Lucas: Hopeful

Posted Jan 20, 2012
If the Tar Heels ran to the halftime locker room with a sudden dose of hope, as John Henson said, they'll need to remain in that state for the next 24 hours. Dexter Strickland, about whom Roy Williams said two months ago, "Dexter is one of those guys that if you didn't have him, you'd all of a sudden realize what you were missing," can't be hurt. Not now. Not this team. (Tar Heel Blue)

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