Search for UNC’s Achilles’ heel

Posted Mar 26, 2009
Game-planning for North Carolina is the easy part. Beating the Tar Heels, that’s a different story. “It’s no secret, everybody in the league tried to do the same thing,” said Maryland coach Gary Williams, who went 1-1 against the Atlantic Coast Conference champion Tar Heels. “You try to keep (Ty) Lawson from penetrating, especially in transition. If you can keep him out of the paint, it slowed them down a little bit. (Spokane Spokesman-Review)

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