Heels again deal with lofty expectations
Posted Oct 29, 2009
North Carolina's basketball team won't be sneaking up on anybody this winter like they did the last time the Tar Heels were coming off a national championship back in 2005-2006. Quite to the contrary, this year's UNC squad is getting heavy national attention as a potential top five program, and at this past weekend's Atlantic Coast Conference Media Day in Greensboro (N.C.), the Tar Heels tied with Duke for first place in the media's preseason poll.
(Carolina Blue)
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