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UNC Basketball Alumni: Michael Jordan in finals of ESPN’s greatest player bracket

By Zack Pearson

CHAPEL HILL, NC - MARCH 04: Michael Jordan speaks to the crowd at halftime during their game against the Duke Blue Devils at the Dean Smith Center on March 4, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NC - MARCH 04: Michael Jordan speaks to the crowd at halftime during their game against the Duke Blue Devils at the Dean Smith Center on March 4, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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Former UNC Basketball standout Michael Jordan is in the finals of ESPN’s greatest players bracket as it all ends on Tuesday

It wasn’t shocking to see Michael Jordan appear as a No. 2 seed on ESPN’s bracket of the greatest college basketball players of all-time. It’s also not shocking to see him in the finals either.

Jordan was one of 64 men and women college basketball players that made the cut in ESPN’s bracket that was released last week. He earned the No. 2 seed in a tough Midwest Region and found himself in the Final Four after taking down No. 12 Stephen Curry over the weekend in the Elite 8.

The Midwest Region also featured Bill Walton, Cheryl Miller and David Thompson.

After beating Magic Johnson in the Final Four, Jordan is now up against Larry Bird for the chance to be named the best college basketball player in history. To vote for Jordan, check out the tweet below:

https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1244667305545609217

The final results will be revealed on Tuesday’s SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt at 10:45 p.m. EST. on ESPN.

Playing three seasons at North Carolina, Jordan won the John Wooden Award (1983-84), Naismith Award (1983-84), the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year award (1983-94) and was named a consensus First Team All-American in both 1983 and 1984. Oh, he also hit the game winning jumper to beat Georgetown in the 1982 National Championship as a freshman.

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