Elliot Cadeau's listed hometown of West Orange, N.J., is less than 20 miles from Madison Square Garden, the heart of New York City basketball culture (and the site of a marquee Carolina showdown with Connecticut next month). Even on a bad traffic day, it would take less than an hour to drive from West Orange to the Garden.
But don't even think of suggesting that Cadeau is the latest in a long line of Tar Heel standouts from New York. It's an impressive lineage, including Jimmy Black, Kenny Smith, and—more recently—Cole Anthony, a player with whom Cadeau is well acquainted.