UNC Hoops Headquarters backstory

The purpose of this blog is to further my understanding of covering a beat and gain experience in blogging. This is the first blog I have ever worked on so I expect there to be a little bit of a learning curve.

Though this is my first blog, this isn't my first time covering a beat or covering the UNC men's basketball team beat in particular. I've been the beat writer for the Bears since the start of the 2009-2010 season.

I am confident in my ability to cover this beat with accuracy and timeliness because of my previous experience with this program. The fact that I've been a sports reporter at the UNC Mirror and have interned for both the Canon City Daily Record and The (Greeley) Tribune has prepared me for deadline writing.

I am nervous, however, about my layout skills because I have not spent any time as an editor or blogger so far in any of my experiences.  That is my greatest fear as a graduating senior and what makes me a little self-conscious in this blog. My goal in this project and remainder of the semester is to develop and understand more about layout. Laying out this blog will be a good start.

Two UNC guards suspended

Junior guards Elliott Lloyd and Aaron Hawk-Harris were suspended indefinitely late last week and did not make the trip for the Bears' overtime win against Northern Arizona on Jan. 30.

UNC sports and information director Scott Ward said the suspensions were handed down for violations of team rules but did not specify.

Lloyd was the only returning starter from last year's Big Sky conference winning championship team; while Hawk-Harris was playing in his first season for the Bears after transferring from College of Eastern Utah.