The Heels hit the grid against Virginia Saturday. The Cavaliers got a nice win last week against Florida State (not as close as the final score), but the Tar Heels are coming off a bye week following a blowout loss. John Bunting has a good history in this scenario, so confidence should be high. Heels take this one by 10.

Basketball commits
Unless you've been under a rock, you know that Roy Williams and the basketball Heels recently got commitments from three post players from the class of 2006, likely rounding out recruiting for next season. Deon Thompson had been flying under the radar, but made a strong push late. Alex Stepheson, and Brandan Wright is the #1-rated PF in the class. This gives the Heels 3 of the top players at their positions, as Wright joins Tywon Lawson and Wayne Ellington as the best at what they do in the country.

My Tar Heel bias aside, this looks to be one of the best classes in Tar Heel history, up there with McInnis-Stackhouse-Wallace, Jamison-Carter-Okulaja, and May-Felton-McCants.  And there's six of them, with William Graves of Greensboro Dudley. Check out the 2006-2007 roster as it would stand right now:

Freshmen:
PG Tywon Lawson
SG Wayne Ellington
SF William Graves
F Alex Stepheson
F Brandan Wright
C Deon Thompson

Sophomores:
G Bobby Frasor
G/F Danny Green
G/F Marcus Ginyard
F Michael Copeland
PF Tyler Hansbrough

Juniors:
PG Quentin Thomas

Seniors:
F Reyshawn Terry
G Wes Miller

That's a squad. Young, but this year's team will carry experience into 06-07. Nasty.