It's Almost Time: Reserve Copeland knows his role is crucial

Posted Apr 4, 2008

Mike Copeland, who spent two seasons playing in high-school gyms in Forsyth County, will step onto one of basketball’s biggest stages Saturday when North Carolina meets Kansas in the NCAA Final Four semifinals in San Antonio. Copeland, a 2005 graduate of Reynolds High School, said that reaching the Final Four as a North Carolina reserve is an achievement that, for him, almost defies description. (Winston-Salem Journal)

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