Tar Heels have ‘seen it all’ in two seasons

Posted Mar 22, 2012
North Carolina has dealt with outsized expectations ever since the stars of the 2010-11 team decided to return for another season. But after point guard Kendall Marshall fractured his wrist on Sunday, there’s a new dynamic at play — the depleted Tar Heels no longer are the favorite to advance out of the Midwest Regional. “I guess you could say the pressure’s off us,” forward John Henson said. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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