Welcome to our first 2015 edition of Tracking the Tar Heels. From all of us here at the sports desk, welcome back to Chapel Hill. We hope you had a nice break.
With classes resuming today, we're going to try and catch you up on some of the stories you might have missed while you were gone. Let's see what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- Assistant Sports Editor Brendan Marks breaks down injuries that Quinshad Davis, Xylina McDaniel and Sasha Seymore were plagued with over break.
- Assistant Sports Editor Pat James writes that former Oregon head coach Gene Chizik could possibly be the defensive coordinator for UNC's football team next season.
- Sports Editor Grace Raynor writes about how the UNC basketball team lost to Notre Dame, with their 'Short Winner' last-second play not working exactly as they hoped.
- The Notre Dame loss comes on the heels of UNC's blowout win against Clemson, when they started ACC play Saturday in South Carolina.
- During that game, freshman wing Justin Jackson impressed teammates and fans alike with his 13-point debut performance in conference play.
- Senior Writer Daniel Wilco remembers and thanks Stuart Scott, a longtime SportsCenter broadcaster and UNC alum, after his battle with cancer.
- Ben Coley writes about how Brittany Rountree lit up N.C. State, and how Rountree has become one of Sylvia Hatchell's most reliable players.
- Assistant Sports Editor Pat James took a look at 2017 UNC basketball commit Jalek Felton, who is the nephew of former Tar Heel point guard Raymond Felton.
- Jeremy Vernon writes about the UNC women's basketball team's 72-56 win over N.C. State in their conference opener Sunday.
- OK, tired of reading all of this stuff? Take a break and check out our photo galleries from the men's Notre Dame game, the men's William & Mary game and the women's game against N.C. State.
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