For some, the road to varsity begins with JV
Posted Oct 10, 2012
Although UNC’s varsity basketball practice officially opens Saturday after Friday’s “Late Night With Roy Williams” festivities, the road to filling out that roster actually began during this first tryout for the junior varsity team. Three or four JV veterans will ultimately be named to the varsity roster as the "Blue Steel" walk-ons, joining the likes of James Michael McAdoo, Reggie Bullock and Dexter Strickland.
(ESPN.com)
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