Top 40 UNC football and basketball players of all time: No. 32 - Mitch Kupchak

Posted May 11, 2022
Mitch Kupchak (1972-76) twice averaged a double-double at UNC, scoring 18.5 points and grabbing 10.8 rebounds per game as a junior and 17.6 points and 11.3 rebounds as a senior. He scored 1,611 points and pulled down 1,006 career rebounds. Kupchak was two-time first-team All-ACC, ACC Player of the year and All-American as a senior in 1976. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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