UNC Basketball: The legacy of number five
Posted Jul 30, 2017
Some of the best point guards in North Carolina’s rich history have donned the number five; Jeff McInnis, Ed Cota, Ty Lawson, Kendall Marshall, and Marcus Paige. UNC’s legacy of dominant point guards wearing number five starts with Jeff McInnis. Finally, we catch back up to the present. Jalek Felton hopes to be the heir apparent of great point guards to wear the number.
(Tar Heel Blog)
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