Analyzing the offenses of the NCAA tournament's likely No. 1 seeds
Posted Mar 9, 2017
The Tar Heels own the offensive glass, by grabbing 42.4% of their missed shots—the highest offensive board rate by a UNC team since Tyler Hansbrough's junior season of '07-08. Kennedy Meeks, Tony Bradley, Luke Maye and Isaiah Hicks are a four-headed monster, as Roy Williams prefers to play big and have two of them on the floor at almost all times.
(Sports Illustrated)
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