Before the season even starts, part of Carolina’s senior class has already accomplished something that hasn’t been done by a pair of Tar Heel seniors in nearly 60 years.
Marcus Paige was a first-team All-ACC pick last year, and Brice Johnson earned a third-team nod. That makes them the first Carolina returning seniors to have junior year All-ACC credentials since—nope, not Tyler Hansbrough and Danny Green; not any members of the loaded and veteran-heavy 1994 squad; not a pair from the 1977 national finalists—Tommy Kearns and Pete Brennan during the 1957-58 campaign.