In midst of quiet season, UNC's Marcus Paige revels in teammate's rise

Posted Feb 27, 2016
As the regular season heads into its final week, the ACC Player of the Year race is muddled. Cases can be made for North Carolina’s Brice Johnson, Virginia’s Malcolm Brogdon, Duke’s Grayson Allen and N.C. State’s Cat Barber. Nobody’s making one for the Tar Heels’ Marcus Paige, the league’s preseason Co-Player of the Year. And for the senior guard, that’s OK. (Fayetteville Observer)

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