North Carolina Continues to Sink in the ACC

Another convincing home win for the Terps, though not without a few moments of trepidation when the Tar Heels closed to within 3 pts after large Terp leads. The way this team passed the ball was a pleasure to watch, and GV was at his best. We are going to really, really miss him and Hayes at the guard spots next year, but I'm enjoying this team so much that I can't worry about that now.

I don't think there are too many big men who run the court better than Jordan Williams, and IS there even a freshman who is better? His enthusiasm is infectious and this team is having so much fun. Winning is fun, plain and simple. One player who has me a bit perplexed recently is Sean Mosley, and I am wondering if his ankle, or something else, is bothering him. He just hasn't seemed himself the last couple games and his shot has been really off, so maybe it is a leg issue (or hand, b/c you shoot with them). Whatever it is, and perhaps it's a blessing b/c Tucker and Bowie have provided solid minutes in Mosley's absence, I love Mosley's hustle and we are going to need him down the stretch.

I'd be very surprised if we lost to UVA Wednesday (now Monday b/c the game has been postponed due to snow), though of course it's possible. I wish we were playing in Charlottesville though, b/c this team is playing so well and can clearly win on the road. But, we just need to win the game. Saturday's at Cameron should be a barnburner...

Finally, why is it that Coach Williams is the head coach of North Carolina but Gary Williams is the head coach for MD? I'm so sick and tired of hearing announcers talk about Roy Williams and refer to him as “Coach Williams.” The amount of talent that Roy Williams has had on his teams in Kansas and Carolina, year in and year out, including THIS year's team, is as much or more than every other school in the country. I just wonder how good a coach he really is, and while I acknowledge that he has a team with young guards, I can't help but believe he should be getting more, far more, out of this team. Those young guards were high ranking recruits (Larry Drew II - #29 overall and #3 PG on ESPN’s Top 100 from 2008; Dexter Strickland - #27 overall and #8 SG on ESPN’s Top 100 from 2009), much like the majority of players on Carolina’s roster, but yet the talking heads are still making excuses for poor ‘ol Roy and Carolina. It's laughable really, and Gary Williams just keeps getting more out his teams, year in and year out, and we still call him Gary. Go Terps!