Chasing Brandon Ingram: Inside fierce recruiting competition

Posted Apr 27, 2015
Word around town is that Roy Williams was spotted at King’s BBQ, and when someone saw Mike Krzyzewski driving – it had to be him – the news spread the way people in other places might talk about catching a glimpse of a movie star. “For a basketball town when coaches like that come, it’s like celebrities are coming to Kinston,” said Latisha Dawson, who on Friday was getting ready to cut hair at Jeano’s, the downtown barber shop where the recruitment of Brandon Ingram, the 6-foot-9 Kinston High star, is always a popular topic. (Charlotte Observer)

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