Next up was UNC and another basketball Mecca.
This time, we headed straight to the Dean Smith Center. And that facility was locked…did someone call ahead to tell them of our arrival?
So we headed over to their Basketball Hall of Fame. Very impressive. There, we ran into former UNC player, Eric Montross. The boy compared shoe sizes, his size 22s!
Inside is amazing basketball history. Michael Jordan recruiting letters, championship moments, authentic memorabilia. Wow is an understatement.
And just when we were about to leave the area, we struck gold. In the distance, an older gentleman in work out clothes hobbled towards us. And I thought is that Roy Williams, head coach of the Tar Heels. So we waited for him, and I said hi coach, can we get a picture. Thank goodness, it was actually him. He politely stopped. And just as I started to snap some pictures, his assistant said “he needs to take off that Duke hat’…which Z was proudly wearing. Pretty surreal moment and a great memory.