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UNC runs over UVa; UConn up next

By Mechelle Voepel
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, January 17, 2009

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- They had the ZOOperstars performing at the North Carolina-Virginia game Friday night. Maybe you've seen them. They are inflatable mascots, and these were animals representing sports stars. Of course, here in the Tar Heels' home, two of the ZOOperstars on hand were a giant rodent named Mia Hammster and a big fish named Mackerel Jordan. The inflatable-fish version of MJ has a little skit for a timeout in which he pretends to eat somebody from the other team -- in this c ...

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