When UNC needed a hero, Luke Maye delivered

Posted Mar 26, 2017
He doesn’t look the part. He’s 6-foot-8, 235 pounds and a box of glazed donuts. He doesn’t jump like the other athletes on the UNC roster. Doesn’t move like them. Can’t soar the way they do. With just seconds remaining on Sunday, however, coach Roy Williams needed a hero. Luke Maye answered. Maye waited for the right moment to have the game of his life. (ESPN.com)

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