Lucas: The Candidate

Posted Feb 16, 2011
Some candidates announce their campaign with a speech. Others--especially if they reside in 1920s America--go on a whistlestop tour. Some send out a press release. Tuesday night, John Henson did none of those things. He just played. That was plenty to be a fitting announcement for his candidacy for Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year, an award a Tar Heel has never won. (Tar Heel Blue)

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