After missing a breakaway jam in Friday's rout of Mount St. Mary's, North Carolina's senior got plenty of razzing from teammates and prominent mention in the media. Sunday, he showed his stuffing skill with a skying slam after taking a pass from Deon Thompson.

While figuring that rim-rattler won't silence the missed-dunk jabs, "it helped with the healing,'' Ginyard said, smiling.

So much for a little levity. Ginyard wasn't really into dunking, anyway. Once again he was mostly about defense, about being a stopper on a day when his teammates were scoring from every angle in a 108-77 victory.

He drew Arkansas' 6-foot-6 shooting star, Sonny Weems, who had nailed 31 points on Indiana Friday. Weems finished with 19 points Sunday, not all against Ginyard, while making just eight of his 20 attempts and only one 3-point basket.

"He's tall, gets up on you; he frustrated me on my shots,'' said the razzled Razorback, experiencing the same feeling of many others who have gone head-to-head with the tenacious Tar Heel.

The strategy?

"When we're faced with a tough matchup like that, the biggest thing you can do is try to make them as uncomfortable as possible, get him out of his flow," Ginyard said. "He's still going to make some shots. That's going to happen with a big-time player like him. I just tried to be there every time he had the ball."

Ginyard's grit pleased coach Roy Williams, who was harping on playing better team defense at halftime with Carolina leading 51-26.

"I've said all along Marcus is wonderful defensively,'' Williams said. "He did a good job and the other guys gave him a little help."

HOP! HOP! Ty Lawson said he's moving at "95 percent" speed, but Sunday the Tar Heels' point guard looked quicker than the Easter Bunny on a couple of drives to the basket.

So what did a "95 percent" Lawson do in the two regional games?

Score 40 points with 11 assists and no turnovers while playing 42 minutes.

IN RHYTHM: Sophomore guard Wayne Ellington is in the zone, having made 14 of 22 shots and scoring 36 points in the two weekend games. After Sunday's blowout, he was asked if anybody could beat the Tar Heels with the backcourt playing lights out and the team flashing a killer instinct?

"I don't think so,'' Ellington said. "I think we're the toughest team in America when we're plaing like this; not only the backcourt, but our frontcourt."

Arkansas had plenty of size, but it was the Tar Heels' bigs -- Tyler Hansbrough, Deon Thompson and Alex Stepheson who dominated.

"You play five-star recruits everywhere,'' said the Hogs' 7-foot Steven Hill. "They don't have a weak spot."

LATE HIT: Walk-on Marc Campbell, a former Raleigh Ravenscroft star, had another NCAA moment in the final minute when he swished a crowd-pleasing 3-point basket from the left wing.

"Coach Williams kept telling me to 'shoot the thing,' so I did,'' Campbell said.

Surry Wood, who played at Cary Academcy, also saw action in the waning moments as the Tar Heels closed before a blue-clad crowd that made the RBC Center seem like the Dean Dome.