UNC basketball passed first March test in a way that bodes well in most important month

Posted Mar 3, 2024
Hubert Davis played for the New York Knicks in the 1990s, in a time of rugged physicality in the NBA and for the team that personified the grittiest, most bruising period in the league’s history. That’s part of why he didn’t think much of the mini-skirmish on Saturday in the second half of North Carolina’s grind-it-out 79-70 victory against N.C. State. (AOL.com)

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