Creighton center Gregory Echenique intentionally fouls University of North Carolina forward Tyler Zeller during the third round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament. This foul was not called by the officials as Echenique hit Zeller in the face. Creighton beat Alabama to get to the 3rd round of the NCAA Tournament.
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MAJOR SETBACK
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March 18, 2012
North Carolina's championship hopes took a huge hit on Sunday as Kendall Marshall, one of the top point guards in the nation, reportedly suffered a broken wrist during the Tar Heels' win over Creighton.
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March 18, 2012
Watch Creighton's #0 vs North Carolina's Tyler Zeller
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March 17, 2012
 With a win over Vermont, the North Carolina Tar Heels are set to take on 8-seed Creighton tomorrow, and they are hopeful that forward John Henson will be there. Henson has been out recently with a wrist injury, but according to Robbi Pickeral of ESPN, he says "it's feeling better."The Tar Heels ranked No. 1 in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament and have been...
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March 19, 2012
The father of North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall said Monday on Twitter his son is recovering from surgery on his broken right wrist.
Dennis Marshall tweeted Monday afternoon: "Coming off anesthesia... all Kendall keeps asking for is his teammates." He also tweeted: "Get ready to hang another banner" in the Tar Heels' arena.
Dennis Marshall didn...
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March 18, 2012
UNC Point Guard Kendall Marshall Has Fractured WristA big time development coming out of Greensboro, NC. North Carolina starting point guard Kendall Marshall has a fractured right wrist. He injured it during the victory over Creighton today and his status for the rest of the tournament is unknown. Marshall is a south paw, so it’s his non-shooting hand, but it’s still a huge blowâ€...
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March 18, 2012
North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall broke a bone in his right wrist during the second half of Sunday's win against Creighton in the NCAA tournament.
Marshall was hurt when he drove to the paint and was knocked to the floor by Ethan Wragge with 10:56 left. The left-handed point guard hit one of two free throws, then left the game briefly before returning and playing about...
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March 18, 2012
This is just terrible news for North Carolina.
Kendall Marshall, who set the ACC single season record for assists this year, and who many college hoops analysts feel is among the handful of most indispensable players to his team in the country, fractured his wrist during today’s North Carolina-Creighton game.
According to Roy Williams, who was interviewed just a short time ago...
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March 18, 2012
Follow Mike Macchi on Twitter It was a bittersweet victory for the North Carolina Tar Heels in today’s game against Creighton. The Tar Heels won the game in convincing fashion 87-73. A key to the victory was point guard Kendall Marshall who hit his first six shots from the floor and finished with 18 points [...]
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March 18, 2012
Just when North Carolina got John Henson back from a wrist injury, another Tar Heel goes down with a wrist injury. This one might be the most important.Point guard Kendall Marshall fractured his wrist late in a third round win over Creighton. Now an already thin guard corps gets even thinner with the seldom used Stillman White as the only healthy ballhandler on the team. This could...
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March 19, 2012
Yesterday’s game between UNC and Creighton had a lot of story lines before its tip off, but when top seed North Carolina (31-5 ~ 14-2 in the ACC) and No. 8 Creighton (29-6 ~ 14-4 MWC) had finished playing, with the Heels winning 87 to 73, the only story line that people wanted to know was one: how bad was Kendall Marshall fractured wrist? For head coach Roy Williams’ squad this...
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March 18, 2012
GREENSBORO, N.C. --- The North Carolina Tar Heels advanced to the Sweet 16 once again after taking care of Creighton on Sunday in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
Forward John Henson returned to UNC's lineup and was excellent scoring 13 points, grabbing 10 rebounds and blocking four shots in 28 minutes of action. All five of Carolina's starters scored in double figures...
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Inside Carolina's Saturday press conference coverage includes quotes and audio from Creighton head coach Greg McDermott, Doug McDermott, Jahenns Manigat and Grant Gibbs, who spoke to the media at the Greensboro Coliseum.
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March 19, 2012
UNC point guard Kendall Marshall, who broke his right scaphoid bone in the Tar Heels' win over Creighton in Greensboro on Sunday, is likely to have surgery on Monday morning.According to ESPN, Dr. Christopher Sforzo, a Florida-based orthopedic surgeon who works extensively with professional tennis players, said there are basically two options for Marshall -- immediate surgery...
GREENSBORO, N.C. --- North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall suffered a fractured right wrist during Sunday's NCAA Tournament game against Creighton.
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March 19, 2012
Kendall Marshall is questionable for North Carolina's regional semifinal against Ohio on Friday.
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