Thursday afternoon, Stilman White sat in a corner of the North Carolina locker room, watching the UNC Wilmington-Virginia game on his phone. He might play for the Tar Heels, but there’s still a part of him that’s a Seahawks fan at heart after growing up in Wilmington.
“I’m the No. 1 Brett Blizzard fan,” referring to the program’s all-time leading scorer, who graduated in 2003 and spawned an endless litany of stories that began, “It was warm outside Trask Coliseum but there was a blizzard inside: Brett Blizzard.”
[NC State hires Kevin Keatts as its news basketball coach]
[Here’s a look at Kevin Keatts, NCSU’s new basketball coach]
[Kevin Keatts, NC State agree to six-year deal]
[Not merely a quick hire for NC State, but Keatts looks like right hire]
[Here’s what Twitter has to say about Keatts as NCSU’s new coach]
[Photo gallery: Kevin Keatts is NC State’s new basketball coach]
All of that gives the North Carolina guard a little perspective on N.