Tar Heels' mission: Make this one count in Sweet 16

Posted Mar 25, 2016
As top-seeded UNC approaches tonight’s matchup against fifth-seeded Indiana in the East Regional, a greater sense of self-assurance and an on-a-mission attitude are forces at work for the Tar Heels, who haven’t reached a regional final since 2012. "We were here last year in the Sweet 16 and I think it’s a different feeling in this locker room,” Kennedy Meeks said. (Burlington Times News)

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