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How players with North Carolina ties are doing this season (stats through Thursday):

FRONTCOURT G Pts Reb Blk Worth noting

Shane Battier, HOU (Duke) 12 9.3 2.9 0.8 3 for 5 Wednesday vs. Timberwolves

Carlos Boozer, UTA (Duke) 12 18.0 11.3 0.4 Double-doubles the last 3 games

Elton Brand, PHI (Duke) 11 10.6 5.8 1.1 Coach calls play "sensitive subject"

Luol Deng, CHI (Duke) 11 16.4 9.0 0.7 Just six points vs. Lakers Thursday

Tim Duncan, SAN (Wake) 8 17.3 11.5 1.9 Good games despite injury (ankle)

Danny Green, CLE (UNC) 2 0 0.5 0 Played 2 minutes on Wednesday

Tyler Hansbrough, IND (UNC) 5 9.0 4.6 0.4 14 pts in loss to Knicks on Wed.

Brendan Haywood, WAS (UNC) 10 10.9 10.8 2.5 13 rebounds in Wednesday's win

J.J. Hickson, CLE (NC State) 12 7.1 2.8 0.2 Cooled down last week; 6 pts. Wed.

Grant Hill, PHX (Duke) 13 12.3 7.5 0.2 Avgeraged just 9 ppg. in last three

Antawn Jamison, WAS (UNC) 1 31.0 10.0 0 Season debut in win vs. CLE on Wed.

James Johnson, CHI (Wake) 7 3.3 1.1 0.1 Continues to see little playing time

Corey Maggette, GSW (Duke) 11 16.9 5.0 0.1 Double-double off bench on Tue.

Josh McRoberts, IND (Duke) 5 1.4 1.2 0 Little playing time in November

Josh Powell, LAL (NC State) 12 5.4 2.5 0.2 Held scoreless Sunday and Thursday

Shavlik Randolph, MIA (Duke) 2 2.0 3.0 1.0 Season debut vs. ATL Wednesday

Darius Songaila, NOH (Wake) 13 4.8 2.5 0.3 7 rebounds, 3 steals vs. Suns

Rasheed Wallace, BOS (UNC) 12 9.6 3.0 0.7 3 for 8 in win vs. Warriors on Wed.

Chris Wilcox, DET (Raleigh Enloe) 6 0.8 2.2 0.2 Seeing limited playing time

Jawad Williams, CLE (UNC) 3 0 0 0 Averaging 2 minutes per game

Marvin Williams, ATL (UNC) 12 9.0 4.5 0.8 Averaging career lows across board

Shelden Williams, BOS (Duke) 12 6.4 5.1 0.5 10 pts, 9 rbds in loss to IND

BACKCOURT G Pts Reb Asts Worth noting

Vince Carter, ORL (UNC) 8 17.1 3.9 1.8 Coach says play more aggressively

Stephen Curry, GSW (Davidson) 11 9.3 2.4 4.9 Played 41 min. in loss to CLE on Tue.

Chris Duhon, NYK (Duke) 11 6.5 3.1 6.1 Another poor shooting night Wed.

Wayne Ellington, MIN (UNC) 11 4.7 2.0 0.9 Held scoreless in loss to MEM

Raymond Felton, CHA (UNC) 11 11.2 2.9 5.2 9 pts., 5 asts in loss to PHI

Gerald Henderson, CHA (Duke) 8 3.0 1.4 0.4 Scored 4 pts. in last 3 combined

Dahntay Jones, IND (Duke) 9 17.4 4.4 2.3 Showing surprising scoring ability

Ty Lawson, DEN (UNC) 11 9.7 1.8 3.4 Contributed 4 pts. in win vs. TOR

Anthony Morrow, GSW (Char. Latin) 11 11.2 3.5 1.0 4 off bench on Wed. in win vs. BOS

Flip Murray, CHA (Shaw) 7 11.3 3.3 1.4 Scores 31 points on Monday

J.J. Redick, ORL (Duke) 12 10.3 2.8 2.5 21 min. Wed. despite injured ankle

Brandon Rush, IND (Mount Zion) 9 6.9 4.7 1.7 Benched in 4th qtr. Wed. with 3 pts.

Jeff Teague, ATL (Wake) 11 3.0 1.2 1.7 Six pts. total in last three games

ON THE BENCH G Pts Reb Asts Worth noting

Sean May, SAC (UNC) 6 3.5 2.0 0.2 Hasn't played since Nov. 7

Chris Paul, NOH (Wake) 10 23.8 3.4 9.2 Hasn't played since Nov. 13

OUT OF ACTION G Pts Reb Asts Injury update

Mike Dunleavy, IND (Duke) 0 0 0 0 Still hasn't practiced (strain)

Josh Howard, DAL (Wake) 3 12.7 3.7 0.7 Out indefinitely with ankle injury

Kevin Martin, SAC (WCU) 5 30.6 5.4 2.6 Recovering from surgery (wrist)

Tracy McGrady, HOU (Mt. Zion) 0 0 0 0 Return date still uncertain (knee)

Brandan Wright, GSW (UNC) 0 0 0 0 Could miss next 6 months (shoulder)