Tar Heels Send a Message

Posted Mar 5, 2006

This was to be a 40-minute embrace for J.J. Redick, the career leading scorer in the ACC; Sheldon Williams, the lone player in Duke history to average a double-double for a season; and the others honored on senior night. On the last chance for Duke's seniors to walk away winners at Cameron, it was North Carolina's freshmen who ran off with an 83-76 victory Saturday night in front of a stunned sellout crowd of 9,314. (New York Times)

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