Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Let’s see what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- UNC men’s basketball junior guard P.J. Hairston says he’ll play this season. The Daily Tar Heel caught up with him Monday night for an exclusive interview.
- Andrew Carter of the (Raleigh) News & Observer writes senior Tre Boston, starting safety on the UNC football team, vows the Tar Heel secondary will be better this season.
- In this UNC Now blog post, Carter adds that Boston and secondary and associate head coach for defense and safeties Vic Koenning share a love-hate relationship.
- Sticking to the field, Sports Editor Brooke Pryor writes that UNC has shifted its starting lineup just days before the season opener against South Carolina.
- The UNC field hockey team was ranked No. 1 in a preseason poll released Tuesday.
- Last but not least, Adam Lucas of GoHeels.com provides his take on what this football season means for senior running back A.J. Blue.
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