Enrolling at Carolina early and immediately being thrown into Tar Heel practices wasn't entirely unfamiliar territory for Will Shaver.
The Birmingham native had to choose between going to prep school or graduating from high school and coming to Chapel Hill in January. He chose the latter, correctly reasoning that there was no better place for his development than working out every day with the Tar Heels.
There were some adjustments, of course. As he puts it, "When I showed up, I was supposed to be in senior year of high school math class, so it's an interesting feeling going from a guy from Birmingham, Alabama, to guarding Armando Bacot in 24 hours.