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Article: North Carolina: Tar Heels loaded with talent, depth.
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- Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN)
- Article date:
- March 6, 2007
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Byline: Mark Wiedmer
Mar. 6--For Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, it was as plain as the bloody nose on North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough's face.
"Carolina is better than we are," Coach K said after Sunday's 86-72 loss to the Tar Heels inside UNC's Dean Dome. "They're fast and deep."
The 25-6 Heels have heard those words often this season. Better. Faster. Stronger. Deeper. A whole team of future Michael Jordans instead of merely the singular best player in the school's long and storied history.
Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl, who lost to UNC in the Preseason NIT, assessed Roy Williams' fourth team thusly: "They've got an NBA ...