Episode 1: Underestimated 1-2-3 Wildcats

An improbable, unprecedented high school basketball season had humble beginnings in 1996. East Chapel Hill High’s boys basketball team lost its first game. Playing a roster with no seniors, in a gym with bleachers on only one side of the court, the Wildcats were, as a first-year program, expected to take their lumps and build for the future. Even as their youthful roster started winning, opponents still took them lightly.