CHESTNUT HILL—The gaggle of basketball lifers gathered outside the Carolina locker room after Saturday’s 90-82 win over Boston College. They were perusing the stat sheet from the game, which was filled with all the Tar Heel superstars. Justin Jackson scored 22 points. Kennedy Meeks had 22 points and nine rebounds. Joel Berry made a couple three-pointers, including a huge one with 75 seconds remaining that essentially sealed the game.
So there was plenty to talk about. And this group saw those players. But they saw something else, too.
“The difference in that game,” said a gentleman who has played, coached and been in the front office of the NBA at the very highest levels, “was Theo Pinson.