Jack Wooten unclasped his powdery hands and blew puffs into the air, in a nod to LeBron James and Kevin Garnett.
Marcus Ginyard, recovering from surgery for a stress fracture in his foot, plodded in on a motorized scooter that you might see an elderly person riding through the grocery store.
Tyler Hansbrough kept his entrance closer to the vest, walking at times and skipping at others with his muscular arms raised beneath a thunderous ovation.
And with those player introductions, the North Carolina men's basketball team officially ushered in a season of great expectations during Friday night's fun-filled "Late Night with Roy"
at the Smith Center, which nearly was packed to the rafters.
"The dances and the skits, it's just a lot of fun. Late Night's always fun for us,"
senior swingman Danny Green said. "It's the last go around, the last time I get to do it. Hopefully they'll have something for alumni so I can come back and do something next year."
There was memorable, if not remarkable, sketch comedy and dance routines while pyrotechnics flamed from the backboards and ESPN's Stuart Scott emceed the non-basketball proceedings.
Then the Tar Heels, seemingly everybody's preseason No. 1 team in the nation, capped the show with a 20-minute scrimmage.
Hansbrough scored 22 points and 7-foot freshman Tyler Zeller added 12 points and 12 rebounds for the White team, which edged the Blue team 48-45. Green's three 3-pointers and 23 points led the Blue.
"We've started practicing already, so when we scrimmaged it was a little more organized,"
Green said. "The past couple years it's been kind of sloppy. I think this was a little more organized, besides the fouling."
Prior to the scrimmage, the site of this season's Final Four became a definite theme, with Scott asking the crowd, "Wouldn't it be nice to make some reservations for Detroit in April?"
One dance number, pairing the players in pale blue tuxedos with dance team members, was synchronized to the song "Hello Detroit,"
by Sammy Davis Jr.
Ginyard, despite his scooter's lagging mobility, reprised his somewhat infamous cross-dressing roles from Late Nights past. This time, former Tar Heels player David Noel, complete with a wig and grass skirt, made a special appearance to assist Ginyard.
But, undoubtedly, Bobby Frasor emerged as the star of the program.
The senior guard -- who later had blood on his practice jersey after catching an elbow from Hansbrough in the scrimmage -- furthered what has evolved into a spot-on rendition of Roy Williams in a series of video clips that spoofed the way the North Carolina coach became rankled with the massive and slippery midcourt logos during last season's NCAA Tournament.
Williams, seated on the Tar Heels bench while Frasor's impersonations elicited endless laughter, removed his glasses and chuckled right along.
"I thought it was a great idea,"
Frasor said. "I just kind of went with it. I spent a lot of time filming those scenes, but it was fun. I saw Coach Williams laughing, so that was a good thing, too."
