"Big 4" Legacies
Posted Apr 2, 2012
Earlier in the week, Harrison Barnes, Kendall Marshall, and John Henson declared for the NBA draft, forgoing their remaining years of college eligibility. They will join departing senior Tyler Zeller as first-round picks this June. And while Carolina’s “Big 4” failed to achieve their ultimate goal of cutting down the nets in New Orleans, they still left a sizable imprint on the UNC program.
(Chapelboro.com)
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