Joel Berry's pit-bull mentality propels UNC to ACC Tournament quarterfinal win

Posted Mar 10, 2016
It didn’t take long for Theo Pinson to realize what type of player Joel Berry would be. “Joel Berry is a pit bull,” Pinson said. “The dude plays hard every second he’s in there, and that’s what Coach loves about him. He gets everybody else going.” And in Thursday’s ACC Tournament quarterfinals, Berry provided a critical spark for the top-seeded Tar Heels. (Daily Tar Heel)

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