AAU friends will become NCAA rivals this week

Posted Dec 1, 2014
They first became teammates as 14-year-olds, playing for an AAU basketball team called the Iowa Stars. Marcus Paige and Mike Gesell were the guards, Adam Woodbury the center. They remained teammates for three more summers, playing for Martin Brothers and winning a ton of games. Iowa visits North Carolina at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Smith Center. And all three juniors will be in the starting lineup. (Des Moines Register)

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