Tar Heels are kings of the comeback

Posted Jun 17, 2007

So long as his UNC baseball team continues its habit of having to score lots of late runs to stay alive in the NCAA tournament, coach Mike Fox figures things might be worse: The Tar Heels, after all, could be losing these games. As it is, third-seeded North Carolina continues its march through the postseason today with a College World Series winner's bracket game against No. 2-seed Rice at 7 p.m. (Charlotte Observer)

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