by Davis Dupree, UNC Athletic Communications
CHAPEL HILL—His grill wasn't broken. But that was the story Caleb Ellis told his parents so he could go home on Aug. 30. Ellis is from Apex, North Carolina, just 30 minutes from Chapel Hill, so going home for dinner didn't seem like too unusual of a request.
But he wasn't just going home for dinner. He had news for his parents, news he needed to tell them in person.
The day started like many others, at a mandatory lift with the Carolina basketball team.