Courting favor: Tar Heels continue pickup-game tradition

Posted Apr 12, 2012
UNC sophomores Kendall Marshall and Harrison Barnes have declared for the NBA, but their idea of playing pickup games on campus will continue. Tar Heels Reggie Bullock, Leslie McDonald, P.J. Hairston, Desmond Hubert and Luke Davis took on their fellow students Wednesday afternoon at Cobb courts, while Marshall, John Henson and James Michael McAdoo watched from the baseline. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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