The Potential Foundation and Unclear Future of UNC Basketball

Posted Mar 22, 2021
UNC's core of young players flashed potential for a bright future in Chapel Hill. That is if the young players stay at Carolina. "I think we've got the foundation that can be really something," Roy Williams said. "But kids nowadays have decisions to make whether to leave early and go to the NBA and we'll have to wait and see how those situations pan out." (Inside Carolina)

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