Marcus Paige Voted Preseason ACC Player of the Year

Posted Oct 29, 2014
North Carolina (12 first-place votes) finished second behind Duke in the ACC basketball preseason media poll. North Carolina junior guard Marcus Paige, who averaged 17.5 points per game and led the ACC in free-throw percentage (.911) last season, received the nod as the ACC Preseason Player of the Year. The Marion, Iowa, native received 33 votes in the Player of the Year balloting. (The ACC)

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