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TORONTO -- Team USA coach John Tortorella on Thursday expressed his disappointment at former U.S. players --?including Pittsburgh Penguins forward Phil Kessel -- taking shots at the team after it failed to advance in the World Cup of Hockey.To me, its a little self-serving, and quite honestly, it doesnt make USA Hockey look any better either, Tortorella said of the criticism. Its self-serving, and I think the people that are doing it, it really doesnt help them either.Kessel, who was on both the silver-medal U.S. team at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and the team that didnt medal at 2014 Games, was left off the roster for the World Cup of Hockey after a strong season with the Stanley Cup champion Penguins.He took to Twitter after Tuesdays 4-2 loss to Team Canada that dropped the U.S. to 0-2 and kept them from?advancing out of the three-game preliminary round.?I just wish he didnt say anything because it makes him look bad, Tortorella said. I dont want him to look bad. And the other guys? Its so easy. Its so easy to start chucking dirt on us when things are going bad. But when theyve been playing in the program, for the whole USA Hockey, it just does not look good. And we have some work to do to get some respect back. That stuff doesnt help.Team USA was outscored 11-5 in three losses and finished the preliminary schedule with a 4-3 defeat to the Czech Republic, which also did not advance.Tortorella saying Team USAs problem simply was improper execution.We just did not, from the staff right on through, did not get the job done, Tortorella said. You need to accept that, and we need to take the medicine.But Im not listening to people talk about different things when honestly they dont have a clue. You have to take your medicine. Im making no excuses for us. I let a lot of people down. Thats a responsibility on me. But some of the stuff out there as far as picking apart ... my God, stop it.Team USA general manager Dean Lombardi said he simply wished he had more time with his 23-man roster to build the chemistry of a winner.I told them I wish I had this group for a longer period of time because I know we could have built that culture, said Lombardi, who has won two Stanley Cup titles as general manager of the Los Angeles Kings. But it didnt happen. Nike Air Max 270 Aanbieding . William Carrier opened the scoring for Cape Breton (6-4-2), but Andrew Ryan tied the game and Brent Andrews put the Mooseheads (8-6-0) in front for good with a short-handed goal at 13:49 of the second period. Nike Air Max 97 Nederland . Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee? Green had bounced around the NBA when he wasnt playing overseas. The Pacers gave up on Plumlee after just one season. Now Green and Plumlee are key cogs in the Suns surprising breakout season. http://www.airmaxkopennederland.com/uitverkoop-air-max-98.html . 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You have to just live with it and move on.Tennessee (4-3) is playing its best so far with a three-game winning streak.We have to go in and know that Carolina is going to be on edge and we have to be ready to play right from the tip, Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said.North Carolina (9-1) defeated Davidson, 83-74, but the margin was three points late in the game. The outcome seemed to stir regret from the Tar Heels by the way they performed.Weve got to figure out some things, swingman Justin Jackson said.The Tar Heels might have to do it again without junior point guard Joel Berry, who missed the Davidson game after suffering a sprained ankle last Sunday against Radford.Berrys status is questionable for the Tennessee game.That put Nate Britt, who had been a part-time starter on the wing, at starting point guard, although Seventh Woods and Stilman White were also used.White scored on six free throws for a career high mark, logging 15 minutes for the seniors third-most court time in his career. His only longer playing time came in two NCAA Tournament games as a freshman in March 2012 when he was pressed into duty after Kendall Marshall was injured.White took a two-year Mormon mission before returning to the Tar Heels.I told Stilman the other day he has done some nice things for us in practice, Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said. He rreally has done a great job of running the scout team.dddddddddddd I think he gave us a big lift.Jacksons seven 3-pointers in the Davidson game picked up some of the perimeter scoring. Jackson has 22 baskets from 3-point range this season, while last season he didnt make is 22nd 3-pointer until the 28th game.However, Barnes is concerned about what the Tar Heels might be able to do closer to the basket.We certainly dont have the size they have, Barnes said. Weve talked a lot about rebounding. ... You just have to be impressed that they play a very high-efficiency type of basketball.Tennessee is coming off an encouraging game when it tied a school record with 16 made 3-point baskets against Presbyterian.The Volunteers, who are facing a Top 10 opponent in a non-conference game for the first time since 2011, will be playing in their first true road game of the season.We have to go in there and stick to the scouting report, Tennessee guard Shembari Phillips said. Teams like that, its a real test.North Carolina leads the series 8-1, although this will be the first meeting in Chapel Hill since 1948 in Woollen Gym. So the Volunteers have never played at the Smith Center.Its a cool experience, but its also a great opportunity, Tennessee forward Lew Evans said.Barnes, a North Carolina native, is considered a villain of sorts in Chapel Hill. While the Clemson coach, he had a well-publicized feud with then-Tar Heels coach Dean Smith in the mid-1990s.However, Barnes said Smith is one of the coaches he studied and admired as he entered the coaching profession. He said the chance to bring his team to the Smith Center is a good situation.I have nothing but great respect for (North Carolinas) program, he said. ' ' '