Thompson, Team USA 1 & 1
the5thcorner.com 6/29/2009 — Team USA In their first game of the exhibition round (aka the round-robin Serbia International) the USA Basketball World University Games team had to come from behind to beat Team Canada. It took a great fourth quarter to do so, where Deon Thompson and company outscored their opponents 28 ...

Team USA takes down S, Korea 113-76
the5thcorner.com 7/7/2009 — Deon Thompson In the second game of the World University Games Deon Thompson & Co. had no problem beating South Korea. It was not really even a contest, as Team USA beat down its second opponent of the tournament, this time with a lopsided score of 113 to 76, of which 82 came in the ...

Team USA destroys Finland
the5thcorner.com 7/4/2009 — Team USA In a game that was over, well, as soon as Team USA scored, Deon Thompson started the next stage of their overseas tour by destroying Finland 87 to 40. From what I have read on the official USA Basketball web site, and from the box score of the game, the final score might be closer ...

Team USA beat Russia by 67 to 63
the5thcorner.com 7/1/2009 — Team USA I doubt that a head coach, especially one that works for Division I program, would be listening to a blogger like myself, but it seems that I was pretty dead on when I said in my last post about Deon Thompson and Team USA the squad needed the big man from Chapel Hill on the court ...

Thompson makes the World University Games Team
the5thcorner.com 6/20/2009 — Deon Thompson As I had talked about a while back, Deon Thompson was trying out for the 2009 Men’s World University Games Team. I am now glad to report that after a three day work out the forward (and only returning starter from a national title team) from Chapel Hill will be among the ...

Ginyard is going to be key in `09-`10
the5thcorner.com 7/20/2009 — How many times have you seen me say the “Carolina Way”? If I had to guess on this site there has to be at least a 500 mentions of that quote. And while for non Heels those are just two words, nothing more or less. But for those of us that have walked the halls of the University of ...

Davis & Thompson on Wooden Award list
the5thcorner.com 8/20/2009 — Even with the season still a while away here is something that is worth looking at when it comes to North Carolina basketball. The Wooden Award pre season list (which does not allow freshmen on it) has come out. In all fifty names, two of them, Senior Deon Thompson and Sophomore Ed Davis ...

USA Basketball
usabasketball.com 6/30/2009 — June 29, 2009 • Belgrade, Serbia • Additional Quotes • Box Score • Photo Gallery Corey Fisher (Villanova / Bronx, N.Y.) scored 15 points and Deon Thompson (North Carolina / Torrance, Calif.) added 12 to go with nine boards as the 2009 USA ...

USA Basketball
usabasketball.com 7/6/2009 — July 6, 2009 • Belgrade, Serbia • Additional Quotes • Box Score • Photo Gallery Behind 17 points from Deon Thompson (North Carolina / Torrance, Calif.), the 2009 USA Men’s World University Games Team (3-0) overran Greece (1-2) in the second ...

Team USA Falls to Japan 7-5
thecollegebaseballblog.com 7/13/2009 — FROM USA BASEBALL (TOKYO) – Matt Newman (Arizona State) went 3-5 with four RBI for Team USA, but... Visit The College Baseball Blog for the Full Story

Curry grabbing attention in Vegas — SFGate: Top Sports Stories
LAS VEGAS - Stephen Curry was trying to walk about 100 yards between a Starbucks and an elevator to his hotel room Thursday, when he was stopped six times to pose for fans' photos. That kind of attention is to be expected in North Carolina, where he ...

Virginia Tech: How Does Beamer and The Hokies Look in 2009? — Bleacher Report - College Football
Last year they beat their overall ranking of 17 to end their season at 15 and at the top of the ACC. This year, the Hokies of Virginia Tech hope to build upon that and have set out to dominate the Coastal Division of the ACC in the fall and ...

Georgia Tech: Five Match-ups to Watch Out For In 2009 — Bleacher Report - College Football
As the Yellow Jackets from Georgia Tech enter the 2009 football season, several people feel as though they are the team to beat in the ACC. Can Paul Johnson continue to build on what he started last season, his first in Atlanta? Will the schedule ...

2009 National Football Post Scouting Series: North Carolina — Bleacher Report - College Football
This summer, the National Football Post is breaking down every team in the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-A) to identify players who might warrant interest from teams in the 2010 NFL Draft. The North Carolina Tar Heels have ...

Predicting the South Carolina Gamecock's 2009 Football Season — Bleacher Report - College Football
How will the team that had seven players drafted in April fare this year? This year, South Carolina must attempt to rebound from a second straight year with an epic collapse at the end. After starting out 7-3 last year, the Gamecocks lost their ...