Finding Their Voices, Tar Heels are Quiet Compared to Last Basketball Season

Posted Oct 23, 2024
Can a quiet basketball team contend for a national championship? Or do clubs that cut down the nets always have a few chest pounders, screamers, and trash talkers who get under the skins of opponents? The 2017 Tar Heels weren’t a loud bunch. Theo Pinson was, but that's about all. But they cut down the nets because they stayed who they were. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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