Carolina-dook Today!

Terrifying news rocked the UNC basketball world Friday when it was discovered that Ty Lawson had injured his toe and had left practice on crutches. He didn't practice yesterday, and is questionable for today. The University of New Jersey at Durham has only won one of the last six of its contests with Carolina--and that was a game in which Lawson was out with a sprained ankle.

The media has, it seems finally begun to realize that--important though Tyler Hansbrough is--it's Lawson that is Carolina's most indispensible player. Although dook is simply not that good this year (they're record's good, but I think even dook fans would have to admit, they've been very, very lucky when it counts, and gotten more than a few crucial, controversial calls), Carolina without Lawson is a completely different team. And even Lawson at 90% is not really 90% of Lawson, if you know what I mean. I've got more faith in Bobby Frasor than many folks, and the smart money would probably still be on Carolina even without Lawson--but it's annoying that dook gets yet another break, and that this injury could make a game that should not be close close. Grumble...

Still, winning is secondary, and it should be a good game anyway. dook's got some (far less important, unfortunately) injuries, too. It'd be great to see these teams going at each other full strength--where that means Ginyard and everybody. Too bad that's not going to happen.

At any rate: GO TAR HEELS, beat UNJ-D!