Lucas: Personal Touch Characterizes Eric Montross

Posted Mar 2, 2022
Talk to enough people who know Eric Montross, and one thing becomes clear: he is going to hate this story. So we should probably apologize to Eric right here at the beginning. But there's simply no way to let people know that the center position for the UNC basketball program has been named in Montross' honor without, you know, talking about him. (GoHeels.com)

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