ACC Insider: Don't blame it on Ben McCauley

Posted Feb 2, 2009
There are certain rules of etiquette that exist in everything we do. You turn your cellphone off in the movies. You don't cut in line at the bank. And you never embarrass any opponent, especially a rival in his own building, when you've already got him beat. That's the cardinal sin North Carolina's Mike Copeland committed at the RBC Center with 1.6 seconds left in Saturday's 93-76 win against N.C. State. (Wilmington Star News)

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