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Breaking down Late Night
KENNY SMITH
Smith, as the event’s host,
was funny and engaging with
the crowd, without the annoy
ing schtick of former host Stuart
Scott. He hyped up the Smith
Center well by mentioning for
mer players and demanding the
spotlight go back on the cham
pionship banner one more time.
He also got into the act himself,
participating in a 1-on-l contest.
His “J” was suspect, however.
Smith didn’t quite capture the
wit he displays alongside Charles
Barkley on TNT. And he was
plagued by minutes of annoy
ing dead time during the teams’
costume changes. The only tactic
Smith could muster to fill the void
was calling out former players in
the stands.
FIELD HOCKEY
FROM PAGE 12
UNC headed into Friday’s game rid
ing a wave of momentum and with
high hopes of upsetting the three
time defending national champs.
Wake (14-0, 3-0) came out fir
ing, as freshman phenom Christine
Suggs recorded the first goal of the
game at the seven-minute mark But
UNC quickly fired back with a fresh
man goal of its own, when midfielder
Britt van Beek took advantage of a
free hit and a Rachel Dawson shot
to tip the ball into the goal.
Then, early in the second half, the
Tar Heels hit another gear. With six
minutes elapsed, senior goalkeeper
Katy Tran folly extended body
LATE NIGHT
FROM PAGE 12
worked all the way up until last
night," Thomas said. "Nobody
was really shy because we’ve got so
many characters on the team that
nobody’s really afraid of making
themselves look like a fool.”
In another skit, the team made
others look like fools, parodying
CBS announcer Billy Packer, Mike
Krzyzewski and Chris Paul’s infa
mous punch to Julius Hodge’s groin.
It ended with Noel reprising his role
as the pink-wigged “Divine” while
dancing provocatively with dead-on
01’ Roy impersonator Wes Miller.
As Williams, who is not known
as a big supporter of hyperbole,
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TEAMMATES SKIT
This one had some funny
moments. Apparently no one likes
to room with Tyler Hansbrough,
Danny Green “ain’t got no girl”
and Byron Sanders cannot spell
the word “girl.”
But the skit quickly or, rath
er, slowly turned into some
thing resembling one of those
bad SNL skits that runs waaaaay
too long.
Roy Williams put it best: “The
first one I liked, but it just went so
long. I was about to fall asleep over
there.”
A special shoutout is deserved
to Sanders and Reyshawn Terry,
though, for getting all their answers
correct. For clearly knowing each
other as teammates, they get five
stars.
and stick to redirect a ball that
would have put the Deacons ahead
on one of its 11 penalty comers.
“When you put that much effort
and you sheerly use your will to
stop the ball, it’s like this rush of
adrenaline,” Tran said.
“You know you just pulled out a
save that you should never have got
ten just because you made yourself
do it. And that has to be inspiring."
It was. The Tar Heels fed off
Tran’s intensity, and within the
next minute launched a series of
impressive passes that ended with
junior forward Laree Beans, who
weaved through the circle and
ripped a shot into the right side of
the goal, putting UNC ahead, 2-1.
“Then my teammates see (my
put it, “David Noel might go down
as the greatest Late Night with
Roy performer ever.”
“It’s always fon to come out and
put on a show other than basket
ball for the fans,” Noel said. “They
get a chance to see us do silly
things, so that’s always fon.”
Fans also got to see Thomas
make all five of his shots in the
freshmen versus non-freshmen
scrimmage, a 27-19 win by the vets
in which rookie big man Michael
Copeland hurt his leg and will be
out two to four weeks after under
going arthroscopic knee surgery
Sunday.
They got to see players on the
women’s team back their collective
thang up by stuffing their jerseys
Sports
QUENTIN THOMAS'
"SOPHOMORES'' SKIT
Good to see the Tar Heels can
mock themselves. Thomas now
the team’s only sophomore
came out with a cardboard cut
out of former UNC star Marvin
Williams with “Just the Two of
Us” playing, drawing a big laugh
from the crowd as he tried to
pass Marvin a basketball and pal
around with his now-departed
buddy.
Thomas then danced by him
self showing off some graceful
ballet-style moves to the song
“Lonely” and mocked his own
sorrow at the loss of his former
running mate. Maybe he can ask
Marvin for some of that sweet
NBA paycheck to ease his pain.
Overall, very funny stuff.
save), they see me like using sheer
force of will to stop the ball, and I
just feel like that it has to trans
fer to them somehow,” Tran said.
“They have to have this feeling that
we can will the ball into their goal
if I can will it out of ours.”
But Tran couldn’t will the ball
out of her goal forever. And after
the Tar Heels stopped Wake
on several penalty corners, the
Deacons tied the game, 2-2, while
UNC was shorthanded to send the
rivalry to overtime for the fourth
time in two seasons.
Minutes into the 7-on-7 extra
period, Dawson got UNC’s second
yellow card, taking her out of action
for five minutes. But her team per
severed and stopped all five Wake
and shorts with balloons.
And finally they got to see how
Tyler Hansbrough throws down a
two-handed, two-footed, wrong
way 360 dunk (answer: quite
nicely).
But Late Night wasn’t just help
ful for the fans to get to know the
players; it was helpfol for the play
ers to get to know each other, too.
For instance, during the men’s
first skit three teammates were
asked who they’d least like to
room with on the road. All three
answered Hansbrough. No rea
sons were given, but it could be
that he’d try to teach them how to
dance. And that would be bad.
A few minutes later, Byron
Sanders wrote that Reyshawn
DANCING WITH THE ACC SKIT
This was the one that brought
down the house. It had every
thing.
