Lessons Learned as UNC basketball makes East Carolina walk the plank

The Tar Heels head into Christmas with their most dominant win of the season.
ECU v North Carolina
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Hubert Davis, grab his digits

ECU big man Giovanni Emejuru from Leicester, England did a number on North Carolina. Though shorter than Henri Veesaar, his robust 262 pounds of solid concrete muscle made it light work to bump the Estonian off the block. He scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, impressive work when going head-to-head with UNC's slimmer but more explosive front court.

You know who he reminded me of? Armando Bacot. Hubert Davis has shown he knows how to coach players like that.

Now, Giovanni is in his fifth year of college basketball, having been through Sam Houston State, Sienna, and George Mason. So if his eligibility has expired, Hubert Davis ought to send general manager Jim Tanner to Leicester, get Emejuru a new haircut, a fake passport, and a dorm in Chapel Hill. He has the size to impose his will in the ACC.

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