Kendall Marshall wears the playmaker label for the Tar Heels

Posted Nov 24, 2011
UNC spent Thanksgiving in Las Vegas, where later tonight at the Orleans Arena the No. 1 Tar Heels will play South Carolina in the Las Vegas Invitational. The trip represents another chance for them to grow on the road. Yet four games into a season that carries great expectations, the most significant lesson UNC has learned so far could be this: Kendall Marshall just might be more valuable than previously assumed. (Charlotte Observer)

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