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COLLEGE PARK The Maryland Terrapins have been holed up in practice long enough. They have tried to improve the passing and movement and shot selection in their half court offense. They have attacked shortcomings at the free throw line. They have talked about sustaining hard nosed defense and first rate effort for an entire game.

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No one in the Maryland locker room is underestimating the Tar Heels, even though they lack depth and junior forward Jawad Williams (15.3 ppg, 7.2 rpg) is not expected to play. He suffered a broken nose during Sunday’s victory over Georgia Tech, two weeks after suffering a concussion. He also was diagnosed Monday with post traumatic headaches.

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North Carolina has maybe the league’s most explosive player in sophomore point guard Raymond Felton, a pure scorer in sophomore swingman Rashad McCants and a force in the post in 6 foot 9, 260 pound sophomore center Sean May, who ranks fourth in the ACC in moncler donna scoring (17.1 ppg) and second in rebounding (10.3).

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“[May] changes that team,” Williams said. “He automatically makes their perimeter people better, and he’s not just a good scorer. He can pass, and he’s got great hands.”

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