With speed, depth, talent, Tar Heels look like No. 1
Posted Oct 16, 2007
The business at hand this year is clearly defined: win a national title. It could very well be Ty Lawson and Tyler Hansbrough's final season as Tar Heels, and the pieces are all in place to make a run. UNC's 1-2 duo of McDonald's All-Americans Lawson and Wayne Ellington are no longer rookies, and Hansbrough is ready to erase the disappointment of having to play the tail end of his sophomore year with a broken nose.
(Sports Illustrated)
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