Spitting (among other things) for luck

Posted Mar 24, 2012
Superstitious UNC coach Roy Williams has made a habit of spitting into the Mississippi River for good luck during the NCAA tournament. So it wasn’t surprising when the Tar Heels made a post-shootaround stop on Friday, before beating Ohio to advance to the Midwest Regional Final. “Getting off the bus, I was grabbing all the spit out of my mouth I could, just to make sure it was a good one,’’ said point guard Kendall Marshall. (ESPN.com)

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