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Look for North Carolina to even score with Kentucky

March 11, 2012 10:51 PM By GREG LOGAN greg.logan@newsday.com

Injured player John Henson of the North Carolina

Photo credit: Getty Images | Injured player John Henson of the North Carolina Tar Heels holds up the #1 sign as he huddles up with teammates including Harrison Barnes and James Michael McAdoo against the Florida State Seminoles during the Final Game of the 2012 ACC Men's Basketball Conference Tournament. (March 11, 2012)

The best college basketball game of the regular season was Kentucky's 73-72 thriller over North Carolina in December just before college football's Heisman Trophy presentation. Just as the BCS championship game presented a rematch between Alabama and LSU as the most dramatic game possible, the same theory easily could apply for a rematch between two of college basketball's most storied programs.

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