The North Carolina Tar Heels have not spent much time this season looking like a threat to repeat as the national champions of men's college basketball, but it could happen if Kenny Williams and Cameron Johnson keep playing like they did in Thursday night's 82-78 statement win over the Duke Blue Devils.
The irony is that neither indispensable veteran played a part in last year's title run, as Johnson was at Pittsburgh and Williams missed the final 14 games with a knee injury. But they were the stars of this installment of the Tobacco Road rivalry in Chapel Hill.