Jacobs: Many factors feed Heels' early stumble
Posted Jan 16, 2009
Hard to say which commands more scrutiny and debate these days, the Obama inauguration or the fact the 2009 North Carolina men lost their first two ACC basketball games. Actually, around here the Tar Heels are the bigger topic of conversation. Not even Thursday’s win at lowly Virginia could soothe those wondering what’s wrong with a team that less than two weeks ago was celebrated as a living masterpiece, a model of college basketball art.
(WRAL Sports Fan)
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