ‘full responsibility’ for UNC academic fraud
A five-member panel from the UNC Board of Governors met for the first time Friday to investigate the academic fraud within UNC Chapel Hill’s African and Afro-American Studies program. Chancellor Holden Thorp told the panel he takes full responsibility for what happened Charlotte News 14
Troy Williams to UNC appearing less and less likely
Troy Williams to UNC appearing less and less likely than it did three months ago. He has dropped in the recruiting rankings, going from No. 6 on ESPN.com’s list of rising seniors to No. 43, but he’s still an intriguing prospect because of his size and long wingspan. Playing for the Boo Williams team, he has scored 18, 18 and 17 points in his first three games of the EYBL Finals at Nike Peach Jam, forming a nice tandem with top-30 point guard Anthony “Cat” Barber. Fayetteville Observer
Why Heels’ Guard-Heavy Strategy Will Pay off
Like it or not, Roy Williams’ inside-out game looks to be taking a vacation in 2012-13. The double post threat of John Henson and Tyler Zeller has ridden off into the sunset, along with Williams’ trademark scheme Bleacher Report
Position-by-Position Comparison of UNC and Duke
Though we are still a painful seven months away from the greatest rivalry in all of sports, that doesn’t mean we have to wait to talk about it Bleacher Report
This Week In Rehashed UNC Scandal News
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. If you were looking for any new news this week about UNC’s AFAM academic scandal you will be sorely disappointed. Tar Heel Blog
Nick King fighting through injuries and frustrations
Nick King clearly hasn’t been himself this week at the Peach Jam, shooting just 2-for-13 and finishing with six points and six rebounds in a 15-point loss on Thursday night. King said it was the worst game he’s ever played. Because of the concussion, Bluff City Legends coach DuJuan Taylor didn’t even want King to play this week. CBS Sports
UNC Football Recruiting: Tar Heels in Pursuit of RB Taquan Mizzell
Fedora has already nabbed two very good local running backs in four star prospects TJ Logan and Khris Francis. With Giovanni Bernard in hand the team has stacked the RB position already and will have excellent depth in the backfield. Apparently Fedora isn’t done yet, Taquan Mizzell out of Virginia Keeping It Heel
UNC Basketball Recruiting: Andrew Wiggins Wants the Crown
Andrew Wiggins made a statement against Julius Randle at Peach Jam. Wiggins scored a game high 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds while slowing down Randle for most of the game. Keeping It Heel