Tar Heels thrive when chips are down

Posted Mar 21, 2012
On the bus ride home Sunday, they were depressed. By practice Tuesday, they were determined. "We do play well when the cards are stacked against us," UNC sophomore Harrison Barnes said. And that's exactly where the Tar Heels find themselves after point guard Kendall Marshall underwent surgery Monday to insert a screw into his fractured right wrist. They're rallying around their adversity. (ESPN.com)

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