{"id":3475,"date":"2011-10-21T20:05:39","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T20:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=3475"},"modified":"2020-04-27T12:39:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T19:39:24","slug":"what-lockout-its-time-to-watch-harrison-barnes-and-unc-do-their-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/what-lockout-its-time-to-watch-harrison-barnes-and-unc-do-their-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"What Lockout? It\u2019s time to watch Harrison Barnes and UNC do their thing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by David Cassilo \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/dcassilo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@dcassilo<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>portraits by Atiba Jefferson \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/atibaphoto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@atibaphoto<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll admit it, Carolina fans. When I drove down to Chapel Hill from Washington, DC, to write the cover story, I had to make a pit stop in Durham. I had to see Cameron. I was too much of a college basketball junkie not to check it out.<\/p>\n<p>I double parked the car, put the blinkers on and then walked inside the arena. I roamed the court, sat in the bleachers and ogled the trophy case.<\/p>\n<p>After about 30 minutes there, I jumped back in the car and drove to Chapel Hill. 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