Will Strickland make coach look like “The Boy Who Cried Wolf?”
Posted Jan 13, 2012
At the risk of sounding like “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams announced Friday that starting guard Dexter Strickland and seldom-used forward Desmond Hubert had suffered sprained ankles and would be questionable for Saturday’s game at Florida State. They’ve already been down this road with freshman guard P.J. Hairston and rookie forward James Michael McAdoo.
(Wilmington Star News)
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