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Monday, December 6, 2004
Thoughts on North Carolina vs. Kentucky
By Jonathan Givony
Box href=/profile//> Score
Written href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Staff href=/profile//> Reporter href=/profile//> J.L. href=/profile//> Weill
Game href=/profile//> Analysis href=/profile//> - href=/profile//>
What href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> kick href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> December href=/profile//> slate href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> big-time href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> hoops href=/profile//> tilts href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> matchup href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> winningest href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> programs href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> history? href=/profile//> And href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> weren't href=/profile//> enough, href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> teem href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> future href=/profile//> pros. href=/profile//> UNC href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> hopes href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> returning href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> potential href=/profile//> All-Americans href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> welcoming href=/profile//> yet href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> bumper href=/profile//> crop href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> blue-chippers href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> powder href=/profile//> blue href=/profile//> fold. href=/profile//> Meanwhile, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Wildcats href=/profile//> sport href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> roster href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> young, href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> immensely href=/profile//> talented, href=/profile//> guns href=/profile//> mixed href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> role href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> relative href=/profile//> unknowns href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> Chuck href=/profile//> Hayes href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Shagari href=/profile//> Alleyne.
The href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> flop href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tipoff, href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> UNC href=/profile//> jumping href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> small href=/profile//> forward href=/profile//> Rashad href=/profile//> McCants' href=/profile//> deep href=/profile//> threes href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> series href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> dunks href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Jawad href=/profile//> Williams href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Sean href=/profile//> May. href=/profile//> Despite href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> severely href=/profile//> sprained href=/profile//> wrist, href=/profile//> Tarheel href=/profile//> floor href=/profile//> general href=/profile//> Raymond href=/profile//> Felton href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> squad href=/profile//> cruising, href=/profile//> helping href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> 18 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> 10 href=/profile//> minutes. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Wildcats href=/profile//> rallied, href=/profile//> though, href=/profile//> riding href=/profile//> rising href=/profile//> junior href=/profile//> Kelenna href=/profile//> Azubuike href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//>
Carolina's href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> experienced href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> young href=/profile//> Cats, href=/profile//> though, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> showed. href=/profile//> Whenever href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> cut href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> down, href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> foul, href=/profile//> turnover href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> rushed href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> seemed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> undo href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> Sean href=/profile//> May href=/profile//> erupted href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> half, href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> signs href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fatigue href=/profile//> problems href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> plagued href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> much-anticipated href=/profile//> UNC href=/profile//> career href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> date. href=/profile//> Tearing href=/profile//> boards href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> glass href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> throwing href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> dunks, href=/profile//> May href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> Wildcat href=/profile//> squad, href=/profile//> proving href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> battle href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> equal | |
