Tar Heel Optical Illusion: Defense That's Better Than It Looks

Posted Nov 26, 2007

You'll want to bookmark this piece for handy reference later this season. I don't say that because I have any inflated sense of my enduring merit as a writer. It's just that I know part of what's going to happen this year. Here's how it will play out. North Carolina will win a lot of games. (A high-risk prediction, I know, but danger is my middle name.) Then they'll drop one, likely a high-scoring affair. (Basketball Prospectus)

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