Lucas: A Taste For Blood
Posted Dec 4, 2008
There have been times over the last two seasons when this group of Tar Heels gets a double-digit lead and coasts to the finish, content simply to win. That counts, too. Wins are wins, of course, and style points are for gymnastics. But what has become evident over these first eight games is something that should be chilling to the rest of the country: these Tar Heels are developing a taste for blood.
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