CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Getting sent to Texas for the opening weekend may not have meant much to most of North Carolina’s roster – the Tar Heels, as a No. 8 seed, were entirely at the mercy of bracketing fate – but it meant everything to Brady Manek.
After a long year out of his comfort zone at UNC, the Oklahoma native finally gets to play a home game.
While Manek grew up in Harrah, outside of Oklahoma City, Fort Worth is only about 90 minutes from where his parents live now on the shores of Lake Texoma, right on the border. When they’ve flown out to see Manek play for North Carolina this year, they’ve driven down to Dallas to do it.
