Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Now that North Carolina has advanced to the Final Four, Tar Heel officials are hoping to delay a court appearance for two players that could throw a wrench into the national title game. Ed Cota and Terrence Newby, charged in a Halloween night brawl, are scheduled to appear in District Court on April 3, the same day as the national championship game in Indianapolis. North Carolina first must get by Florida in Saturday's semifinal game. "I know it's been continued a couple of times," UNC athletic director Dick Baddour said after the Tar Heels' 59-55 victory Sunday in the South Region championship game in Austin, Texas. "I hope they'll be able to work it out. I hope that the system will allow for it to be continued." Cota and Newby face three charges of assault inflicting serious injury and two charges of simple assault. Their trial has been delayed three times. "Hopefully they will excuse them," coach Bill Guthridge said. |
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