The night before Seventh Woods — a point guard with a four-star rating and an eye-opening YouTube reel — committed to North Carolina, the Hammond star wrestled with the thought of staying home for college.
The fact Frank Martin and the Gamecocks got that far in Woods’s recruitment was an upset of sorts, former Hammond coach Mark McClam told The State last summer.
“Frank did a great job of catching up with North Carolina,” McClam said, “because when Seventh showed up to Hammond in the eighth grade, he always used to wear a blue ‘Go Tar Heels’ little bracelet.