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TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008
Tar Heels locking
down the opposition
Four No. Is make Final Four historic
BY NICOLE LUKOSIUS
SENIOR WRITER
Throughout the season, much
has been said about North Carolina's
ability to stir things up on the offen
sive end.
However, the Tar Heels usually
spend more time in practice work
ing on their defensive efforts, and
Saturday night against Louisville.
all of that work
seemed to pav
off.
But as the Tar
Heels prepare to
take their show
on the road again this weekend in
San Antonio after defeating the
No. 3 seeded Cardinals 83-73. they
are going to need to prove that they
can lock down an opposing team's
offense especially when they get
hot.
“Teams are going to go on runs,
and they're going to be up. It's
going to happen." junior Danny
Green said.
And the run Green spoke of
did not happen for Rick Pitino’s
Cardinals until the second half,
when they finally seemed to hit
their stride. Leading by 12 at half
time. North Carolina was not able
to contain an impressive Louisville
offensive attack that would eventu
ally culminate in a 59-59 tie with a
little more than 10 minutes to play
in the game.
“We still don't guard people
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as well as 1 would like for us to
guard, by any means," North
Carolina coach Roy Williams said.
“Louisville shot 50 percent for the
game. But we did get some stops
down the stretch."
Good when it counts
Down the stretch is w hen North
Carolina dug deep and brought an
intensity to the game that had been
missing from the first part of the
second half.
“We kept fighting throughout
the game." guard Wayne Ellington
said. “We had to go in and make
some stops. Wc also wanted to go
in and get some loose balls."
Overall Ellington said he was
pleased with the team's poise on
the defensive end.
“We did a good job with keep
ing our composure when we were
down.’
Knotting the score at 59 is the
closest Louisville would come, as
UNC's tight defense caused three
more Cardinal turnovers in the
final three minutes.
“We know this is not our last
step, and we re very excited to get
to this point, and we’ll continue
to have the same attitude that we
have more work to do," said junior
Marcus Ginyard, who finished with
two of the team's nine steals on the
night.
‘I think that just shows how
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a crazy Final Four.
... I don't remember
where it kinda
played out like this ”
JOHN CAUPARI, MEMPHIS COACH
good this team really is because
when we get into sticky situations
we always get ourselves out."
A historic quartet
While North Carolina's defense
may be the talk of the town locally,
pundits across the nation are sali
vating at a chance to get a glimpse
of a Final Four first
Never before have all four No.
1 seeds survived their Regionals,
and Saturday offers two monu
mental showdowns, with UCLA
and Memphis penciled in for game
one. and UNC and Kansas set to tip
off in the later game.
And it’s not just fans that are
excited for the games, but the
coaches too.
“This is going to be a crazy
Final Four,’ Memphis coach John
Calipari said in a teleconference
Monday. “I've been in the tourna
ment a few different times, and I
don’t remember where it kinda
played out like this."
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Caution: Pranks ahead April 1
Vigilance advised for April Fools’ Day
BY AARON TAUBE
STAFF WRITER
Today marks the anniversary of
the day Matt Wohlford found out
he would be a father.
“My girlfriend at the time told
me that she hadn't had her period
and that she was two weeks late,"
he recounted.
But Wohlford, a sophomore from
Seattle, later would find out he was
only one of many victims of the age
old April Fools' Day prank.
“Ultimately she's like, ‘1 actu
ally had it today.' It was frighten
ing," he said.
Though it’s always good to
be on guard for a practical joke,
students should make sure to be
extra careful today.
“I'm just going to look over my
shoulder every now and then,"
said Mike Oehl, a freshman from
Beaufort, S.C.
The first of April has been a day
of caution ever since 1582, when the
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North Carolina's Danny Green and Deon Thompson trap Louisville's Andre McGee in Elite Eight action. Green
was one of three Tar Heels to record two steals as UNC forced the Cardinals into 19 turnovers on the night.
introduction of the Gregorian cal
endar caused the New Year to move
from April 1 to its current place.
But some Europeans either
didn't know about or refused to
accept the new date and contin
ued celebrating the New Year as
they had before.
These people were called “fools"
by their neighbors, sent on “fool
errands" and invited to fake par
ties.
Ever since. April 1 has been a day
for people to make fools of their
friends.
And Oehl is not the only stu
dent planning to be more alert for
April Fools' Day. In fact, others
plan to strike first to ensure their
safety from mischievous friends
and relatives.
“The best defense is the best
offense," said Daniel Hong, a grad
uate student from Can-.
This year Wohlford also plans to
have a counterattack ready in case
Tra trying to prepare countermeasures
that I might spring upon somebody if I
were to be punked."
MATT WOHLFORD, UNC SOPHOMORE
of emergency.
“I'm trying to prepare counter
measures that I might spring upon
somebody if I were to be punked,"
he said. “My goal is be one of the
people who is conducting the
pranks."
Anna Hanlin. a freshman from
Charlotte, also is planning to be
ready with a retaliatory strike.
“1 don't really believe in defend
ing yourself: I believe it’s more about
getting revenge," she said. “1 think I
would just try my best to better the
person who pulls a prank on me."
Some UNC students are less
scared by the possibility of practi
cal jokes at their expense.
“I'm hoping that my friends are
going to forget about it,’ said Katia
Gamze. a freshman from Chicago.
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“It used to be a much bigger deal."
Charles Owens, a land surveyor
from Forest City visiting campus
for a tour, has accepted his April
Fools’ Day fate.
“I only allow my wife and chil
dren to prank me, and 1 expect
it," he said. “I’m not on guard. I'm
anticipating it*
But Randy Chapman, a police
chief from Forest City, recom
mended constant vigilance.
“You should stay on guard all the
time, and you should be aware of
your surroundings where you
parked your car and the people
around you, not just on April Fools'
Day."
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