Missing pieces gave Heels room to grow
Posted Jan 28, 2007
When others saw an obstacle, Roy Williams saw an opportunity. Just consider what the North Carolina men's basketball coach said Saturday after his team dismantled No. 17 Arizona 92-64 at the McKale Center -- without starting power forward Brandan Wright and defensive dynamo Marcus Ginyard: "We had an edge today that perhaps they didn't have." Huh?
(Durham Herald-Sun)
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