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! Y, @" |7 ]. E" q+ x' M9 W0 f g WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. AP 鈥?North Carolina coach Roy Williams lost hi stanley cup s first opening-round NCAA Tournament game in 30 tries as ninth-seeded Wisconsin blew out his eighth-seeded Tar Heels 85-62. Brad Davison scored 29 points for the Badgers, who negated North Carolinas size advantage by draining 13 of 27 3-pointers. The Badger stanley cup s had lost four of five entering the tournament. DMitrik Trice scored 21 points for Wisconsin, which advanced to play the South Regions top seed, Baylor, on Sunday. Williams had won all 14 of his first-round caneca stanley games with Kansas and his first 15 with UNC. North Carolina came in on a three-game winning streak but did not win four in a row all season.Report a typo or error // Submit a news tip |
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