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C.L. Brown

How ‘Breakfast Club’ helped UNC backcourt develop into one of best in college basketball

There were times watching Caleb Love and R.J. Davis as freshmen in North Carolina’s backcourt where it was hard to envision things working out. The pair contained a similar skill set and neither was what basketball people would call a pure point guard.

Now with the junior guards on the floor, it’s hard to imagine anything going wrong for the Tar Heels and they credit the Breakfast Club for making it happen.

It was a year ago in August when Carolina basketball director of team and player development Jackie Manuel, who started on the Tar Heels’ 2005 national championship team, suggested on a group chat with Love, Davis and graduate assistant Brandon Robinson, that the pair develop a daily routine and have something consistent that could help improve their games.

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