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Lucas: Making A Connection

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By Adam Lucas

Before we get started, you should know that I thoroughly searched.

I wanted to see if I could find one person with something negative to say about Jackie Manuel. I asked members of the women's basketball team, with whom he spent the last year working in a staff role. I asked his former teammates. I asked coaches who have worked with him on previous staffs, both at Carolina and elsewhere.

Zero, nothing. Not one bad word.

It should be noted that I did not speak with Julius Hodge, the former NC State star who was once viciously dunked on by Manuel in a Tar Heel win at the Smith Center.