Lucas: Tar Heel Basketball Notebook
Posted Feb 25, 2014
One of the most unexpected developments of Carolina's late season surge has been the emergence of big man Desmond Hubert as a valuable role player. The junior has played 25 minutes in the last three games; prior to that, he had played 32 minutes in all of Carolina's league games combined. "Desmond is our best pivot defender," Roy Williams said Monday night on his radio show with Jones Angell
(GoHeels.com)
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