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UNC's Roy Williams is in town to visit Linn-Mar's Marcus Paige
Sep. 13, 2010 4:58 pm
University of North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams was in town Monday and visited Linn-Mar junior basketball star Marcus Paige.According to Paige's father, Ellis, Williams showed up at Linn-Mar about 7:30 a.m. Minnesota's Tubby Smith then visited the school.Smith also was at Cedar Rapids Washington on Monday to talk with senior Josh Oglesby, whom the Gophers have offered a scholarship. Coaches from Kansas and Clemson were expected to be at Linn-Mar on Monday night to observe Paige, a point guard who is considered one of the top players nationally in the junior class.
Linn-Mar's Marcus Paige drives toward the basket in a Class 4A semifinal game against Southeast Polk during the Boy's State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Friday, March 12, 2010. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
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