Lucas: Seniors Ready For Responsibility
Posted Sep 24, 2015
Part of Carolina’s senior class has already accomplished something that hasn’t been done by a pair of Tar Heel seniors in nearly 60 years. Marcus Paige was a first-team All-ACC pick last year, and Brice Johnson earned a third-team nod. That makes them the first UNC returning seniors to have junior year All-ACC credentials since Tommy Kearns and Pete Brennan during the 1957-58 campaign.
(GoHeels.com)
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