Brady Manek’s bonus season at UNC has been an unmitigated success. By any standard that you judge it—statistics, team record, eye test—there is no argument that Manek did not elevate his own play, and by doing so, elevated Carolina’s.
Last season, the post players at Roy Williams’s disposal were Garrison Brooks, Armando Bacot, Day’Ron Sharpe, and Walker Kessler. Those four players went a combined 5 for 15 from three-point range (Garrison Brooks led the group with a 4-8 season tally, which was buoyed by a 2-3 three-point shooting explosion on Senior Day against Duke). Fifteen total shots from downtown between four bigs.