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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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UNC basketball 1990s top player No 10: Dante Calabria

Career Stats: 8.1 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 2.5 APG, 45.2 FG%, 41.2 3PT%

Dante Calabria’s overall career numbers may not jump out at you, but they shouldn’t take away from the fact that he is one of the most underrated UNC basketball players in recent memory.

Not many players can say they have a knack for scoring the basketball as Calabria did, as he was a consistent shooter throughout his career at North Carolina.

A career 45.2% shooter from the floor, Calabria did a ton of damage from beyond the arc, connecting on 41.2% of his attempts from deep. After being a role player as a freshman on the 1993 national championship squad, Calabria went on to carve a bigger role in the Tar Heels rotation, ultimately earning a full-time starter role thanks in large part to being able to knock down shots at any given time.

To show just how good of a shooter Calabria was, the former Tar Heel knocked down an astounding 49.6% of his three-point attempts during his junior season. During that season, Calabria took 133 three-point attempts, connecting on 66 of them.

Now that’s some elite shooting!

His usage took a major rise during his senior season, as he attempted 62 more three-pointers than the season prior. Although he didn’t shoot it as well, he still made just under 40% of his attempts, which is still a very elite level.

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