Lucas: Tar Heels Are White House VIPs

Posted May 12, 2009
After a day trip to the White House, most of Carolina's players returned with one-of-a-kind memories and photographs. Jack Wooten might have landed a job. That was the kind of day it was in Washington on Monday, as the Tar Heels got just the latest example of how truly nationwide the UNC basketball phenomenon can be. One of the Secret Service K-9 officers inspecting the bus was the self-described biggest Carolina fan in Washington. (Tar Heel Blue)

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