Unlike everyone else in Atlanta, UNC doesn't really need to win

Posted Mar 13, 2009
It seems emblematic of the rugged competition that has defined this season of ACC basketball that we're going into the tournament with injury reports that look like they were torn from the NFL playbook. Will Ty Lawson play for North Carolina with his injured toe? Will Nolan Smith's bell stop ringing and allow him to return for Duke? This is not the most physical league in college basketball. (Sporting News)

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