Underclassmen Return Means Stability for UNC Basketball

Posted May 18, 2016
The announcement that Justin Jackson would return for his junior season was certainly a welcome bit of news for UNC which will enter the 2016-17 season as a likely top ten team and aspirations for a second straight Final Four run. Here is what it all means. For the first time since 2011, UNC will not have an underclassmen depart for the NBA. (Tar Heel Blog)

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