2. Ed Cota, UNC (1996-2000)
There were many good UNC players to wear the number five for the Tar Heels. Ed Cota was the first great player to wear the number at North Carolina.
Ed Cota set a great deal of assist records. In all honesty, he deserves the coveted title as the best UNC point guard ever. However, this title belongs to another individual who inspired Cota.
Here are a list of accomplishments that Cota achieved while at the University of North Carolina:
Cota is third all-time in assists in the ACC and NCAA (1,030). He holds the single-season UNC record for assists, setting a record each season from his sophomore year on. As a junior and senior, he broke his own record each season.
If his 1999 UNC team could have advanced a couple more rounds, then Cota would have likely set the all-time assist record in the NCAA. He’s fifth all-time in steals in UNC history (192) and tied with Jeff Lebo for most assists in one game at UNC (17).
The ONLY reason why Cota is not the top point guard on this list is due to the fact that he had to break someone else’s UNC records. THAT person is the top point guard in UNC history.