No. 1 North Carolina's Marcus Paige puts better foot forward

Posted Oct 15, 2015
Roy Williams got a glimpse of Marcus Paige during summer workouts. He says he hadn’t seen Paige play that way since the midpoint of Paige’s sophomore season. “He does appear to be — I’m knocking on wood and I’m hitting myself in the head when I’m saying this because I want it to stay that way — but he appears to be pain-free,” Williams says. “It’s given him more pep in his step.” (USA Today)

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