Henson and Tar Heels Holding Breath March 18, 2012, 4:00 am GREENSBORO, N.C. - The verdict is not in on John Henson, the 6-foot-11 North Carolina forward who missed the opening game of the N.C.A.A. tournament with an injured left wrist. The top-seeded Tar Heels might not know until the 5:15 p.m. game time on Sunday if he will play against No. 8 Creighton in a Midwest Region third-round game at Greensboro Coliseum. Henson sat out the Tar Heels" 77-58 second-round victory against Vermont on Friday, the third game he has missed since injured his wrist in a fall against Maryland in the Atlantic Coast Conference quarterfinals on March 9. He missed the A.C.C. semifinals and finals. Henson, the A.C.C. defensive player of the year, had hoped to play against Vermont, but continued pain led to the decision to hold him out. He averaged 13.8 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game this season, and the Tar Heels are unlikely to win a national championship without him. So they're trying everything from massage to microcurrent treatment to get him back on the court. "I've got ice," he said. I've got these two things with laser and I just run it up and down my arm every hour for 15, 20 minutes and ice it. I've got creams and take pills. I think it's one of those things that either I'm gonna play or it's going to fall off. So we'll see.