Video: March Madness flashback (through the lens of Blue Steel)

Posted Apr 21, 2011
In March in Chapel Hill, all eyes are on the UNC men’s basketball team. But are the players that you see every night on television the same guys when the cameras leave? Reesenews had a sneaking suspicion that they were a lot more fun. So we gave senior D.J. Johnston, a member of the beloved group of walk-on players known as Blue Steel, a Flip Cam to record the behind-the-scenes moments when the Tar Heels traveled to Newark, N.J., for the Sweet Sixteen. (Reese News)

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