Lawson and Ellington To Go Pro

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington put off a jump to the NBA last season so they could improve their draft standing and make another run at a national championship. Now with that title in hand, the juniors figure it's the perfect time to give pro ball another try.ESPN

What else did they have to prove? They just one the championship and Ty Lawson's stock is not going to get any higher than it is right now. On any other program this would be a big deal, but the way Roy Williams recruits, I'm sure they will have the top 3 recruits. Ty Lawson will be an early lottery pick.

Lawson Ready To Go

"North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson says he plans to play in the Tar Heels' game against Gonzaga on Friday. And coach Roy Williams is also optimistic the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year will play in the NCAA tournament's round of 16 (ESPN)."

Lawson looked good against LSU, and we all know UNC has no shot of winning this thing if Lawson is out. Lawson experienced some minor swelling in the right big toe after the LSU game, but nothing like what followed the game against Duke that forced him to be sidelined. He has been icing it, and said he has been walking on it much better, and doesn't think there is any chance he will miss time. Well, my bracket certainly hopes so....

Ty Lawson Is Game-Time Decision

We'll we are going to find out how hurt Ty Lawson is when UNC plays LSU tomorrow. He was able to practice today, so now they need to see how his toe responds. If it swells he won't play, but it they are able to control it I would expect him to be in the game. LSU is no pushover, and DP has LSU knocking out UNC, so I really need Lawson to get his ass back on the court. I think he will, and UNC will handle LSU.

Ty Lawson to "Toe" The Bench

Ty Lawson's troublesome toe could keep North Carolina's speedy point guard sidelined for the Tar Heels' NCAA tournament opener.

I am not worried about the tournament opener, I am worried about the games that proceed it. UNC could beat Radford with playing only four players but they will need a healthy Lawson to play Butler or LSU. Lawson has had an incredible year and often been the consistent play maker and clutch scorer. Even with Lawson playing gimpy that will destroy the Tarheels chance to win the national championship.

UNC 101 - Duke 87

This game was more exciting than the score would indicate through most of this game. This is always a huge ACC match up and always a game worth watching, whether or not you re a fan of either team. I am not, and yet i watched the whole thing. Here is what I gathered.

UNC would be THE best team in all of college hoops hands down if they could play defense. its no surprise that they have struggled on that side of the ball and have more or less relied on their offense clicking as well as it usually does to get them wins. A strategy that has been working thus far, but tonight it almost got away from them as Duke started out very strong and went into the locker room at half up 52-44. The second half was a different story, and it began like this: Once upon a time there was a guy named Ty Lawson....



Ty Lawson blew up in the second half scoring 21 of his 25 pts in the half and giving UNC the boost they needed to pull away. UNC also decided to play some defense. they started trailing the Duke shooters off the ball much better and Duke failed to make a 3pointer the whole 2nd half. UNC then methodically and yet dominantly pulled away from Duke and has now won four straight games in Cameron Indoor. Furthermore Tyler Hansbrough and Danny Green have won at Duke all four years of their collegiate career, an impressive accomplishment.

Duke is one of the top defenses in the NCAA and tonight they gave up at least 100 points for the first time since 2005 against UCLA, a nice little stat for ya. Well if they want to go on a nice little run like that again they need some post presence. Duke has no big man threat down low in the pain. Although they have Singler, he more of a threat from outside. Im talking about a guy who can muscle and bump down there and work hard for the deuce. tonight it seemed like they couldn't answer back to UNC's strength under the boards down the stretch. Duke has now lost 3 of their last 5 and is sitting within a 4 way tie for 2nd in the ACC standings.

Side Question:
This game featured a handful of NBA hopefuls. Between Hansbrough, Lawson, Singler, and Henderson I'm sure an MBA scout or two were watching this game. My question is who do you think will have the best NBA career?
I think Lawson. Something about this guy just feels right. He is like a cross breed of Chris Paul and Derek Rose and I feel like hes only going to get better. Your thoughts?