Chansky’s Notebook: Savvied Sophomores?

Posted Sep 24, 2021
Several UNC basketball players will be playing their first games in front of thousands of fans, if not packed houses. Caleb Love and Kerwin Walton are really excited about that. “I’ve been thinking about playing at Duke and silencing that crowd,” Walton said of Coach K’s last home game, sounding more like a brash freshman than a savvied sophomore. (Chapelboro.com)

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