Once on its heels, Carolina just fine now

Posted Mar 6, 2011
After Carolina’s convincing 81-67 win against Duke in the regular-season finale, the student section at the Smith Center rushed the court after the final buzzer. “I was surprised,” sophomore John Henson said. “I think I told Harrison (Barnes), ‘we’ll never get a court storming because they think we’re supposed to win every game.’ But I think they were so excited that we won the championship that they did it.” (Sporting News)

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