The famous players vs. pros summer pickup games in Chapel Hill and why they’re so important

Posted Jun 17, 2022
Justin Watts on Bragging Rights: "When the boys won in 2017 and Theo and Joel could now come back during the summer and point at a banner on toss up calls. It’s a thing at Carolina where if the call is questionable you can win the call if you won a championship by just pointing at the banner. They pointed at the banner on almost every call that summer!" (Tar Heel International)

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