Morning Heel: UNC Tar Heels Daily News Links
By Matt Hamm
Welcome to the Morning Heel, a daily feature here at 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.
Julius Randle takes over top spot in new Rivals150
There was a time when rankings were extremely important to Julius Randle. Newly minted as the top prospect in the Rivals150 for the class of 2013, the 6-foot-9, 240-pound senior from Plano (Texas) Prestonwood Christian still pays attention to the rankings – his goal was to be considered the top player in the country. As he’s grown older, though, the versatile forward focuses more on the bigger picture – big-time college ball followed by the NBA – than rankings. Rivals
Carolina cracks top 10 in federal R&D expenditures
UNC-Chapel Hill rose to ninth from 16th among leading private and public research universities for the level of federal funding ($545.99 million) devoted to research and development in all fields during fiscal 2010. The new ranking, based on data compiled by the National Science Foundation, was published by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a trade newspaper. UNC.edu
UNC Football: Larry Fedoras Balanced Spread Attack
North Carolina Tar Heels new head football coach Larry Fedora is bringing with him a unique style of spread offense to Chapel Hill. A “fast break” type of style constituted on an almost exclusively on a no-huddle, fast paced offense who’s goal is to run as many plays as possible while slowing down the opposing defense in the process. KIH
UNC Basketball: Dexter Strickland Cleared to Play Earlier than Expected
The North Carolina Tar Heels got some good news when senior combo guard Dexter Strickland was cleared to play. Strickland tweeted the news of his upgraded status on Monday. Strickland tore his ACL KIH
UNC Football: First Depth Chart of the Season Released
With the opening game against Elon right around the corner, Larry Fedora has released UNCs first depth chart of the season. KIH
UNC Basketball: Predicting Every Game on Tar Heels’ 2012-13 ACC Schedule
The ACC basketball schedule for the 2012-13 season was released on Wednesday, with UNC seemingly having toughest road of them all. In an effort to have some fun—and possibly dig myself a deeper hole, during this long offseason haul—I will give you my predictions for every ACC game on the Tar Heels’ schedule. Bleacher Report
College Basketball: 1 Recruiting Need for Each Top 25 Team
The college basketball recruiting Class of 2013 is the next chance for coaches to build up their programs. The Class of 2012’s recruiting is over and coaches are now turning their full attention to the Class of 2013. Bleacher Report
Quinton Coples complains of playing too many snaps in preseason game
Normally football players complain about not getting enough playing time. On Sunday night against Carolina, rookie DE Quinton Coples complained he got too much. When the starters came out mid-way through the third quarter, Coples remained in. Rex Ryan didn’t take too kindly to Coples moping about remaining in the game. New York Daily News
UNC-Elon Game Capsule
Casey Barth needs four field goals to surpass his brother Connor as the all-time leader in field goals made at UNC. Casey enters 2012 with 51 career made field goals. Larry Fedora’s Southern Miss squad averaged 74.8 plays per game in 2011, which ranked eighth in the country. QB Bryn Renner is 264 passing yards shy of moving into 10th place all-time at UNC. THI