Jacobs: What About Tradition?

Posted Feb 6, 2012
Some of us are sufficiently old-fashioned to believe there are traditions that should be preserved, regardless of pecuniary concerns. “I’m aware of the realities of the money,” said Bucky Waters, the former coach and TV commentator who played for the Wolfpack from 1956 to 1958. “I was in the era when State and (Everett) Case — Case and (UNC’s Frank) McGuire — built what we now know as basketball country. I’m very, very disappointed.” (ACC Sports Journal)

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