Familiarity enhances Carolina-Kentucky

Posted Dec 14, 2013
North Carolina’s freshmen don’t view Saturday's game against Kentucky’s super class of freshman recruits as a clash with adversaries. They’ve played against each other so much through the years, they’re more like super friends. UNC freshman guard Nate Britt said that familiarity will only enhance the game’s intensity when the No. 18 Tar Heels face the No. 11 Wildcats in the Dean Smith Center. (ESPN.com)

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