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College Basketball's Best "What If" Teams of All Time: 1996-97 Tar Heels

Posted Oct 30, 2019
The what-if 1997 Tar Heels would have been one of the best teams of all time. and were on the 1997 team. and could have stuck around until '97, too. And Kobe Bryant could have played at UNC. A fictional starting five of Kobe, Stackhouse, Carter, Jamison, and Wallace is unparalleled. (ESPN.com)

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