Tar Heels eager for another shot at Gonzaga
Posted Mar 26, 2009
Tyler Hansbrough doesn't think his team needs any extra motivation for its NCAA basketball tournament South Regional semifinal game against Gonzaga on Friday. Still, he'll have plenty of it. Two seasons ago, the Bulldogs gave the Tar Heels' now-junior class of Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Deon Thompson their first collegiate loss, an 82-74 defeat during the NIT Tip-off in New York's Madison Square Garden.
(Raleigh News & Observer)
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