Tudor: With McAdoo, Heels will contend for ACC title
Posted Apr 5, 2012
Thursday’s decision by James Michael McAdoo to return to school for another basketball season doesn’t automatically make North Carolina a top-10 team for 2012-13, but it does give the Tar Heels a fighting chance. Had McAdoo joined John Henson, Kendall Marshall and Harrison Barnes in the June 28 NBA Draft, Carolina’s roster would have been so gutted that a NCAA bid could have been a long shot.
(Raleigh News & Observer)
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