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Off the cuff: Even without Hansbrough and company, I felt the Tar Heels had the talent and enough senior leadership to be 14-3 at this time but losses to Charleston and Clemson have dampened the season's outlook. The problem isn't just the poise of the freshman and sophomores but poor play of upperclassmen. I guess that's why Coach Williams is now starting to take blame for the lack of advancement of this team. Not sure exactly what the problem is frankly. Littlejohn Coliseum is a great college atmosphere and the fans are really into it. That being said, I'm not sure that game - a win over this Carolina team - deserved a charge-the-floor ending. The Clemson players did seem to want the win more and they deserve the credit. But I think I'd rather lose than have jackasses like Trevor Booker on my team. That guy is too good, too talented to be so demonstratively arrogant and such a poor sport. He hot dogged it throughout the game - making sure the cameras locked in on him to see his reaction to each play. He strangely nodded his head almost constantly - looking a bit like one of those phony pro wrestlers like Brute Benard or the Missouri Mauler from the old days. He yacked with officials when he didn't agree with calls. He pointed emphatically when he did. He yelled and patted his chest and posed and otherwise drew attention to himself whenever possible. Jackass. I hope Ed Davis gets another crack at Booker in the ACC tournament. Unfortunately the Tigers don't come to Chapel Hill this year - another reason to hate this scheduling after expansion. Wish the ACC would have or could have expanded the league in football and left basketball the way it was.
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