(Not so) Late Nite with Roy
There is nothing that gets my Carolina Blue blood racing like the annual Late Nite with Roy event. This past Friday was no different. Now that I've attended Late Nite several times, the skits aren't quite as entertaining. The guys did a lot of dancing which always generates laughter (especially seeing Tyler), but my main objective was to see the scrimmage. I try to watch every minute of Carolina basketball during the year and it all starts with this first scrimmage.
Before I get to the scrimmage, a few noteworthy points:
- This year each player made his way to the court via the stands, not from the tunnel. When it came time for Hansbrough to come out, he was obviously pumped. He almost knocked over two other players when he got to the court and started doing chest bumps with anyone in sight.
- Kenny Mann and Liquid Pleasure performed live (sporting Carolina blue sequin jackets). At one point Coach Williams put on one of the jackets. What a sight! (pictures available
here)
- Bobby Frasor took over for Wes Miller in the annual Coach Williams spoof. This time Bobby had a pre-recorded spoof on Coach's oft-played Coke commercial. He did ok, but it was a little too long.
Now for the scrimmage...
There isn't a lot that you can really tell from the first scrimmage of the year, but it was interesting to see who played well and who didn't. All the usual suspects looked good. Deon has lost a lot of weight. Ty was very fast. Tyler was a beast. It looked like the same team from last year mostly (except for Brandan and Reyshawn of course).
William Graves is the lone addition to the team after he redshirted last year. He also lost some weight and looked really good. William has a lot of potential and could be a big star at UNC by the time he graduates. And to prove my point, he did very well in the scimmage. He scored 11. Marcus Ginyard led all scorers with 12.
Danny Green looked really good, nailing a couple of early outside shots. Hansbrough made a long 17 footer and had a monster dunk. The one downspot for him was his free throws surprisingly enough! He missed several. I'm sure he'll get that fixed before the season starts.
Typically these kind of scrimmages aren't very competitive, but this one was. It was all tied up at 37 with 2.9 seconds to go. The game ended in a tie and Coach Williams waved off the refs. I would have liked to have seen more, but I'll have to wait about a month!
For more details on Late Nite with Roy, check out
the official UNC website.
