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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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7 FEB 1995: RASHEED WALLACE, CENTER FOR NORTH CAROLINA, GRABS ONTO THE BALL AS JOE SMITH OF MARYLAND DEFENDS DURING MARYLAND”S 86-73 WIN AT COLE FIELDHOUSE IN COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND. Mandatory Credit: Doug Pensinger/ALLSPORT /

UNC basketball 1990s top player No. 6: Rasheed Wallace

Career Stats: 13.0 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 0.8 APG, 63.5 FG%

Rasheed Wallace only spent two seasons with the UNC basketball program, but they definitely were memorable ones.

Wallace didn’t waste time bursting onto the scene, as his freshman season showed just how good the Tar Heels big man could be. In a reserve role, Wallace averaged 9.5 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, as his experience off the bench would help lead to a dominant sophomore season.

Embracing his earned starters role, Wallace nearly averaged a double-double, as his 16.6 points per game were second-most on the team while his 8.2 rebounds were tied for the most by any Tar Heel on the roster.

North Carolina fell short of its goal that year, losing in the national semifinal game, but it doesn’t take away from the monster season that Wallace put together.

His dominant sophomore season was unfortunately his last in Chapel Hill, as Wallace worked his way into being a top-5 selection in the NBA Draft. If Wallace elected to stay for one more season, could you imagine how dominant that season would have been?

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