UNC basketball and the beauty of unanswered prayers

Posted Jan 25, 2017
Let’s not pretend that the Tar Heels weren’t interested in one-and-done guys. They were. Most of the one-and-dones that Kentucky and Duke have collected were guys that Roy Williams would love to have had on campus. The fact that it didn’t happen, though, gave us something that might be even better. You get to watch imperfect players struggle, grow, improve, mature, and achieve. (Tar Heel Blog)

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