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Carolina Insider: Cal Recap, Stanford Preview, Joel James
January 17, 2025 | General, Men's Basketball
Recap the blowout men's basketball win over California, preview Saturday's meeting with Stanford and visit with former Tar Heel big man Joel James on Friday's Carolina Insider podcast hosted by Jones Angell and Adam Lucas.
Episode highlights:
• A terrific defensive effort helped Carolina cruise past Cal and now the Tar Heels host Stanford on Saturday (7:34)
• Joel James joins to discuss overcoming adversity, his time at UNC and his new role at Carolina (43:20)
• Plus: ACC weekend preview (25:00), Jacolby Criswell enters the portal (29:22), 5SecondChallenge (1:24:36), Adam still has his Christmas tree up (1:35:53), we receive an AI email (1:37:08) and story time (1:51:49)
Episode highlights:
• A terrific defensive effort helped Carolina cruise past Cal and now the Tar Heels host Stanford on Saturday (7:34)
• Joel James joins to discuss overcoming adversity, his time at UNC and his new role at Carolina (43:20)
• Plus: ACC weekend preview (25:00), Jacolby Criswell enters the portal (29:22), 5SecondChallenge (1:24:36), Adam still has his Christmas tree up (1:35:53), we receive an AI email (1:37:08) and story time (1:51:49)
Carolina Insider is a twice-weekly production hosted by Angell and Lucas in partnership with Learfield Sports and DGital Media, a leader in on-demand audio entertainment.
Fans can listen to and subscribe to the Carolina Insider podcast series 24/7 on many platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.
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