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Joined by Rob Harrington.

It's been a while.

Got Sherell McMillan.

Hadn't been too long.

And Greg Barnes has been about a week.

So we have sort of the Inside Carolina Basketball Insider All-Star team.

And Rob, since it's been a while since I've talked to you,

I want to ask you what you've thought of this season.

I know you've been quite busy,

but I know you've been paying attention quite closely.

That's right. I think, first of all, it's great to be back on. It has been a while.

If I gave you my opinion in November, I'd say it's pretty similar to where things stand right now.

If I gave you my opinion of the team in January, I could not possibly be more wrong.

I made the mistake of thinking that their defensive execution at that point was pretty

close to the level they were going to defend all year.

And that, I think, more than anything else has changed.

I mean, there's, of course, naturally been a lot of conversation about Kobe White

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