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The Maryland Men's Basketball program is honoring Billy Jones on Juneteenth for breaking the color barrier in the ACC and becoming the first black player to earn a scholarship in the conference.

While University of Virginia men’s basketball fans always trumpeted the success of the program's all-time winningest coach, sections of supporters often loathed the lack of a certain school color in ...