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UNC Recruiting: Tar Heels’ 2019 class could look a lot like this

By Blake Cockrum

CHARLOTTE, NC - MARCH 16: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels looks on from the sideline against the Lipscomb Bisons during the first round of the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 16, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC - MARCH 16: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels looks on from the sideline against the Lipscomb Bisons during the first round of the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 16, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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GLENDALE, AZ – APRIL 03: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels reacts against the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the first half of the 2017 NCAA Men’s Final Four National Championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium on April 3, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ – APRIL 03: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels reacts against the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the first half of the 2017 NCAA Men’s Final Four National Championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium on April 3, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

Class of 2019 could be one of Tar Heels’ best in Roy Williams era

The recruiting class of 2018 has been a renaissance, of sorts, for Roy Williams and the North Carolina men’s basketball program.

Finally clear of the NCAA cloud that had been looming over the program for the better part of four years, Williams and the Tar Heels reeled in their best recruiting class in a handful of seasons, along with the program’s highest-rated commit since Harrison Barnes in 2010.

Headlined by a pair of five-star prospects in Nassir Little and Coby White, the Tar Heels’ incoming freshman class appears to have as much individual star-power as any in recent memory. North Carolina also remained in the mix for a number of other elite prospects until the very end of their respective recruitments, indicating that the Tar Heels’ prowess on the recruiting trail might be back on track.

With two NCAA title game appearances in the last three years and a top-15 nationally ranked recruiting class, Williams and company are looking to carry their current momentum into 2019 and beyond.

That momentum appears to have North Carolina in good standing with multiple top-25 players in the 2019 class, including the ever-important but recently elusive front court players that the Tar Heels so desperately need. Add in a top-50 point guard that committed to UNC back in August, and the Tar Heels have a good start on what could turn out to be one of the best recruiting classes since Williams returned to Chapel Hill in 2003.

Take a look at the most up-to-date, comprehensive and realistic look at what the Tar Heels’ 2019 recruiting class might look like.

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