A New York sportswriter had seen Kenny Smith play a high school game and wrote that he raced up the court "like a jet." Walter Davis said that "my teammates at North Carolina started Sweet D." Tyler Hansbrough explained that "to get through a workout and motivate myself, I was screaming at myself. That’s when Jonas started calling me 'Psycho T.'" (Rams Club)
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Carolina Classics Club Game Of The Week: UNC at Virginia Tech (12/19/2004)
After losing the season opener to Santa Clara without a suspended Raymond Felton, the Tar Heels had reeled off seven straight victories by an average.