by ACC Media Relations
CHARLOTTE—North Carolina will enter the 2015-16 season as the Atlantic Coast Conference favorite, according to a vote of media in attendance at the league’s annual Operation Basketball.
The Tar Heels, who return four starters from last year’s team that reached the finals of the ACC Tournament and the Sweet 16 of the NCAAs, received 60 of 89 first-place votes in Wednesday’s preseason poll. In addition to point guard Marcus Paige, the Tar Heels will welcome back forwards Brice Johnson and Kennedy Meeks and sophomore guard Justin Jackson.