Tar Heels take different feeling into road test

Posted Jan 8, 2011
If it looks the same for North Carolina’s men’s basketball team entering the ACC portion of its schedule, then looks can be deceiving. It sure feels different, the Tar Heels said. The Tar Heels hold a 10-4 record. A year ago at the dawn of the conference schedule, North Carolina possessed an 11-4 record. But the build-up to this point has been more encouraging, Roy Williams said. (Burlington Times News)

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