Buck: Fun and Games

Posted Oct 24, 2006

When head coach John Bunting arrived in Chapel Hill in December of 2000, he had a simple message for his players. “He told us we were going to win and have fun doing it," UNC player Errol Hood said at the time. “That's the best thing I've heard in a while.” The winning wasn’t there during Bunting’s tenure, at least not often enough. (Inside Carolina)

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