Tar Heels' Ellington stepped up his defense

Posted Apr 5, 2008

Even though Wayne Ellington goes into tonight's national semifinal at the Alamodome between the Tar Heels and Kansas as his team's second-leading scorer and top three-point shooter, it's his defense that has won raves from Roy Williams. "There hasn't been one single game this year that I've taken him out for a defensive reason," the coach said. "He's emphasized it, focused on it, tried to get better in the individual skills." (Philadelphia Inquirer)

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