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Published Jan 16, 2025

AJ: Finally, it was Foot-On-Throat Time for the Tar Heels

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CHAPEL HILL – Knowing in advance the redundancy of using “foot on throat” this week with respect to North Carolina’s basketball team, allow it one more time, because it actually happened Wednesday night.

Delivering a knockout blow to an opponent was a box still unchecked for the Tar Heels going into an interesting week with California and Stanford visiting the Smith Center.

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