Young Tar Heels Already Getting Battle Tested

Posted Dec 11, 2020
UNC basketball players are young and playing some of the older and best teams in the nation. Needless to say, the lessons learned over the last week have been invaluable. "Most of the teams we’re playing, like Texas and Iowa, they have a lot of veteran players," UNC freshman Day'Ron Sharpe said, following North Carolina’s loss to No. 3 Iowa. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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