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The UNC Basketball program’s Top 10 players of the 1990s

By Nick Delahanty

7 Dec 1996: North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Dean Smith confers with guard Ed Cota during the Pepsi Challenge against the South Carolina Gamecocks at the Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC won the game, 86-75. Mandatory Credit: Craig Jones /
7 Dec 1996: North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Dean Smith confers with guard Ed Cota during the Pepsi Challenge against the South Carolina Gamecocks at the Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC won the game, 86-75. Mandatory Credit: Craig Jones / /
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Aug 4, 2009; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heel former players Antwan Jamison (33) and Jerry Stackhouse (42) and Raymond Felton (2) react on the bench during the Professional Alumni game at the Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 4, 2009; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heel former players Antwan Jamison (33) and Jerry Stackhouse (42) and Raymond Felton (2) react on the bench during the Professional Alumni game at the Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /

UNC basketball 1990s top player No. 2: Jerry Stackhouse

Career Stats: 15.7 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 2.3 APG, 49.6 FG%, 35.5 3PT%

Jerry Stackhouse could easily be No. 1 overall on this list. However, we’ll explain why he isn’t on the next slide!

Stackhouse was a two-year player for the UNC basketball program, as he went from a major role player to a star in a short amount of time.

Embracing his role as a reserve as a freshman, Stackhouse was a consistent scoring option for Dean Smith to utilize off the bench. As a sophomore, Smith inserted Stackhouse into the starting lineup, a move that helped the former Tar Heel blossom into one of college basketball’s best players.

A dominant scorer and a two-time All-American, Stackhouse was known for his athleticism and his ability to create offense. He averaged a team-leading 19.2 points and 8.2 rebounds as a sophomore, as he guided the Tar Heels to the national semifinal.

Stackhouse’s tremendous sophomore season led him to be the third overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft. If Stackhouse had elected to stay another season, it’s likely that his scoring output would have increased even more, as his ability to create offensively would have been on display even more during what could have been his potential junior season.

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