This is Week No. 2 of a two-week hiatus for Tuesday's Top Five.
Check back next week for what could be the first post of the Official Triangle Sports Summer, which begins the moment the last surviving local college baseball team's season ends (or the Hurricanes are eliminated from the playoffs, whichever comes last), except in summers when the Sandhills host a major golf tournament, which does not apply this year, and ends when the college football teams report for fall practice.
Luke has worked for The N&O since 2000. He covered the Carolina Hurricanes and the NHL before becoming a sports columnist in August 2008. A native of Evanston, Ill., he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He can be reached at 829-8947 or 
