The Morning After: Killer instinct, ultimatums and streaks
Posted Feb 9, 2012
Does fifth-ranked North Carolina need to develop more of a killer instinct? “You can say killer instinct, or you can just say we’ve got to step up under pressure," forward Harrison Barnes said after his team allowed Duke to rally from a 10-point deficit in the final 2 1/2 minutes Wednesday, and lose on Austin Rivers’ last-second 3-pointer. “I thought we laid back a little bit, and it caught up with us at the end.”
(ESPN.com)
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