Bobby Frasor wore an American
Express sandwich board to mock
Coach Ks famous self-promotional
advertisement They brought out the
legendary Chris Paul nut punch and
Wes Miller did an Ol’ Roy routine to
near-perfection. Would have loved to
see a “frickin” and a “dadgummit” in
there, but otherwise hilarious.
Noel and Miller displayed some
nice moves to the Destiny’s Child
classic “Bootylicious,” with Noel
—as usual stealing the show.
As Williams put it: “David Noel
may go down as the greatest Late
Night performer ever.”
Compiled by Daniel Malloy
shots to force a second OT.
“It’s a matter of doing the exact
same things that you’ve been doing
the whole time,” said senior Naomi
Weatherald. “You don’t change
your whole game plan because one
person went out.”
But the Deacons, who entered
Friday’s game outscoring opponents
44-12, were too much. Afl-ACC mid
fielder Lauren Crandall scored on
her eighth shot of the game in the
92nd minute to give Wake the win.
“On another day, we can beat
Wake Forest —and I think they
know that,” Shelton said. “(But) we’re
seeing glimmers of what’s possible.”
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Terry prefers to “Stay @ home w/
gurl” on Saturday nights.
Noel, though, apparently
likes to stay home and watch
Muhammad Ali tapes on Saturday
nights. Because when the smoke
swirled and the lights dimmed
and this year’s Tar Heels bounded
out of the tunnel one by one for
introductions, Noel emerged last,
wearing a ridiculously oversized
belt and belting out, “The champ
is here! The champ is here! The
champ is here!”
Noel and the other four return
ees might be champs, but fresh
men Marcus Ginyard, Danny
Green, Copeland, Frasor and
Hansbrough aren’t —and don’t
even figure to challenge for a title
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WRIGHT
FROM PAGE 12
class, but Telep said he’d have to
reconsider the order in light of
Wright’s commitment.
“Ohio State’s class is outstand
ing, and they have the best player
in Oden,” he said. “But I think in
the end Ohio State will have the
best No. 2 class in history.... Both
have to be considered among the
best in the last decade.”
Wright was being courted
by four schools UNC, Duke,
Kentucky and Vanderbilt —and
the general perception for months
had been the Tar Heels were run
ning a distant fourth in the race.
“Behind the scenes in recruit
ing you generally hear some
things,” Telep said. “And at no
point in the last two months
had anyone involved in Brandan
Wright’s recruitment indicated
anything to me that made me
think otherwise.
“This looks like a case where
UNC used its official visit to make
up significant ground.”
And on the court, the rail-thin
Wright has to make up significant
ground in only one area: bulking
up for the rigors of the ACC, where
dominant big men abound.
Still, Telep said he thinks Wright
has a high likelihood of starting as
a freshman at UNC which comes
as no surprise considering the com
parisons he evokes.
“He could be a player for the
Tar Heels right now,” Telep said.
“Think a little bit about Chris
Bosh. He’s long, angular, with
good touch around the basket, and
he’s always been a very, very good
rebounder.”
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until next season at the earliest.
So when emcee and legendary
UNC point guard Kenny Smith
told the crowd, “I want you to
remember me as I was, not as I
am” at the start of the evening, he
might as well have been speaking
for the entire team.
And an hour and 58 minutes
later, as Sanders and Noel strutted
onto the floor for the final dance
number of their careers, the ’7os
classic that blared over the speak
ers seemed eerily fitting, a tribute,
perhaps, to both this year’s team
and its fans.
“I Will Survive.”
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VOLLEYBALL
FROM PAGE 12
The athletes put together a solid
performance against the Yellow
Jackets on Friday in front of 4,435
powder-blue-blooded fans in the
Smith Center, as the opening act
for Late Night with Roy Williams.
The Tar Heels rolled 30-23,30-28,
30-10 for their first win against the
Jackets since 2002.
“It’ll put the scare on Maryland
the way we handled Georgia Tech
in three games,” said middle hitter
Amy Beaver.
“In the first game we got a big
lead and shut them down. From
there, it was smooth sailing. Well,
the second game was a little up and
down.”
In the latter part of the second
game, the Tar Heels had to over
come seven ties. They were able to
send the Yellow Jackets to the locker
room with two strong sweeping kills
by outside hitter Lauren Prussing.
The third and final game was
just a flash of lightning quick kills
by Dani Nyenhuis, Camilla Ihenetu
and Prussing as UNC dominated
from start to finish.
Back in the confines of
Carmichael Auditorium on
Saturday, North Carolina handled
Clemson 30-17,30-19,30-25, hold
ing the top Tiger outside hitters to
a mere nine kills apiece.
“Two wins in three games both is
awesome,” said defensive specialist
Taylor Rayfield.
Strong defense Saturday enabled
the Tar Heels to shut down the
Tigers. UNC had 75 digs, with
Rayfield claiming 24 of them.
North Carolina also held
Clemson to a measley .085 attack
ing percentage, while the North
Carolina offense boasted a .259
percentage.
What really helped UNC to domi
nate the weekend, though, was coor
dination.
“Everybody played together, for
each other and that contributed to
the wins,” Rayfield said.
The Tar Heels hope that coordina
tion continues as they close out their
remaining conference schedule.
“Our goal is to win all of our ACC
games,” said Ihenetu. “We want to
ride this as long as possible.”
North Carolina now takes that
momentum on the road, for a four
game stint away from Chapel Hill.
“I think being on the road is
a big challenge,” said Nyenhuis.
“(But) we’re well prepared.”
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