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UNC Tar Heels: Keeping It Heel’s 2016 UNC Sportsmen of the Year Awards

By Horran Cameron

Apr 4, 2016; Houston, TX, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels forward Brice Johnson (11) walks to the court before the game against the Villanova Wildcats in the championship game of the 2016 NCAA Men
Apr 4, 2016; Houston, TX, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels forward Brice Johnson (11) walks to the court before the game against the Villanova Wildcats in the championship game of the 2016 NCAA Men /
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Best UNC Play Of The Year – Marcus Paige’s shot

Honorable Mentions: Mitch Trubisky’s last-second touchdown pass to Bug Howard against Pittsburgh

Despite losing the national championship game to the Villanova Wildcats, Marcus Paige’s game-tying, double pump, circus acrobatic three-point field goal was the best UNC Play of 2016.

Marcus Paige embodies ”The Carolina Way”. Some players would have transferred when the returning star player was kicked off the team. Paige did not. Amidst potential NCAA sanctions, some players might have gone pro. Paige did not.

The North Carolina Tar Heels were losing to the Villanova Wildcats by nine points with around three minutes left in the national championship. Team captain and leader, Marcus Paige did not give up.

Paige scored eight of the Tar Heels’ final 10 points to end the game. This miraculous three-point field goal tied up the game with 4.7 seconds left. Of course, everyone from planet Earth to Mars knows about Kris Jenkins’ game-winning three after Paige’s shot.

Despite the loss, Marcus Paige will be remembered for how he played the game and how he always gave 100% on the basketball court.

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