Top 40 UNC football and basketball players of all time: No. 37 - Harrison Barnes

Posted May 5, 2022
Harrison Barnes was the top basketball recruit in the nation for the class of 2010 and was a big deal with he arrived in Chapel Hill. His freshman season at UNC had some ups and downs, and expectations were a bit out of whack for him to become the second coming of Michael Jordan. But he was very good as a freshman and outstanding as a sophomore. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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