Duke basketball goes barnstorming

There are four opportunities left to see some Blue Devil fan-favorites back in action.

As has become tradition, the departing members of North Carolina's four ACC schools have teamed up to take part in the 36th annual ACC Barnstorming Tour.

Andre Dawkins, Tyler Thornton, Josh Hairston and Todd Zafirovski are all competing on this year's tour, which runs April 9 through April 25. The traveling squad opened the series in Bassett, Va., but will stick to high school gyms in North Carolina for the rest of the tour.

Each game, played against a compilation of all-stars from the host county, features a 3-point shootout and dunk contest at halftime. Revered for his success from behind the arc during his time in Durham, Dawkins took home dunk contest honors on opening night of the tour. You can catch two of his throw-downs at the tail-end of this video:

Former North Carolina guard Leslie McDonald is one of four Tar Heels represented on this year's squad, which also includes former Wake Forest starters Travis McKie and Coron Williams and N.C. State's T.J. Warren and Jordan Vandenberg.

The squad next takes the court Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at East Surry High School in Pilot Mt, N.C. The team's closest game to campus remaining on the tour is Friday at Person High School in Roxboro, N.C., the only game location less than an hour away from Duke.

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