10 best UNC basketball recruiting battles
Posted Nov 18, 2009
No one had ever seen a player of Rasheed Wallace’s size run the floor and possess the kind of jump shot he did at the time. Dean Smith thought he had no chance with Wallace and almost didn’t recruit him at all, as he was considered a strong lean to hometown school Villanova. Wallace was close friends with other players that Villanova already had in the fold and had even reportedly submitted his dorm preferences to the school.
(Yes Weekly)
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