Lucas: New Honor For Sweet-Shooting MOPs

Posted Nov 4, 2009
Now, thanks to changes that were put into motion on the team flight home from Detroit this past April, winning MOP is a new standard. That means two new Tar Heels--Donald Williams (the 1993 MOP) and Wayne Ellington (2009 MOP)--will soon have a new place in the rafters. "Having my jersey up there is something I've thought about ever since I decided to go to Carolina," Ellington said. (Tar Heel Blue)

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