Hard focus leads to easy UNC victory

Posted Dec 6, 2011
As a combination of walk-ons and reserves finished off North Carolina’s 97-48 blowout of Evansville on Tuesday night, the Tar Heels starters – sitting on the bench for the final eight-plus minutes -- cheered on their teammates and laughed amongst themselves. “John [Henson] actually joked before the game, ‘It would be a nice feeling to be up 20 by halftime,’’’ senior forward Tyler Zeller said. “And it was nice to pull that off.’” (ESPN.com)

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