Former North Carolina star Harrison Barnes believes the Tar Heels would have won the 2012 NCAA title had point guard Kendall Marshall not suffered a tournament-ending injury.
Marshall went down with a broken wrist in a second round game vs. Creighton.
Barnes believes the injury changed the championship outcome:
Marshall was the leader of the offense on that Tar Heel team as he had a 3.48 assist-to-turnover ratio that was the second best in ACC history, per ESPN. Marshall averaged a near 10 assists per game and led the entire country in total assists.
North Carolina would be without Marshall for the rest of the tournament and would lose in the Elite Eight to Kansas.