Lucas: Tar Heels Go Through Summer Practices

Tuesday's workout was one of a handful this summer.

By Adam Lucas

How times have changed.

It's only been a year since Hubert Davis directed the first summer practice of his head coaching tenure. But Tuesday's practice at the Smith Center, one of a handful the Tar Heels will hold this summer, just felt more normal than last summer.

Part of that is the personnel, of course. When the Tar Heels walk out on the court, it's startling how familiar they look. There's Armando Bacot. And Caleb Love and RJ Davis and Leaky Black and a very large percentage of last year's points other than Brady Manek. The Tar Heels could conceivably—likely?—put together a starting lineup with two fifth-year players, a…