Bitter taste of defeat led Harrison Barnes to immediate success in NBA
Posted Mar 30, 2016
The last time UNC sat on the cusp of the Final Four, the Tar Heels fell to the Kansas Jayhawks, 80-67, in the 2012 Elite Eight. No one took that more to heart than Harrison Barnes, who afterwards sat in the locker room motionless, head in hands, covered by a towel for nearly 20 minutes. "I carried that with me into my rookie year in the playoffs,” Barnes said.
(WRAL Sports Fan)
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