Tyler Nickel Discusses Signing With UNC Basketball

Posted Nov 12, 2021
Tyler Nickel is officially a Tar Heel. The East Rockingham boys basketball star signed his National Letter of Intent to join the University of North Carolina men’s basketball team Wednesday. "I never really had a ‘dream’ school but realistically it was North Carolina. When I was little I did use to tell people, I am gonna play Division I basketball for North Carolina." (WHSV.com)

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