JLove22
01-17-2005, 10:19 PM
interesting article from the charlotte observer I got from another site, looks like we saw some flashbacks of mccants from a couple years ago, also has anyone else realized the amount of tic tac fouls called in the acc lately, btw this is in no way or form attacking unc just trying to insight conversation, i know how it could be taken that way from my own experiences
In UNC scorebook, it's Refs 95, Heels 82
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North Carolina can't expect 'courtesies' on road
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TOM SORENSEN
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WINSTON-SALEM - These weren't the truly marvelous and magnificent North Carolina Tar Heels of the past month who had run past, through and over every team that dared get in their way.
These were the Tar Heels of the past two seasons. They were fragile. And when life stopped being easy and the game grew hard and those nasty, nasty officials called them for fouls, they came undone.
Obviously, playing Wake Forest on the road has little in common with pounding Maryland and Georgia Tech at home. The Deacons are very good. They beat North Carolina 95-82 Saturday at Joel Coliseum. And while the Tar Heels didn't make it easy for the Deacons, they tried.
"I don't know if it's regressing to old habits or just playing poorly," says North Carolina coach Roy Williams.
Lose your poise?
"Kinda, sorta," North Carolina guard Rashad McCants says.
McCants led the Tar Heels with 19 points, but most were soft and inconsequential and came late. At one juncture, McCants had three fouls and two points, a line that sounds like a Cameron Indoor Stadium cheer.
For every basket McCants scored, five times he shook his head at an official. For every athletic move he made, he scowled 10 times. For every assist (one), rebound (one), and block (one), McCants 15 times gave a dirty look to opponents, teammates and the world.
McCants says the officials didn't give him any "courtesies."
Because he committed three first-half fouls, he was limited to 10 first-half minutes. Because he spent as much time on the bench as on the court, he says it was tough to "attack and be aggressive."
Had he played, "There's no telling where the game would have went," he says.
McCants is a junior. He should know by now that the phrase "Carolina refs" is not always factual. His good friend, Wake Forest guard Justin Gray, picked up two fouls before he did. Rather than panic, Gray went to the bench and cheered his teammates and urged the loud crowd to become louder.
McCants went to the bench after his third foul and stood next to Roy Williams. He stood for a long time so everybody could see how unfairly he had been treated. He gritted his teeth and said, "I am so mad right now."
You know the saying, don't get mad, get even? Here's a new one: Don't get even, get mad. McCants stayed mad. And he had company.
Point guard Raymond Felton, a mature sort who spent the afternoon futilely trying to keep up with Wake Forest's Chris Paul, also was consistently incredulous about the officiating. He spent as much time being incredulous as running the offense.
It's as if the Tar Heels were having a contest to see who could best imitate petulant (of late) N.C. State star Julius Hodge.
As much as the Tar Heels don't like it, they can't play all the good teams at home and all the average and bad teams on the road.
When they play a good team on the road, calls will go against them and some of the calls will be unjust. It's practically a rule.
In UNC scorebook, it's Refs 95, Heels 82
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North Carolina can't expect 'courtesies' on road
http://www.charlotte.com/images/common/spacer.gif
TOM SORENSEN
http://www.charlotte.com/images/common/spacer.gif
WINSTON-SALEM - These weren't the truly marvelous and magnificent North Carolina Tar Heels of the past month who had run past, through and over every team that dared get in their way.
These were the Tar Heels of the past two seasons. They were fragile. And when life stopped being easy and the game grew hard and those nasty, nasty officials called them for fouls, they came undone.
Obviously, playing Wake Forest on the road has little in common with pounding Maryland and Georgia Tech at home. The Deacons are very good. They beat North Carolina 95-82 Saturday at Joel Coliseum. And while the Tar Heels didn't make it easy for the Deacons, they tried.
"I don't know if it's regressing to old habits or just playing poorly," says North Carolina coach Roy Williams.
Lose your poise?
"Kinda, sorta," North Carolina guard Rashad McCants says.
McCants led the Tar Heels with 19 points, but most were soft and inconsequential and came late. At one juncture, McCants had three fouls and two points, a line that sounds like a Cameron Indoor Stadium cheer.
For every basket McCants scored, five times he shook his head at an official. For every athletic move he made, he scowled 10 times. For every assist (one), rebound (one), and block (one), McCants 15 times gave a dirty look to opponents, teammates and the world.
McCants says the officials didn't give him any "courtesies."
Because he committed three first-half fouls, he was limited to 10 first-half minutes. Because he spent as much time on the bench as on the court, he says it was tough to "attack and be aggressive."
Had he played, "There's no telling where the game would have went," he says.
McCants is a junior. He should know by now that the phrase "Carolina refs" is not always factual. His good friend, Wake Forest guard Justin Gray, picked up two fouls before he did. Rather than panic, Gray went to the bench and cheered his teammates and urged the loud crowd to become louder.
McCants went to the bench after his third foul and stood next to Roy Williams. He stood for a long time so everybody could see how unfairly he had been treated. He gritted his teeth and said, "I am so mad right now."
You know the saying, don't get mad, get even? Here's a new one: Don't get even, get mad. McCants stayed mad. And he had company.
Point guard Raymond Felton, a mature sort who spent the afternoon futilely trying to keep up with Wake Forest's Chris Paul, also was consistently incredulous about the officiating. He spent as much time being incredulous as running the offense.
It's as if the Tar Heels were having a contest to see who could best imitate petulant (of late) N.C. State star Julius Hodge.
As much as the Tar Heels don't like it, they can't play all the good teams at home and all the average and bad teams on the road.
When they play a good team on the road, calls will go against them and some of the calls will be unjust. It's practically a rule.