Lucas: Bragging Rights
Posted Dec 29, 2010
As the final seconds ticked off the clock in Tuesday's 78-55 win over Rutgers, Roy Williams leaned back in his seat and looked over his shoulder at the legion of Dexter Strickland's friends and family sitting behind the Tar Heel bench. "We told the team we had to win this one," Williams said. "We told them we had to give Dexter bragging rights."
(Tar Heel Blue)
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