Four Corners: Family Gathering

CHAPEL HILL—The Carolina Basketball Family Reunion is in the rear view mirror, but attendees will long remember the weekend's festivities. The current Tar Heel team and coaching staff now turn their attention fully to the 2018-19 season. Players will begin preseason conditioning next week and the first day of practice is in less than a month.

Carolina basketball makes news year-round. Here are some of the latest Tar Heel hoops news & notes some may have missed recently, including full coverage of the reunion.

1. NEWS & NOTES
• The NCAA has scrapped the RPI as a factor in assembling the NCAA Tournament field, replacing it with a new formula called the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET).

• A report from CBS' Jon Rothstein suggests this Tar Heels might be among the teams heading to The Bahamas for the 2019 Battle 4 Atlantis next year:

Sources: North Carolina, Gonzaga, Michigan, Oregon, Iowa State, Seton Hall, Alabama, and Southern Miss will headline the 2019 Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) August 30, 2018

• Phil Ford played some wheelchair basketball for a good cause this week in Raleigh.

2. LAST WEEK
• The Carolina Basketball Family Reunion last weekend drew over 300 former letterwinners and their family members. The degree to which former Tar Heel players enjoyed the reunion was obvious last Friday and Saturday as players reminisced, posed for photos together, asked for each other's autographs and more. Many attendees realized at the end of the festivities in the Smith Center and Kenan Stadium on Friday and Saturday nights that they'd neglected to eat dinner because they'd gotten so caught up in reconnecting and telling stories.

• Here's a list of Adam Lucas' stories from the reunion weekend, in case you missed any of them:
Lucas: Family First (Saturday evening)
Lucas: Sign of the Times (Saturday pickup game)
Lucas: Final Floor (Friday evening)

• The Carolina Insider podcast recapped the reunion from behind the scenes:

• Below is a sampling of social media posts from the weekend:

Press ▶️: #CarolinaFamilyWknd Recap

F A M I L Y
F I R S T
☝️🏀🐏 pic.twitter.com/Fke2QplWgv
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) August 30, 2018

Special Weekend #CarolinaFamilyWknd pic.twitter.com/n8SVogy1ug
— Sean May (@BigMay42) August 26, 2018

Of all the events I've been lucky enough to be a part of, tonight's @UNC_Basketball reunion and official "Roy Williams Court" dedication may have been the best. It was such an honor to be involved. #CarolinaFamilyWknd https://t.co/1s0waphLUi
— Jones Angell (@JonesAngell) August 25, 2018

After 😁 🙌#CarolinaFamilyWknd pic.twitter.com/Z6IJfC3TXg
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) August 25, 2018

NBA champion and Olympic gold medalist Harrison Barnes and Coach Williams #CarolinaFamilyWknd pic.twitter.com/rIAX31L1QV
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) August 25, 2018

Phenomenal night at the Smith Center celebrating the Carolina Basketball family and court dedication for Coach Williams. #GoHeels pic.twitter.com/rGJV6whh1s
— Michael Brooker (@m_brooker11) August 25, 2018

Congrats Coach!! No one deserves it more than you. https://t.co/TvogBoQyD6
— Justin Jackson (@JJacks_44) August 25, 2018

The fam is starting to roll 🎉

Coach Ford is here!#CarolinaFamilyWknd pic.twitter.com/FcdV5e6Ent
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) August 24, 2018

Time for some fun with the fam 👓 🎉 #CarolinaFamilyWknd pic.twitter.com/rZPic5wsx1
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) August 25, 2018

The perfect way to end my summer by taking part in such a special night honoring Coach Williams. There is no greater feeling than being a part of the Carolina family. I am thankful to be able to share love, laughter, and great memories with my UNC family, it's truly one of a kind pic.twitter.com/bUOXETfqYW
— Deon Thompson (@DeThompson9) August 25, 2018

My guy!✊🏿 https://t.co/vJv65oPYks
— Theo pinson (@tpinsonn) August 24, 2018

Pinson &
May &
Jamison &
Okulaja. #CarolinaFamilyWknd 🐏🏀⛳️ pic.twitter.com/bbioEEt3R7
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) August 24, 2018

3. 2018-19 SEASON TIDBITS
• Ready for the 2018-19 season? Nassir Little appears to be:

👀 @2ez_nassie

Who got next? 🏀🐏 pic.twitter.com/Z1fXc5wvpj
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) August 27, 2018

• Adam Lucas recaps the trip to The Bahamas and the quality depth the Tar Heels are building.

• Brett Friedlander of the North State Journal wrote that Roy Williams is focused on his team's turnover rate in its two exhibition wins in The Bahamas earlier this month.

4. TAR HEELS IN THE PROS
• The Dallas Morning News profiled Harrison Barnes and his wife Brittany as they move beyond typical NBA stereotypes in their lives together.

• Vince Carter is entering his 21st NBA season as a leader for a young Atlanta Hawks team.

• Danny Green was in town for the reunion last weekend as he looks forward to joining his new team, the Toronto Raptors, this season. In this video, he looks back at his time as a Tar Heel:

Players Mentioned

Nassir Little

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