Hicks turns up the volume: Forward refuses to go quietly with Tar Heels in trouble

Posted Mar 21, 2017
The stark reality that confronted UNC during its NCAA Tournament escape of Arkansas pulled Isaiah Hicks out of his comfort zone. It was an intensifying tension with the top-seeded Tar Heels in trouble that had the soft-spoken senior talking at a raised volume and his teammates heeding the call. “You could tell the passion in his eyes,” Theo Pinson said. (Burlington Times News)

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