Lucas: Something's Missing

Posted Feb 1, 2009
The entire events of the final 1.9 seconds of Carolina's whipping of NC State were wrong. Ben McCauley was wrong for fouling Mike Copeland the way he did. Copeland was wrong for reacting the way he did. It was an ugly scene. Now, be honest: deep down, you kind of liked the whole thing. Not because someone could've been hurt. But because finally someone injected a little life into a Carolina-State basketball game. (Tar Heel Blue)

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