Ven-Allen Lubin Sees Everything About Himself and UNC as a Fit

Posted Oct 26, 2024
Ven-Allen Lubin had a touch of Carolina Basketball in his hoops DNA well before arriving at UNC this summer as a member of the Tar Heels. Jerry Stackhouse, his coach at Vanderbilt was an All-America for Dean Smith in the 1990s and has a jersey hanging in the Smith Center rafters. "He passed on to me. I felt like (UNC) was gonna be the best fit." (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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