Rising Tar Heels feast on slumping Wolfpack

Posted Jan 30, 2011
On a day when N.C. State needed a jolt to slow its recent tailspin and North Carolina was aiming for a boost to its ever-increasing confidence, things went definitively in favor of the Tar Heels. “It’s a great feeling right now,” Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said. The Tar Heels (15-5 overall, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) looked like a team moving closer to realizing its potential. (Burlington Times News)

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