North Carolina guarding against another letdown

Posted Feb 21, 2007

With less than two weeks left in the regular season, the fifth-ranked Tar Heels are sitting pretty. With a 23-4 record, they are in position to win the ACC, in line to earn a No. 1 seed for the NCAA tournament and still a popular pick to be at the Final Four in Atlanta next month. Yet with a modest 3-2 record in February, their aura of invincibility has cracked, Carolina players fast figuring out that their most imposing opponent might just be overconfidence. (Fayetteville Observer)

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