UNC walk-ons get homecoming

Posted Apr 18, 2009
Movies may never be made about J.B. Tanner, Patrick Moody and their careers as walk-ons with the North Carolina basketball team. But did “Rudy” get a ring at Notre Dame? Two former Western North Carolina high school players — Moody (Roberson) and Tanner (West Henderson) — return as college national champions for this weekend's ACC/Crossfire All-Star games at the Asheville Civic Center. (Asheville Citizen-Times)

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