A Return to Glory?
Posted Apr 4, 2009
The last time we left Ford Field, UNC was sitting at the pinnacle of the college basketball world after dismantling two top-15 teams by a combined 50 points. Things haven’t been quite the same since, but UNC is showing signs of returning to that lofty height. As soon as Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green elected to forgo the NBA Draft last June, the expectations placed on this program were absurd.
(Inside Carolina)
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