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Off the cuff: It was good to see freshman Kerwin Walton do what we were told he was best at - shooting, or more specifically hitting threes. The tide was already starting to turn but when Walton hit two threes and a pair of free throws over the span of one minute, the Tar Heels were up for good. UNC coach Roy Williams said the Tar Heels needed someone to step up and hit some shots. Walton, who scored 13 points, hit three three-pointers. Coach Williams said Walton is the team's best three-point shooter. He gave up one open three-point shot. Williams wants the freshman to shoot when he's open. He got more time in part because starting guard R.J. Davis is nursing a bruised knee and missed some time during the game. There probably are a lot of bruises among the game's big men as Kentucky came after Carolina. But the fouls mounted and Armando Bacot seemed to take offence by the tactic. "They tried to punk us," he said. "There's not going to be none of that sh*t this year." He said the Carolina big men got pushed around a bit last season. As someone who has covered Carolina basketball for many, many years, it was a little shocking to hear the language. Of course, I was a bit thrown off when Andrew Platek said that Coach Williams was "pissed" at him for something. Still, I'd prefer that college student athletes, particulary UNC players, speak well - both in a grammatical way and a classy way. Perhaps the newer generation of sports writers don't feel that way and don't mind people knowing. After Bacot asked to excuse his language, writer Adam Smith of the Burlington News-Times told him, "I love your language. Don't apologize one bit." Ok, I guess Adam Smith is in charge of how Carolina players present themselves or at least whether or not they need to apologize for their language. Don't tell Coach Williams.
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