Influx of young talent has Big Four hoops fans abuzz

Posted Oct 16, 2010
Roy Williams sat down in front of a bank of microphones, and with a smile, proclaimed this as his “best, favorite time of the year.” And he's hardly alone in that opinion. There's something about the start of college basketball practice in North Carolina that gets people's blood pumping again – regardless of whether it runs Carolina blue, N.C. State red or any other color in the ACC spectrum. (Wilmington Star News)

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