Future is now for recruits Chapel Hill News

22.11.09

Rest and think about it, and the idea of so many adults across North Carolina parked in front of a television, a computer screen or on a cell phone, anxiously waiting to catch where an adolescent from Iowa plans to attend college, is utterly ludicrous. This is a kid who probably still has problems with pimples, for goodness sakes. But, aspect it, when this kid is 6 feet 8, can bury a three-pointer or drive inside to dunk over a guy bigger than he is, then he is going to get some attention from Carolina fans. Notably if he says he is going to be a Tar Heel. And that is exactly what Harrison Barnes of Ames, Iowa, said last Friday. "He's a tremendous scorer," UNC instructor Roy Williams said. "He's a tremendous basketball player. He knows how to play. He may be 6-8, but he's a perimeter player. He can extremely shoot. He can put the ball on the floor. He's got the total package. It's like Coach (Dean) Smith would say about Tiger Woods: He's got the tot up package." Barnes surprised a lot of people

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