The Rest of the Team

I had my choice today. I could flip back and forth between two first halfs, watching two Carolinas beat themselves with turnovers. Happily enough, one of those two turned it around in the second half, led by some unfamilar faces. Wes Miller's threes got most of the attention in his first start and deservedly so; his 44% three-point shooting for the year is better than a certain kid filling some media columns down the road in Durham. But the other new starter, Byron Sanders also picked up the offensive slack with Hansbrough hampered by fouls, and Danny Green's back-to-back three pointers during the comeback were taken with a confidence I wasn't expecting to see.

Florida State's a good team, and a third straight loss could have been crushing with the upcoming stretch of games - two Top 25 teams spaced by an Arizona team that did a better job against Virginia and Southern Cal than a certain team in blue. Expect to see the Seminoles in the polls before the season's out. And UNC should be there with them.