Beyond the blowout: Interesting scene unfolds in Rice's return to UNC
Posted Jan 1, 2012
The idea had been shot down in the locker room minutes before, but when King Rice returned to the Smith Center floor and noticed Lennie Rosenbluth seated nearby, he immediately invoked his coaching veto power. Monmouth indeed would start Sunday afternoon’s game with Jesse Steele, a 5-foot-8 point guard, stepping into the tip-off circle and “jumping” against North Carolina’s 6-11 John Henson.
(Burlington Times News)
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