'Thrown into the fire': Garrison Brooks is the reluctant leader of UNC basketball

Posted Nov 6, 2019
How did a guy from the basketball hotbed of LaFayette, Alabama, the No. 131 player in his recruiting class, end up playing for Roy Williams, going from a town of 3,003 people to Chapel Hill? And after a trying rookie season, how did Garrison Brooks become one of the Tar Heels’ most crucial players in 2018-19, and their unquestioned leader in 2019-20? (Daily Tar Heel)

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