Lucas: Day One

The Hubert Davis era began with Wednesday's practice.

By Adam Lucas

Dean Smith would have liked this.

At the conclusion of Wednesday's full team practice—the first of four such sessions the Tar Heels will hold this summer—several players lingered around the Smith Center court. A cross-section of Smith-era and Roy Williams-era players were in attendance, and 1993 national champion George Lynch and former William & Mary head coach Tony Shaver had addressed the team after the practice.

Twenty minutes after practice, Lynch was still on the court, holding a lengthy conversation with Brady Manek. The prototypical power forward of the late Smith era, Lynch, chatting with the prototypical four of,…