Alumni game, including ... JR Smith?
Just about everyone who scored a point in North Carolina's national-championship run will be playing in the so-called World's Greatest Alumni Game at the Dean Dome Saturday (7 p.m., go to tarheelblue.com for tickets). That's to be expected. Just as it's no surprise other former Tar Heels like Greensboro's own Brendan Haywood, Joseph Forte and Jason Capel are playing.
But J.R. Smith? Ranzino Smith and Kenny Smith, sure. J.R. Reid, you bet. But I don't recall ever seeing J.R. Smith in a Tar Heel uniform. Do UNC fans really want to see a guy who spurned Roy Williams' offer to go straight from high school to the NBA draft? (His New Orleans Hornets teammate Chris Paul is expected to play, too. See here for the entire roster of expected participants.)
Note also that new Northeast Guilford coach Curtis Hunter and former Greensboro College coach Rusty LaRue (NW Guilford, Wake) are playing, too. Oh, and Tony Moore. Remember him?