Tar Heels won’t have to rebuild next season
Posted Apr 9, 2009
Although they have yet to make any formal proclamations, it won’t be long before underclassmen Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington announce their intention to join senior teammates Tyler Hansbrough, Danny Green and Bobby Frasor on their way out the door. Their departure to the NBA draft is such a foregone conclusion that the few remaining players they’ll leave behind were already talking about them in the past tense.
(Wilmington Star News)
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