Heels, Spartans are focusing on just one thing: title
Posted Apr 6, 2009
UNC will play for the NCAA championship, the title that has been in its sights for more than a year. Michigan State, a team that North Carolina beat in December, will be the opponent at Ford Field about 9:21 p.m. Winning a national championship was chief among several reasons why Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green returned to school this season and bypassed the NBA. The moment has arrived.
(Winston-Salem Journal)
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