Lucas: Us And Them

Posted Dec 16, 2019
Sunday at Carmichael was for us. It was for anyone who ever set their VCR to record the Dean Smith show or wore their socks high to emulate Phil Ford. But now it's over and the focus returns to them, to the 2019-20 Tar Heels, who are scuffling and well aware of it. Their reward? They get to visit a Gonzaga team that doesn't care that they're wounded. (GoHeels.com)

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