Brady Manek, with Larry Bird’s look and shot, eager to make deeper NCAA run in lone season at UNC

Posted Sep 17, 2021
Most players Brady Manek’s age move on from college basketball after four years. If this wasn’t the age of NCAA pandemic rules, he would have left with only frustrating March memories. The 23-year-old sharpshooter never got past the first weekend of the NCAA tournament at Oklahoma, and he saw the opportunity at UNC as a chance to change that. (Tar Heel Tribune)

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