Tyler Zeller is UNC's 'security blanket'
Posted Feb 21, 2011
There’s been a lot of talk around Chapel Hill lately about the improved play of North Carolina forward John Henson, wing Harrison Barnes and point guard Kendall Marshall. But just as important to the 19th-ranked Tar Heels’ success, coach Roy Williams said today, has been the play of junior big man Tyler Zeller. “He’s been a constant,’’ Williams said during the ACC’s weekly conference call.
(Raleigh News & Observer)
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