Big Ten/ACC Challenge grades: North Carolina, Syracuse at head of class

Posted Dec 5, 2013
North Carolina: A-plus. The Tar Heels went on the road and out-toughed, outhustled, outmanned Tom Izzo’s Michigan State Spartans, 79-65. This stands as the best win for any program to date, given the venue, opponent and the style in which it was achieved. It’s going to be hard for UNC to be consistently great with Marcus Paige as the only player making 3s. (Sporting News)

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