Operation Basketball: The ACC Knows All About UNC

Posted Oct 22, 2007

While the media selected North Carolina as the preseason ACC favorite on Sunday at the conference’s Operation Basketball event, the reporters were not the only ones with high praise for the Tar Heels – opposing coaches and players were quick to add their two cents about the UNC program. “I think they’ve got the best team in the country,” Miami head coach Frank Haith said. (Inside Carolina)

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