Four Tar Heel First-Rounders
Posted Jun 28, 2012
Four UNC players were among the top 17 picks of Thursday night's 2012 NBA Draft in Newark, N.J., giving the Tar Heels 13 first-round picks and 10 Draft Lottery selections in nine seasons under head coach Roy Williams. With Harrison Barnes, Kendall Marshall and John Henson going in the Lottery portion of the Draft, UNC boasts 10 Lottery picks in the last eight years.
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