Sterling Manley Returns to Practice After Long Absence

Posted Dec 18, 2020
If you talk to Armando Bacot, UNC redshirt junior center Sterling Manley is playing well in practice and on his way to a return to action. If you talk to coach Roy Williams, you need to press the brakes. It does not seem like Manley is near any sort of return to live basketball. “I have no idea, I don’t think it is any time soon," Williams said about a timeline. (Inside Carolina)

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