Split UNC vote will help Virginia’s Scott win ACC Player of the Year

Posted Feb 28, 2012
The top three candidates for ACC Player of the Year were on the same court together in Charlottesville on Saturday. If the game between North Carolina and Virginia had been a political debate, Tyler Zeller would have been the clear-cut winner. But as we’ve seen several times already this winter, the guy that wins the debate doesn’t always win the election. (Wilmington Star News)

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