The Goat Pen

From an IC report on the current Peach Jam event:


8:50am -- Roy Williams is already seated at center court awaiting the 9am tip of Justin Jackson vs Malik Newman. He is seated beside Larry Brown. Jackson is the only member of his team not sporting the team shirt during warmups ... because he has a UNC T-shirt on.

9:30am -- Masterful start to the game for Justin Jackson. With his partner in crime, Justise Winslow, sidelined today, Jackson ran the show from the tip-off. He's playing as the primary ball handler against a zone defense and hit his first four field goals on two offensive putbacks, a floater from the left elbow and then a floater from the right elbow -- both floaters were off the dribble attacking the zone. Blahblahblah.... Meanwhile, RoyW, Larry Brown and John Calipari have been exchanging laughs throughout.

Wonder what Ben Washburn thinks of the current scuttlebutt at Carolina? And if this doesn't drag Crow out of the woodwork, then he is most definitely gone for good.

Ben was pretty big on the purity of Carolina athletics

I hope he did that on purpose...

I've got a big bag of sweet corn if anybody wants some...

crotch wrote:Hairston admits car was rented for him.

That would've been great if the link led to the daily Suduko...

hedge wrote:

crotch wrote:Hairston admits car was rented for him.

That would've been great if the link led to the daily Suduko...

That was random.

Not a whole that is better than sweet corn in summer.

The kernels are fairly bursting. Not even cooking this batch, it's perfect straight off cob...

That's what he said

sardis wrote:Not a whole that is better than sweet corn in summer.

went to visit my mom Friday and dinner was fresh sweet corn and tomatoes from the garden. She had a pork roast too and we didn't touch it. We wiped her out on the corn and tomatoes though.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... liams-says
Roy Williams addresses P.J. Hairston

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- North Carolina coach Roy Williams said Monday that leading scorer P.J. Hairston will face "serious consequences" after being arrested last month on a drug charge during a traffic stop.

In a statement, the Hall of Fame coach said he hasn't yet determined a punishment for Hairston, who has also been cited twice by police while driving a rental vehicle linked to a convicted felon.

"P.J. and I have had several discussions already and he knows he has made serious mistakes and there will be serious consequences as a result," Williams said.

He said there are "several options available" as punishment, including a possible suspension. Hairston faces an August court hearing and isn't enrolled in summer school. The team is in the offseason so Williams says he will wait "until the process is complete" to decide on the punishment.

Hairston, a 6-foot-5½ swingman, averaged about 15 points per game and decided in April to return for his junior season instead of entering the NBA draft. He was arrested on June 5 and charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession during a license checkpoint in Durham while driving a rented 2013 GMC Yukon.

According to rental records first reported by USA Today, the Yukon was one of two vehicles driven by Hairston and linked to Haydn Patrick "Fats" Thomas, a Durham man facing pending drug charges. Hairston was also cited for speeding in May while driving a 2012 Camaro rented under a woman's name using Thomas' home address. That vehicle was ticketed twice on the Chapel Hill campus for parking violations, once in April and once in May.

In all, four rental vehicles linked to Thomas or his home address have received a combined nine parking tickets on campus since February.

Last week, athletic director Bubba Cunningham issued a statement saying the school is still gathering information on potential improper conduct by members of the men's basketball team, though he didn't name any player specifically.

Williams had generally declined to comment on Hairston's case before Monday's statement.

"Our basketball program is based on great ideals, and these issues are embarrassing," Williams said. "These are not common in my 10 years as head coach at UNC and they will all be dealt with harshly and appropriately at the correct time to ensure that our program will not be compromised.

"We will care about each individual but there will be serious actions taken that will fix these issues. I take pride in our values and how we have conducted ourselves for a long time here at Carolina, and this time will pass but it will be dealt with strongly."

Didn't you just post that somewhere else?

Roy isn't going to do shit to PJ. If the NCAA doesnt make him suspend PJ, he wont. Guarantee we get the old Dean Smith "It will be handled internally".

Wouldn't be smart. Best way to protect the program is to give out your own public punishment. Suspend him through Christmas so that he's available for the ACC games.

Jungle Rat wrote:Didn't you just post that somewhere else?

Who??? Me??? Naaaaaaaa! Pshaw.