Lucas: A Holiday Highlight

Posted Dec 9, 2021
It is only this one day per year—the day the UNC Basketball program makes its annual holiday shopping trip for underprivileged families—that you will hear the following conversations when the Tar Heel basketball team gets together. "Size 6X is one inch longer than a 7. If you buy bigger, they'll be able to wear it longer." Justin McKoy is a shopping sage. (GoHeels.com)

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