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UNC will be cautious with Cam Johnson's back injury | News & Observer

North Carolina guard Cam Johnson said he expects to play in Friday’s NCAA tournament game with Lipscomb. UNC coach Roy Williams is not as sure.

Johnson suffered a minor back injury in the ACC tournament. He was held out of practice on Tuesday as a precaution. UNC, the No. 2 seed in the West region, opens with 15th-seeded Lipscomb on Friday in Charlotte.

I don’t know how things will progress,” Johnson said. “I have been improving so if I stay along that path, I feel like I should be good.”

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