Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels. Let’s see what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- Assistant Sports Editor Aaron Dodson writes about the friendship between running back Khris Francis and wide receiver T.J. Thorpe.
- Assistant Sports Editor Daniel Wilco previews the undefeated field hockey team’s game against Virginia
- Jonathan LaMantia looks at the problem that cut blocking poses as UNC prepares to take on the Georgia Tech football team, who employ the move regularly.
- Kevin Phinney looks back at the North Carolina women’s soccer team’s back-to-back losses, both of which were shutouts.
- Just like every week with a football game, we take a look at how UNC will lineup against their opponent. Here is what the Tar Heels will look like on offense and this is how the team will line up like on defense.
- According to the Associated Press, the UNC-Georgia Tech game on Saturday is the ACC Game of the Week.
- Last but not least, Class of 2014 high school basketball recruit Robert Johnson committed to Indiana UNC Friday, Edgar Walker writes in this From the Press box blog post.
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