As Better Students, Roy's Tar Heels have Become a Tough Out

Posted Apr 3, 2008

North Carolina is headed to the Final Four for the first time since winning the national championship in 2005, thanks to the 2008 players' dedication to being excellent students of the game. The Carolina team that defeated Louisville 83-73 on Saturday was forged through the broiling heat of adversity after Ty Lawson suffered a severe ankle sprain on Feb. 3. (Tar Heel Daily)

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