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Tar Heels meet preseason expectations

By Dick Vitale
ESPN.com

Saturday, April 4, 2009

North Carolina was the preseason number one pick by most experts before the start of the campaign. The Tar Heels showed why everyone loved them with an impressive offensive effort against a Villanova team that kept battling. There was great offensive execution, tremendous inside-outside play as the Tar Heels built up a 17-point lead in the first half. But Jay Wright's Wildcats would not quit and cut the lead to five in the second half and had the opportunity to pull within three. Villanova miss ...

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