It has been a season of false starts for Theo Pinson, the North Carolina junior forward. Back in October, after the Tar Heels began practice, he was anticipating becoming a full-time starter and providing in larger doses the energy for which he's known.
Then he endured a broken bone in his right foot, and the injury forced him to miss UNC's first 16 games. Then he returned on Jan. 8 and played 13 minutes in the 51-point victory against N.C. State, and Pinson played in the next five games after that. And then, another injury.
Healthy, hurt, healthy, hurt.