UNC Makes It Look Easy —Again

Tar Heels down Arkansas Razorbacks to advance in NCAAs

By Jamie Buss, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 23, 2008 8:59 PM CDT

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UNC Makes It Look Easy —Again — Arkansas' Sonny Weems, right, is consoled by teammate Patrick Beverley during the closing moments of their NCAA East Regional basketball game against North Carolina today. UNC won 108-77. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

There’s little question why North Carolina was ranked the No. 1 seed overall in the NCAA tournament: in their first two games they’ve outscored their opponents 221-150, looking more like an NBA team than a college one. Today’s victim was 9th-seeded Arkansas, which lost to the Tar Heels 108-77. Wayne Ellington was UNC’s high scorer of the day with 20 points.

Player-of-the-year candidate Tyler Hansbrough got to take it easy, and still scored 17 points. Arkansas leading scorer Sonny Weems had 19, but the forward only managed 8-for-20 shooting against UNC. The Tar Heels—playing just half an hour from home this week in Raleigh—will stay in-state for the Sweet Sixteen, as well. They’ll take on No. 4 seed Washington State in Charlotte next Thursday. (More North Carolina Tar Heels stories.)

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