Tar Heels trounce Nicholls by 50 but leave irked by spacey performance

Posted Dec 20, 2011
With coach Roy Williams threatening to administer a 7 a.m. practice as punishment, North Carolina turned what had been a lackadaisical beatdown into an annihilation. The Tar Heels obliterated Nicholls 99-49 on Monday night at the Smith Center, piling up their largest margin of victory in three years while rebounding at a rate that impacted the school’s record book. (Burlington Times News)

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