Starting To Gel

The smaller lineup, in their second appearance of the season, looks like they might be starting to gel. New starter P.J. Hairston has taken well to his new role, leading the way against Virginia with 29 points hitting 6 of 12 three-pointers. The 'Heels hit 13 of 28 from behind the arc. They also hit 22 of 30 from the free throw line. Putting up 93 points against ACC defensive leader Virginia and their 52.3 PPG was really impressive especially the 53 points in the second half. The odd man out in this new rotation seems to be Joel James but he is the least experienced of all of the Tarheels big men. That moves the Tarheels to 17-8 on the season and still on the far end of the NCAA bubble. They really do not have any quality wins against big time opponents and have not been able to get over that road hump. They have an opportunity to get off that schneid Tuesday night when they travel to Atlanta to play a young Georgia Tech team.