Lots of finger-pointing in UNC blowout

Posted Dec 9, 2012
When you have to do as much finger-pointing as the Tar Heels did on Saturday night, you can’t really blame some of the players -- particularly the freshman -- for occasionally forgetting the credit-the-assist-man tradition. “I missed it a few times tonight, in the heat of the moment,’’ rookie wing J.P. Tokoto said, smiling a bit sheepishly after throwing down a couple of replay-worthy dunks. (ESPN.com)

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