Lucas: Familiar Defensive Assignment Tonight

Posted Mar 27, 2016
It’s only fitting that with an East Regional championship and a trip to the Final Four at stake, UNC’s task against Notre Dame will be one with which they are very familiar: stop the ball. That’s been a season-long storyline for the Tar Heels. “When (Demetrius) Jackson gets into the paint, it breaks down the defense and they have shooters all over the place,” said Justin Jackson. (GoHeels.com)

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