UNC Basketball: What We Learned from Maui

North Carolina improved to 18-3 all-time in the Maui Invitational.

That touchdown gave Dayes 40 for his career, making him the first NC State player to pass the threshold since Stan Fritts (42) in 1974.

As for the Tar Heels this win showed that they are one of many teams to beat this season. We’ve got another game this season, so let’s do that again. “Until you’ve been in the arena and fought and laid your life on the line the way these guys do, and these coaches do amidst all the b.s. that’s out there, you have no idea what it feels like”. Top 25 teams Nebraska, Boise State and Houston all were upset, as was heavy favorite North Carolina. This loss locks the Hokies into next week’s matchup with No. 4 Clemson in Orlando, Florida.

But those disappointments didn’t matter on Friday at Kenan Stadium, where Doeren won for the second time in as many tries.

Through the opening 30 minutes, the N.C. State running back has tallied 81 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries. Defensively, UNC is giving up 411.8 yards per game, but just 24.6 points per contest.

Bowl bids won’t go out until after the ACC Championship game December 3, but early speculation Friday was N.C. State would be invited to either the Camping World Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana, or the Military Bowl in Annapolis, Maryland. “When we do break through, and it will happen, it’s going to be because we never quit and we never lost faith”. “They are a very, very good basketball team and if we play another team that good, I hope that it’s deep in March and we’ve had time to grow”.

Larrier was injured midway through the first half against Oklahoma State on Monday night.

Dayes said he first became aware of the long streak between 1,000-yard rushers before 2015 started and wanted to hit the goal then. Everything these teams have played for will come down to this week in one of the most highly anticipated games of the season. There was a little extra juice on the Wolfpack sidelines for this game.

The Tar Heels have walloped every team they’ve played so far.

“Im just doing whatever Coach wants me to do, ” Bridges said. It’s true because of UNC’s overall, collective body of work over three days here. “We just needed to execute, play football”.

“It was wonderful”, Dayes said. North Carolina rushed for 374 yards in last year’s victory in Raleigh. UNC rolled up 514 yards of total offense and 374 on the ground.

UNC had a similar situation early last season when Paige broke his hand in the preseason, forcing Berry to step into his point guard role.

DURHAM, N.C. – Frank Jackson poured in 19 points and Grayson Allen added 17 points as Duke opened a season-long, four-game homestand with a victory over William & Mary.

“We didn’t have to do anything superhuman”, UNC head coach Larry Fedora said. But on their next possession, they were stopped on downs near midfield with 3:10 to go and N.C. State ran out the clock – with backup quarterback Jalen McClendon sealing it with a 14-yard run on third-and-5 with about 2 minutes left.

“They had an offseason of being told how bad they are on defense and that meant a lot”, Doeren said. Friday we step out with a HUGE RELEASE in College Football action.

Matt Dayes ran 26 times for 104 yards and two touchdowns as the Wolfpack piled up 259 yards on the ground, allowing State to pound out a 10-minute advantage in time of possession.

Doeren celebrated with his players after the game.

Jeff Pritzl, district wildlife supervisor for the state Department of Natural Resources, says the doe likely had a higher testosterone level, which might occur in one in 100,000 deer.