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Point play propels Pack, Heels

Posted Feb 20, 2009
’s leadership could take the Heels where point guards , , and took them previously – to the game’s pinnacle. Yet he almost did not return to Chapel Hill this season to make that run. He, along with and , flirted last spring with the possibility of jumping to the pros. Now he and the Heels are prominent candidates to win the national championship. (WRAL Sports Fan)

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