Lucas: The Carolina Mile Posted Sep 26, 2014 Let's be honest: it's entirely possible that no one on UNC's 2014-15 basketball team will have to run a mile without stopping ever again once their Tar Heel career is over. It's simply not a basketball-specific exercise. But it's been the capstone for UNC's preseason basketball conditioning ever since the Dean Smith era, and it was contested again on Friday morning at a misty Fetzer track. (GoHeels.com)