As the hot Chapel Hill summer creeps along, we move ever closer to what will be one of the most anticipated seasons in the 99 years of Carolina men's basketball. In just three months - which Tar Heel fans inevitably will pass by trying to get excited about football, only to admit in early October that they're counting the days until Late Night with Roy -- the 2008-2009 season will officially get underway. So, during these dog days of summer, plenty of time remains for encouraging reports on Bobby Frasor's health, the trio of McDonald's All-Americans arriving on campus and Coach Williams' relentless recruiting success. Unfortunately, there have been two Tar Heels making the news for the wrong reasons. Ty Lawson's well-publicized incident in June was the bigger of the two. According to police, Lawson foolishly got behind the...
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