Complaining About Tyler Zeller
Intentional Foul — During the closing minutes of North Carolina’s emasculation of the Kentucky Wildcats, fab-frosh Tyler Zeller was going up for a breakaway dunk, only to be met at the rim by Kentucky’s Ramon Harris. The result of Harris’ contact was Zeller landing on his wrist, potentially breaking it and perhaps even ending his freshman season. While waiting on Zeller’s diagnosis, the Internets are alive with folks discussing whether or not the play was dirty or necessary. Should Harris have pulled up and let Zeller add some more insult to the fact Kentucky played like absolute fertilizer or did ...

11.19.08 Fast Breaks
Rush The Court — The news is piling up again, so let’s knock one of these out quickly today… The injury bug continues to strike the nation’s #1 UNC Tarheels.  Tyler Zeller broke his wrist in a breakaway foul near the end of last night’s game vs. Kentucky (see below video) and will likely be out for the remainder of ...

UNC Picks Up Another Piece
Rush The Court — Jeff Goodman of Fox Sports is reporting that UNC freshman Tyler Zeller will be returning to the Tar Heels lineup most likely in time for tomorrow night’s game against North Carolina State. According to Steve Kirschner, the Associate Director of Athletics for Communications at UNC, “It’s 99 percent that he’ll play tomorrow night”. Zeller, who broke his wrist while being fouled on a breakaway dunk (see below) against Kentucky, played well in his only game of the season as he scored 18 against Penn in the Tar Heels season-opener ...