Photos: UNC Men's Basketball Team Meets Their Pen Pals

Posted Apr 26, 2018
Members of the North Carolina men's basketball team took time out of their offseason schedule on Thursday to meet with a group of their young pen pals. And despite one seemingly misled youth sporting a Duke sweatshirt, the players and kids all seemed to enjoy their time together.

Had a blast meeting our pen pals today #CarolinaFamily PS. We have time to convert our pal on the left

A post shared by Carolina Basketball (@unc_basketball) on Apr 25, 2018 at 5:02pm PDT

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