With the North Carolina Tarheels preparing to play Kansas tomorrow night - as predicted by the the AMI - some interesting mustache news is coming out of San Antonio.

As Nick Bowton reports in the Salibury (NC) Post, bench companion Jack Wooten - clearly the bravest player on the Tarheels - is sporting a thick, rich, fur-bank on his upper lip which the story calls, "Creepy, comical and creative," adding that "Wooten's reddish-blonde mustache has become a staple of the Tar Heels' postseason run."

Indeed, the untapped power of the mustache should continue to bear Karma-related fruit for the Heels as they shall most likely beat down a very tough Kansas team and head into Monday's final game. From there, who knows what happens as either UCLA or Memphis awaits.

But what's concerning is the lack of support that teammates, his mother, and sisters seem to be showing for the cookie duster riding the lip of Wooten, pictured at left before he grew up and realized a mustache was a far wiser solution to manhood then buying a chainsaw.

Regardless, we say shame on them all.

His friends and family should think of it this way: First, his mustache could not be as creepy as this. And, if Wooten travels for any length of time, he can aptly store fruits, nuts, berries and some meats in his mustache so that he will not go hungry.

Clearly, however, the ridiculously tanned coach Roy Williams has not recognized the true power of Wooten's mustache.Going into the NCAA tournament, Wooten was the only Tar Heel who hadn't scored this season. He had five points in a blowout victory against Mount St. Mary's in the first round.

"I score about a point a minute with the mustache," he tells the Post, the finest news source in Salisbury. "So look for it next year."

We say, right on Jack.