Johnny Whitfield asked me an interesting question while the GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational was going on at Broughton two weekends ago, and to my surprise I knew the simple answer despite never thinking of it myself.
He wanted to know why all these Texas, Georgia and Canadian schools came to Raleigh for a basketballl tournament when our teams never travel that far.
It was like a lightbulb exploded in my head when I remembered seeing Roy Williams on day one.
Raleigh is the Mecca of basketball. Well, really it's probably somewhere in Cary (in-between Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh), but think about UNC, N.C. State and Duke, how close they are to Raleigh — and the roots the Broughton program has and history of the gym — and you tell ME why we don't have to go anywhere!
Knightdale didn't fare so well in the GSK tourney this year, similar to last year, but did have some big moments.
Those that saw Stan Okoye in the game against Panther Creek probably heard the announcers state he had cross the 1,000 point barrier on his career — nothing too flashy unless, like Stan, you didn't play for nearly an entire season for knee injury (last year).
Although the Knights fell off in rounds two and three, their future college players got some time in the spotlight to showcase skills any school would love to have on the court.
