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BROOKLYN, New York — Just six days ago, Harry Giles stepped to the free-throw line in front of a crowd clad in Carolina Blue and heard a chant. North Carolina coach Roy Williams tried to hush his faithful, but by then the damage was done. All Blue Devils must endure—and are trained to ignore—the taunts of opposing crowds, but Giles couldn’t tune out 20,000 fans in the Dean Smith Center that night. And once he let those words seep in—“Overrated! Overrated!”—he couldn’t forget them.
“That was my motivation coming into the game,” Giles said after Friday night's rematch.