Ready for 'Prime Time'

Posted Mar 14, 2007

The East bracket is loaded with challenges for top-seeded and fourth-ranked UNC. But the first stage in the Tar Heels’ quest for their sixth national championship begins in Winston-Salem, and on Tuesday the team worked out at the Smith Center in preparation for Eastern Kentucky. “You see it,” said Bobby Frasor, speaking to the level of NCAA Tournament play. “That passion, that intensity, that emotion – every game is prime time now.” (Inside Carolina)

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