Tar Heels use throwback effort

Posted Mar 9, 2017
North Carolina got started in the ACC Tournament with a 78-53 blasting of Miami on Thursday, a quarterfinal rout that felt like a throwback in some respects. Joel Berry compared the defensive effort and focus put forth by the sixth-ranked Tar Heels here at the Barclays Center to the manner with which they cut a dominating path to the tournament final last season. (Burlington Times News)

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