UNC Basketball: 10 Greatest Basketball Players in History

Feb 8, 2014; South Bend, IN, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels coach Roy Williams coaches on the sidelines during a game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at the Joyce Center. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports

Naming the best basketball player in Carolina history is a classic water cooler conversation that all offices have as college basketball season gets under way. Today, Keeping It Heel tries to give some answers for that age-old question of who the best players in Tar Heel basketball history are. Listed over the next few slides is KIH’s list of the 10 best to every don the Carolina Blue and White and suit up for the storied Tar Heel basketball program.

This was a team effort, and I want to give a shout out to our awesome staff that helped me out for the big project. Zack Pearson, Dwight Moore, Leonard Meade and Alex Zietlow all helped out with the list and the writing. Also shout out to Conrad McCoy and John Bauman, who both looked over the list and offered insight.

We also want to hear from you! Let us know how your list would change from ours in the comments below! Remember, this is a subjective process and nobody’s list is really any more right than the next persons! But I still think we came up with a pretty good list of names.

Let’s start with the honorable mentions — people who received votes in our poll but who didn’t get enough to make the Top 1o.