College basketball preview: ACC preseason power rankings

Posted Nov 11, 2016
2. North Carolina While the Tar Heels head into this season without some of the players that had been pillars in recent seasons, they face considerably less pressure. In juniors Joel Berry, a steady guard and the 2016 ACC tournament MVP, and swingman Justin Jackson, who stayed after flirting with the NBA, the Tar Heels have two of the league’s most accomplished players. (Fayetteville Observer)

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