Travels provide Tar Heels with chance for bonding

Posted Nov 20, 2011
Back home for a week in between games, North Carolina’s men’s basketball players consider their season-opening travels precious for more reasons than picking up a couple of victories. The 2-0 start for the top-ranked Tar Heels is far from unexpected, but they might have reaped other benefits as well. “We bonded a little bit,” forward John Henson said of the trips to the San Diego area and Asheville. (Burlington Times News)

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